You’re probably wondering why there is no photo accompanying this post. Well, let’s just say that these gnocchi are not particularly attractive. Nor are they tasty. Frankly, this is a terrible recipe and it’s not that I made it wrong. I don’t even know how I let myself get convinced that this would taste good. [...]
Archive for August, 2009
14 Aug
Grilled Cheese and Savannah Navy Bean Soup
This is kind of a one-off post because the recipe doesn’t come from Mark’s book. Savannah Navy Bean Soup is an adapted recipe from the Moosewood Restaurant Lowfat Favorites, and I got it on a recipe card from my bean purveyors, Cayuga Pure Organics. Cayuga Organics adapted it, and then I adapted it. So this [...]
13 Aug
For the love of cheese!
I was in the middle of composing a post about our dinner last night (which included cheese) when I read this on SuperVegan. It’s all about how the only thing that there aren’t decent vegan substitutes for is cheese. Well, the author writes about Daiya, which is apparently a really great vegan cheese substitute and [...]
12 Aug
Ratatouille: much easier to make than spell
The first recipe I made from the cookbook was Ratatouille or as Mark calls it “Baked Mixed Vegetables with Olive Oil” (pp. 380-81). The decision to make this was largely driven by ingredients. I went to the Union Square Greenmarket yesterday and picked up a bunch of vegetables: 3 different kinds of Asian baby eggplant, [...]
12 Aug
Back… with a cookbook
I started this blog what seems like eons ago and my little foray into chronicling my entry into vegetarianism lasted all of 2 (two) posts (the foray, not the vegetarianism, that’s going strong). I guess I did a little Googling and found all the answers to all the questions I am wont to ask about [...]
