Archive for May, 2007

I do have some goodies to share, by my photo hosting service is in the midst of an upgrade (an some accompanied hardware failures). If it's not sorted out relatively soon I will make other arrangements, but I'm a pretty big supporter of zooomr so want to hold out as long as possible. I'm also leaving for the states tomorrow, but will still be connected to the good old ...

I'm afraid I'm going to have to hold back on the recipe for this one, since it's not my own. Want it? Subscribe to Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast newsletter and get the Jul/Aug/Sep 2006 issue. It's not Bryanna's own recipe (it's one of the fabulous Debbie from Spice Island Vegan). I topped it with onions, parsley, and tomato....

It took me a long time to like tofu. I became vegetarian when I was 12 years of age and didn't take tofu seriously until my early twenties. Perhaps that was because I'd never been presented with this bean curd product in anything other than frozen stir fry mixes? Needless to say, I am now a huge fan of soya products, especially ...

"Little wha??" you say? Soldiers, marmite men, same thing. I call them marmite men just to be difficult (and by that I mean to annoy my husband, an effect with seems to have worn off over time. Damn...) You see, overcoming marmite was one of my greatest and most proud achievements in the journey to integration into British life. Now it's ...

We really liked this recipe, but my husband was a little concerned that the flavours perhaps clashed a little. I thought the mild sweetness (I added perhaps a bit too much chestnut puree in my original recipe, which I cut down here) of the polenta went well with the tart taste of the tomatoes and vinegar. I am fast developing an obsession for roasted tomatoes ...

Anyone who knows me will know I'm a huge fan of Starbucks (yeah, yeah, I know). Their coffee is 98% of the time completely reliable across the globe. The problem I have with a lot of coffee places is that their standards change constantly. I'm sure when you've got the quality of an espresso machine as afforded by Starbucks ...

I discovered the flavour of pomegranate molasses at a Syrian restaurant in Yerevan, Armenia. My taste buds had never experienced anything like it before and I was instantly in love with what I would soon learn to be a food product to consume my life. I am referring to the hunt I went on after returning home. What was this stuff and where could I find ...

I recently discovered Edamame (by "recently" I mean within the last 6 months) when walking through London's Victoria mainline station toward the tube station. England, unlike the U.S., is not generally a land of free samples, so imagine my delight when a young woman shoved a free sample of frozen Birds Eye brand Edamame in my hand (complete with ...