#2012
Eat & DrinkDining Out: Restaurant Avalon.
While on a recent trip to Belgium, I ended up with reservations at Restaurant Avalon, a 100% vegan dining establishment in Ghent (which is, apparently, the…
August 6, 2012 · 4 min read
Here & ThereOranienburg: KZ Sachsenhausen
This past week, I paid a visit to Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, one of the concentration camps from the Third Reich, in Germany. Located in the Brandenburg town…
July 14, 2012 · 5 min read
Life & TimesSummer? in Berlin
It’s officially summer, although you wouldn’t always know that here in Berlin. That’s because the weather is so hit and miss, raining one day and hot the next.…
June 29, 2012 · 4 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Tofu Chèvre
Not much of an introduction is needed here except for the fact that when I was not a vegan, I loved goat cheese, so naturally I jumped at the chance to make a…
June 29, 2012 · 2 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Tortillas
When people ask me what I miss the most from California, my answers always includes “the ocean” and “burritos.” Granted, there are a few burrito places here in…
June 26, 2012 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Creamy & Spicy Black Beans
For the longest time, I only liked to eat refried beans in my burritos. But one of the consequences of my becoming vegan is that my palate expanded as I tried…
June 23, 2012 · 1 min read
Life & TimesSunny Saturday.
Roughly one weekend per month, M. has to work, which makes the idea of a traditional weekend a bit of a bust. Last weekend was one of those, so I was excited…
June 9, 2012 · 3 min read
Art & CultureCurrent Reads.
In the past two weeks, there has been an extraordinary amount of sickness going around our flat, which began with me and was subsequently passed on to M. Yet…
June 8, 2012 · 2 min read
Here & ThereRainy Day.
Our final day in Amsterdam was, unfortunately, a bit rainy, but we’d planned on that, which is why more museums were in store for the day. Having gained a…
June 4, 2012 · 4 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Sweet Chili Lime Tofu
Most people have a handful of “standards” in their recipe collections: things they’ve tried that generally seem to work, and thus are used when cooking for a…
June 3, 2012 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Egg Salad
Just last week, the fellow asked me if I am a fan of egg salad, to which I immediately responded by rehashing my memories of the egg-less egg salad they sell…
May 31, 2012 · 2 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe: Tempeh Burgers
Recently, I was asked by my wonderful living companion if I would make him a meal with tempeh, which he’d never had before. Although my standby recipe with…
May 30, 2012 · 2 min read