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, […]
Pistachios, White Chocolate & Matcha
My Facebook feed informed me this morning that I’d missed National Pistachio Day (February 26) by one day. I really like pistachios and so does my granddaughter Georgia Lili. Her dad, my son Michael, is the one in the family who likes white chocolate and he likes matcha tea too. Personally, I find white chocolate too sweet, but […]
