I stood firm in my conviction that chocolate would even improve dulce de leche—the superbly sweet, gooey, and creamy caramelized milk from Latin America, which is known in French as confiture de lait (“milk jam”). First, I had to find a way to replace the whole milk or sweetened condensed milk used in traditional recipes. […]
Almost-Instant Chocolate Pudding
I grew up eating my mom’s chocolate pudding from a boxed mix. It was a bit lumpy and thick, with rubbery chocolate pudding skin (My mom gave me permission to tell this story), but it was warm and chocolate and homemade, and I liked it. On the East Coast, there was only one brand worth […]
Vida Vegan Con 2015
This was a bittersweet Vida Vegan Con. I’ve been at all three. VVC111, we were told would be the final Con. The first two were in Portland, OR. VVC111 or VVCATX, took place in Austin, TX. At the first VVC, I was honored to be a presenter. I owned that I did not blog. T’was ok. I […]
Vegan Chocolate Dessert Recipes for Passover and Easter
I grew up in Jewish home and Passover was always a favorite holiday. Our family was large when I was young and we went to my Grandma Ida and Grandpa Joe’s apartment in Brooklyn of the magic expanding table no matter what. For years, my girl cousins were miffed at me since as the oldest, […]
