vegan · 6 min read
Vegan Sleuth
Life has a way of throwing curve balls our way sometimes... Mine started coming last September when my 86-year-old mother coded and was placed on life support.
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Restaurants, books, films, and products, tried and reported on honestly.
25 reviews from the archive, 2013 onward.
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Born to Shop, Forced to Work - Portland Veg Tour Part 3
Born to Shop, Forced to Work! Those of you who know me would undoubtedly agree that this mantra certainly describes an aspect of me.
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Portland Vegan Tour Series Part 2 - Farm Spirit
As promised last week, let’s talk a walk down my memory lane, reminiscing about Farm Spirit in Portland and the evening that blew me away on the Richter Scale of Gastronomy.
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eating out · 4 min read
Portland Vegan Tour Series Part 1 - Farm Spirit - Truly A Gustatory Evening That Delightedly Spoke to Every One of My Senses
Back in October, my dear friend, Kris and I decided to head up to Portland for a short week. It all started back in the summer when Kris and I went to a local tattoo parlor here in the Verde Valley...
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baking · 2 min read
Holiday Cookie Swap!
Ho! Ho! Holiday Cookie Swap! December 10th we had such a great time with our cookies making adventures! Below are the photographic results of our holiday fun.
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Born to Shop - Forced to Work! Vegan Shopping Suggestions
I did lots of shopping damage at Herbivore Clothing. ’Tis the season for shopping! But, I am personally not a fan of Black Friday mob mentality. I like to shop from the comfort of my own home.
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air fryer · 7 min read
October is National Cookbook Month
Cookbooks - My Favorite Read Those of you who know me personally know that I read cookbooks as others might read novels or non-fiction. I can’t help it.
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Cookin' Outdoors was a TOTAL Success
We had a great class! For those of us you who weren't able to attend, I got some great shots of the dishes we all enjoyed.
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The Impossible Burger at The Local in Prescott, Arizona
Let the Prescott Adventure Begin! My Arizona adopted Mom, Cynthia, and I love to take shopping jaunts, coupled with lunch.
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Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger - Review
Above and Beyond (Meat) After hearing praise upon praise for Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger, I knew I had to taste and see for myself if they lived up to all their hype.
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Unexpected Dining Pleasure Before The Ballet Under The Stars
In addition to being a vegan food snob, I am also an avid live theater enthusiast.
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restaurant review · 5 min read
Vegan Girl's Night Out - Dinner and a Movie
How The Vegan Gals of Sedona Do Dinner and a Movie ... One of my greatest joys is creating community and gathering people together for connection, fun, and great vegan food.
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Veganification's Homage to Julia Child and Boeuf Bourguignonne
Every now and then people get the chance to share something personal, talk about that moment in time, which was a true building block to the person they would become.
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casserole · 3 min read
Comfort Foods - The April 9th Demo Class
If you missed the demo on April 9th you missed a very special class! We were sold out and it was DELICIOUSLY ... comforting! A night of food nostalgia at its best.
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Vegan Dining Down In The Valley - Phoenix Restaurants
It All Started With Shoes ... Last week, my friend, Judith, and I had the pleasure of driving down to the Valley (as in the Phoenix metropolitan area) and spend a couple of days traipsing about.
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vegan · 3 min read
Sound Bites Grill - A Great Meal and Night Out
A Night Out on the Town in Sedona Sound Bites Grill, Sedona, AZ On January 14, my friend Judith and I went to a local supper club, Sound Bites Grill.
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The Pet Shop - A Local Hip Veg Bar/Eatery in Jersey City, New Jersey
Let's Get Hip! Every now and again, I am “wowed” by a veg restaurant. Those of you who know me, know that I am far too often disappointed by the mediocre-at-best food that is served at veg...
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plantbased · 5 min read
A Gastronomical Feast for the Ages - Delice & Sarrasin, New York City
Besides not seeing my family and Jersey girl(friends) as often as I did when I lived in New Jersey, top on my list of what I miss are the wonderful vegan dining experiences so readily available in Manhattan and Philadelphia. I know what you might be thinking, that living in Sedona I have the Phoenix
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dessert · 3 min read
Vegan Pastries and Ice Cream in the Big Apple
Here’s where Manhattan really stands out. So many amazing vegan dessert choices, so little time. For me, two really stand out from our recent vacation.
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eating out · 4 min read
Eating Our Way Through Key West - Part 3 - The Final Chapter - Unexpected Delights
Walking up and down Duval Street, live music abounds, pouring out of restaurants, clubs, and dives onto the streets. The joint that we seemed most drawn to, however, was Willie T’s. It was an open-air, outdoor patio with some of the tables under an overhang. The genre seemed to be predominantly, if
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baking · 6 min read
Eating Our Way Through Key West - Part 2 - Hits & Misses
We awoke one morning, ravenous and deciding that we wanted to forego the vacation-standard, go-to, made in the room, smoothie. What to eat became the question. It was the only rainy day, at least it started out as such, so we decided to take a trek over to the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum, lo
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baking · 4 min read
Eating Our Way Through Key West - Part 1
Recently, my partner Richard and I had the exquisite joy of traipsing about Key West for a glorious nine days of fun and sun (and eating).
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vegan · 3 min read
Pomegranate Café, Phoenix, Arizona
I had the opportunity to pop into Pomegranate Café last week for brunch. I’ve eaten there many times, and was especially excited that morning because I had a plan. I was starting my meal with a dessert as my a
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plantbased · 6 min read
Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health For Dogs & Cats, 4th Edition, Out on Shelves 3/21/17
The year was 1995. At that point, I had been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for twelve years and still had no idea about the cruelty associated with companion animal breeders. My stepson was allergic to cats; and I very dearly missed living with feline companions, so someone suggested that I purchase sphynx
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corn · 2 min read
Taco Tuesday - November 8, 2016
Hola, Amigos! So, today everyone is familiar with tacos. We devour them at those readily-recognizable fast food chains and savor them at the family-run local Mexican restaurant. Typically, a taco is a corn (maize) tor
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