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Global Café inside Crosstown Concourse has brought on a Korean chef so they've got a whole new section to their menu! I had meeting at Concourse last week, so[...]

On Tuesday, Paul and I will celebrate our 18th anniversary! Hard to believe it's been that long, but time flies! Since Paul works late on Tuesday, and I have a[...]

For months (maybe a year??), I've been trying to catch Da Guilty Vegan food truck when it comes to Midtown or Downtown. The truck is typically parked in[...]

I went to Arkansas to visit my parents this weekend for Father's Day! I left on Friday afternoon and arrived just in time for dinner. My mom made Tofu &[...]

Today is the Summer Solstice, which is probably my favorite Sabbat (it's a close tie with Ostara/Spring Equinox). I just REALLY love hot weather and sunshine.[...]

Financier is one of my all-time favorite cakes. It's very easy to make and very, very delicious. It's made from simple ingredients: egg whites, butter, almond[...]

I've long been a fan of Laura Theodore (aka The Jazzy Vegetarian ). Her PBS cooking show was one of the first vegan cooking shows back when veganism was still[...]

This past weekend, a couple of Paul's best friends from high school flew in to celebrate his birthday (which is Tuesday), and they're both meat eaters. And[...]

I had a hankering for some Just Egg the other day, but I didn't bother to look at the date on the bottle in the store. I noticed when I got home that it said[...]

Last week, I made Fiona's Feast from The Plant-Based Athlete . It's a lentil soup with potatoes and carrots from Fiona Oakes, a world record-setting[...]

On Saturday, Cynthia Daniels & Co. hosted a free Vegan Block Party on Mud Island. Cynthia organizes Memphis Black Restaurant, an annual week-long highlight[...]

Boiled edamame is very easy to make at home. Last week we bought 2 kilos of fresh edamame, my family enjoyed eating it so much, anyway we couldn't finish all[...]

Dementia runs in my family. My grandpa (Pa) had Alzheimer's, and my Granny had dementia. Watching someone suffer from dementia is tough, and it's a road I[...]

Another Monday, another race recap! Fall racing season is well underway, and it feels like I've had a race nearly every weekend lately (though it's actually[...]

I've been on a potato kick lately! I baked some potatoes for quick dinners and lunches last week and topped them in fun ways. My favorite was this Loaded Baked[...]

I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving! I sure did, despite the fact that Thanksgiving was a little different this year. Most years, I head to my parents' house[...]

Vegan chicken and spaghetti! But not together. Though that would be delicious too! Here are a few recent meals. I've been on a vegan chicken kick lately. Last[...]

Halloween is coming!!!! For this Halloween, I thought about making pizza. And my pizza is special, as it's packed with a lot of good things, plus it's meat[...]

I turned 41 on Saturday! And I had a fantastic birthday weekend! I'm breaking this into two posts because there are just so many fun things to share. My[...]

And I'm back with the rest of my 41st birthday recap! Yesterday, I blogged about my family birthday with my parents on Friday night and Saturday morning. They[...]

Last Sunday, Backlot Sandwich Shop offered their Vegan Reuben on special again. I've blogged about this sandwich before, but it's just SO GOOD. Chef Kyle makes[...]

Who says you have to give up the good stuff to go vegan?! Today's post is full of recent meals that would make any omni want to go plant-based! Last Tuesday, I[...]

I've been on a bit of a taco kick lately! I'm always behind on reading my magazines, so I'm still working my way through the VegNews Summer of Tacos issue, and[...]

Baking is my hobby. And for me, I think that it's the best hobby!!! Because we can make it again and again, we don't have to worry about making it too much as[...]

Another random meal round-up! I've been eating lots of the same things lately, so I haven't had many exciting meals to blog out. But one very exciting thing[...]

Memphis has two new ramen restaurants! One of those is Flame Ramen , and I finally got to try their ramen last week on a dinner date with my friend Susan.[...]

Let's be real — one of the greatest things about being vegan is being able to eat the cookie dough straight from the mixing bowl without worrying about[...]

We have a lot of key limes from our garden. Actually, I didn't know that we have key lime, haha, until I squeezed it to make the lime juice. It's less sour[...]

I subscribe to VegNews' Deal of the Week emails, where they sent out hot deals on new vegan products. And a couple weeks ago, they sent one for Nabati Plant[...]

I'm making progress in my quest to cook every recipe from The Plant-Based Athlete book! Last week, I made the Taco Bake from bikini athlete Bre Wigley. This[...]

You don't need many or special ingredients for making delicious shortbread. And for me, this simple cookie is special. Because it's one of the recipes that I[...]

I bake a lot of bread lately. And not only using the stand mixer for kneading the dough, but I also love to knead by hand too. This time is an easy hand-knead[...]

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've tapering for my 50K this week (it's Saturday!), so that means I've been doing a lot less running and a lot more[...]

Last week, while menu planning, I asked Paul what sorts of dishes he'd like me to make for the coming weeks. He's been eating vegan meals with me most nights[...]

On Saturday, I finally finished my first 50K race at the Stanky Creek 50K! This race finish was a very long time coming for me! I first signed up in 2018, but[...]

Tuesday was Mid-Autumn Festival, the traditional festival celebrated in China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and several other Asian countries. According to Wikipedia ,[...]

I'm back with the last installment of my Nashville camping trip posts! My last two posts detailed how we ended up camping in Nashville (rather than at[...]

The reason for me to cook or bake is quite simple. Most of the time it comes from "I want". Want to eat, want to try the recipes, want to use the (new) pan, or[...]

As I mentioned at the end of my last post last week, our plans to attend Bonnaroo were crushed when Hurricane Ida decimated the Roo campsite, forcing festival[...]

In yesterday's post, I blogged about the start of our camping misadventures. Bonnaroo Music & Arts Fest was canceled, so we had to quickly pivot, and we[...]

This morning, I had to get up early and finish writing a freelance story before work, so I made some Avocado Toast to enjoy as I wrote. I recently made my own[...]

Last week, we made one of my favorite go-to quick weeknight dinners — BBQ Tempeh Tacos ! You just saute tempeh, coat with BBQ sauce, and spoon into[...]

Making bread is one of my hobbies ^^. Many times, I hand kneaded it (well, I use all of my strength to release my stress, haha). But there is time that I'm too[...]

I'm still slowly working my way through every No Meat Athlete recipe in existence! I'm trying to make every recipe in the two No Meat Athlete books (the[...]

I've been on a bit of a stir-fry kick lately because they're easy and Paul will eat them. Here's a Thai-inspired Panang Curry Tofu stir-fry I made with panang[...]

A couple weeks ago, a coworker gave me a bag of pizza dough mix that she'd made using Mark Bittman's pizza dough recipe from the New York Times . It had the[...]