Recently, U.S. Veg Corps asked me to judge The Great Vegan Pie Contest that they hosted at VSpot Organic, along with Diana from This Pie is Nuts and Barbara from Gone Pie. Some work is more fun than… well, this is more fun than almost anything! The winners selected by the judges were 1- Sweet Potato Mini […]
Raw Chocolate Fudge and Mandarin Orange Tart for National Pie Day
Photo by Hannah Kaminksy© 2015 This is my personal opinion of course, but the majority, if not all of the raw chocolate tart fillings I’ve sampled seemed more like date paste-flavored cocoa rather than the rich, silken chocolate fudge I craved. I tested many fillings until I was satisfied. This chocolate fudge filling is different. Luxuriously smooth and definitely […]
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Thanksgiving snuck on me this year, although I did have a pre-thanksgiving good time in September baking Chocolate Studded Spiced Pumpkin Muffins with Grant Butler, food writer for the Oregonian, when I was in Portland, OR, and again in October at the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary ThanksLiving. At this sold out event, the turkeys were served […]
