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New Moon Kitchen cookies contain refined sugar and vanillin – think CHARRED ANIMAL BONES and PETROCHEMICAL
Here I was, all set to write a nice post about these great “vegan” cookies from New Moon Kitchen in Toronto, only to discover that the chocolate chips in some of their cookies are made with REFINED sugar.
Not only is refined sugar NOT what I would call “totally natural,” but CHARRED ANIMAL BONES are often [...]
How to feed the kids vegetables without resorting to subterfuge
Remember the book The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals by Missy Chase Lapine? And remember the book Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica, wrote? The one entitled Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food?
Both books teach you how to sneak nice, healthy vegetables into your kids [...]
Almost vegetarian culinary inspiration with a home-grown recipe or two or three
I tend not to find vegetarian (or even vegan) cookbooks all that inspiring. Sure, some are better than others. And, sure, I’ve even picked up the odd recipe or two from vegetable-based books such as Zucchini Pancakes, Roasted Peppers and Sun-dried Tomatoes with Fresh Mozzarella, and Roasted Squash Potage with Spiced Crème Fraîche. But, overall, [...]
More taste, no salt, the vegetarian way
Salt is the taste-enhancer, there is no doubt about that. But we are inundated with the stuff (I defy you to find a processed food without it) and probably could do with less of it in our diets.
So what to do? Well, let me introduce you to my little friend. No, not that little friend. [...]
Here’s a nasty little wine scandal
Think those food awards mean something? Well, for all you wine drinkers out there, here’s a nasty little scandal involving an award, a noted magazine, and a restaurant.
A scandal that makes these awards pretty meaningless.
Let me explain.As reported in the New York Times, it seems that the magazine Wine Spectator gave an award to a [...]
The one most important thing about tea you wanted to know but was too ashamed to ask
I am a tea drinker. Two, three, sometimes as many as four cups a day. Every day.
I mean, if I can’t have it at home, I put it in a travel mug. That is how much I like black tea.
But there is one embarrassing problem I have always had with tea. And only now have [...]
Vegetarian humor and a joke Johnny Depp would love
I thought it would be nice to have a goofy vegetarian joke. So I went looking for one.
And I got one.
I also got a carnivore joke, for vegetarians. And a joke that has nothing to do with vegetarians or meat eaters, but which I thought was totally amusing and which, hey, Johnny Depp would love.
And, [...]
A gorgeous and delicious vegetarian dessert recipe, thanks to Sur la Table
It is funny (but not unexpectedly so) how each chef sets the tone for the classes. Take, for example, Chef John Silva and his Summer Mediterranean Dinner class at Sur la Table. He has a quiet way about him. Quiet, yes, but shot through with a gentle, if wry, sense of humor. Which made learning [...]
Five great tips to help you become a better cook
One of the things I noticed since I went almost vegetarian is that I cook more. Certainly, with less processed food in our diet, this was to be expected. And, certainly all the chopping of all those vegetables, these was to be even more expected!
So there I am, cooking away. When I tripped across this [...]
The Almost Vegetarian cleans up
So you want to start cleaning without all those nasty chemicals, do you? Well, let me introduce you to a nice little line. And, in that line, their very best products.
The ones with no irritating fragrances. Or dyes.
The ones that might be very good for anyone with allergies.
The ones I reach for.Seventh HeavenSo there is [...]