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You can shape or cook choux pastry in many ways, it's a very versatile pastry that you can play with it. This time, by piping it in lightly buttered pans, you[...]

Chiffon cake is a very simple cake. Many people love this cake because of its softness, and light in texture. No need for complex techniques or hard to find[...]

I ate tofu cheesecake the first time when I went to tofu shop at Nagatoro, and it's so delicious. From that time, I wanted to make it too. Actually, it's very[...]

Yesterday, the cafe at Crosstown Arts was serving a Grilled Tofu Wrap with pickled okra, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Any time they do grilled tofu, I'm all in!![...]

I went to the Cooper-Young Farmers Market last Saturday with the intention of picking up a Lulu's Baked black-eyed pea & sausage biscuit cause they're[...]

Last weekend was one of those weekends with only a few plans, so I decided it'd be fun to visit my parents in Arkansas. They didn't have Saturday night plans[...]

Call me cliche, but I love a good pickle — pickled cucumbers, pickled okra, pickled beets, pickled just about anything! Pickles are a go-to snack when[...]

If you love eating Oreo cheesecake, I think that you will love this cookie too. Well, you know that I love Oreo, haha, and I can't stop eating it. Because the[...]

Soft and moist chocolate butter cake, with a load of chocolate ganache, cherry, and lovely Kirsh's fragrance. Well, I found a bottle of dark cherry in the[...]

Long-time Vegan Crunk readers may remember my best friend Greg. He and I were inseparable when he lived in Memphis, and I'm sure I'm blogged about him (and[...]

Yesterday, I blogged about how my bestie Greg was in town from Kentucky for the July 4 weekend. You can read about our grill-out and downtown fireworks[...]

I'm always looking for new whole foods-based pre-workout snacks. I was on a Larabar kick for months, and I still love them, but I've had all the flavors so[...]

Bread filled with ham and load of cheese, it's a kind of bread that my family really love. Salty and rich with umami (from cheese and black olive), eating with[...]

I finally got a chance to stop into Global Café to try the new Venezuelan chef's vegan plate! Chef Pancho started working at Global Café , the international[...]

Paul and I celebrated 15 years together this weekend! Our actual anniversary is June 28, but Paul works in Nashville and couldn't be home until Saturday, the[...]

We had our monthly Memphis Vegan Drinks meetup at Midtown Crossing Grill last week. They've got a new menu with some new vegan options, including the most[...]

Last Saturday, I went on a long bike ride that took me all over town. I started with a trip to the Cooper-Young Farmers Market, where I picked up one of Lulu's[...]

I know that this recipe is too easy, haha. But we need this kind of recipe to make our life happy, right? You don't have to do anything much, just put the[...]

Last night, I posted about all the amazing vegan festival foods that I purchased at Bonnaroo Music Fest last weekend. Bonnaroo has long been a super-vegan[...]

Global Café , an international food hall in Crosstown Concourse (the building where I work), hosts three chefs from different countries, and one of those chefs[...]

I've been on an Indian food kick lately. I CANNOT. GET. ENOUGH. LENTILS. Y'ALL. Here's a quick Lentil & Rice Bowl I made with canned lentils (they're[...]

Last weekend, I finally made it downtown to the Memphis Farmers Market. First time this year! I used to ONLY go to this market cause it's the biggest with the[...]

I have leftover cream cheese after making cheesecake, and I have to think about the best way to use it. Because there are many times that I have to throw it[...]

You may think that you need Italian short grain rice to make risotto, but the fact is you can use other kinds of rice too. Anyway, I didn't talk about the[...]

June is World Ocean Month, so the folks at FOUND Beverage reached out to ask if I would feature their new 100K Initiative to benefit Oceana , an advocacy group[...]

Paul and I attended our 9th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Fest last weekend (it was the 18th annual Bonnaroo but our 9th year going). Since we started going[...]

Caramel custard is one of my favorite desserts, soft and sweet, with a bit of bitterness from caramel, I think that many people love it too. You can make it in[...]

Cookie or pie, well, you can call it the way you want. A small crumbly cookie that filled with a load of pineapple filling. By making the filling by yourself,[...]

I recently saw brioche bagels at the grocery store and, quite frankly, they looked terrible. I was pretty sure I could make a vegan version that was so much[...]

My friend Susan and I went to Pho Binh for lunch today. Best tofu buffet in town (and under $10!). The lemongrass tofu (on the left of my plate) is INCREDIBLE.[...]

I know this is a food blog, but for me, running and food are SO interrelated. So much of what I eat is either for pre-run fuel or post-run recovery. But the[...]

One a few weeks ago, I brought a salad to work for lunch, but it just didn't feel like enough food for a proper lunch. So I ordered the Three Bean Hummus[...]

My life's just getting back on track this week, haha. Well, there are so many things that we have to do (esp. work), and I think that I'm lucky enough to have[...]

Confession: I love bagged salad. I know it's more economical (and more zero waste) to opt for whole heads of lettuce, but there are few kitchen tasks I hate[...]

Brother Juniper's is a Memphis institution. This brunch spot is so well-loved that people expect to wait 45 minutes to an hour for a table. On weekends,[...]

New vegan options are popping up at Memphis restaurants all over the city these days! Just yesterday, I blogged about the new vegan scrambles at Brother[...]

My long-time blogger friend Barb Musick — of That Was Vegan blog fame — has a new cookbook out! And I am so proud of her! The Complete Vegan[...]

I don't think that we can stop learning, and learning something new is what I love^^. It's my third times at PBA World (P: Pâtisserie, B: Boulangerie A: Arts)[...]

I'm a bit busy lately, well, I still have to work so I can pay for my manga, blue-ray, and etc. haha. But I'm lucky that I still have my favorite hobby, yes,[...]

CORNFLAKES COOKIES INGREDIENTS : 1 cup caster sugar (130g) 3 cups flour (320g) 10 oz margarine (288g) 2 egg yolks 1 box of Cornflakes 1 teaspoon vanilla[...]

MAMA CARRIES Source : Noni Ingredients : 300 g butter 400 g flour (I took out 1/4 cup) 130 g cornflour 100 g icing sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence Topping :[...]

I've long been a fan of the Love & Lemons blog . If you want to drool over gorgeously styled photos of whole foods-based vegetarian dishes, this is place![...]

On Saturday, I ran my 7th half-marathon — the Great American River Run in downtown Memphis. This race has only been around for four years — it's[...]

After my half-marathon on Saturday, I hopped in the car and made the 3-hour drive to Nashville to spend Memorial Day weekend with my partner Paul, who lives[...]

After I ran the Great American River Run Half-Marathon on Saturday morning, I headed to Nashville to spend Memorial Day weekend with my partner Paul, who works[...]

If you love almond, you should try this recipe ^^. Well, I'm the one who's crazy for it. I use it in many recipe and love to eat it on its own too. The[...]

Avocado is my favorite fruit — by a very long shot. I've never really been much of a fruit-eater until recently when I started drinking daily smoothies[...]

My friend Susan and I FINALLY checked out the new Lucky Cat Ramen shop on Broad Avenue. We'd been to their old pop-up location on Cooper several times, but now[...]

A couple weeks ago, on the day of the New Moon, I invited a few friends over to make vision boards and set New Moon intentions. But you can't have your witches[...]

Everyone's heard of avocado toast. But what about avocado scones??? I made the Black Pepper Rosemary Scones from The No Meat Athlete Cookbook Sunday night to[...]

Pancake is easy and doesn't need a lot of time too. Beside from easiness, you don't need any special equipment or oven to make it, there are load of variations[...]

Oat is one of the ingredient that I really love to use, well beside from baby food (food that very soft), chewy texture is what I always fall for too. You can[...]

There are many kinds of dessert that you can make without an oven ^^. Most of them are very easy to make, and doughnut is one of them, and it becomes easier[...]

The cafe at Crosstown Arts , where I work in communications, isn't 100% vegan. They do serve a few dishes with eggs or cheese, but most everything is[...]

Y'ALL. You're never going to believe what happened to me on Friday afternoon. I met freakin' Joey McIntyre from the New Kids on the Block!!!!!! He was in town[...]

Mama Crunk is the BEST. I'm seriously so lucky to have such a cool mom. She's the kindest person I know, and she'll go out of her way to help anyone. I know[...]

This post may only be of interest to local readers or those traveling to Memphis soon, but BIG NEWS in the Memphis vegan world — Imagine Vegan Cafe has[...]

I got this pan for almost 1 year, but never had a chance to use it ^^". It's small and cute, with this small portion, it's good when you use it to make[...]

A couple months ago, I was contacted by the nice folks at Bubbie's Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts — makers of mochi ice cream — about reviewing[...]

Ah, Cinco de Mayo! It's one of my favorite holidays for three reasons: 1) tacos, 2) burritos, and 3) margaritas. It also happens to fall the day after my mom's[...]

I've been slow to get on the CBD bandwagon, mostly because I didn't know how it could help me. I'd heard that it works wonders for anxiety, but I don't deal[...]

Gosh y'all. I haven't posted a random "stuff I ate" post since before my Florida trip in mid-April! So I have a lot of pics to share, but I'll break them into[...]

It's much easier than making bread, with less than 1 hour and you will get lovely fragranced scone. When I don't have time but I have to bake something for my[...]

The weather in Thailand is beyond hot! Sometimes I think that we live in the oven. And I know that many people are feeling the same -*-, spending time in front[...]

My niece told me that she wanted to eat macaron about 1 month ago, but I still couldn't find the right time to make it for her. Well, you know that I have so[...]

For some reason I had a craving for rice pudding. It's probably because every day reveals another disaster from the conservative government here in Ontario and[...]

Still on the healthy whole foods kick as I prepare for Saturday's Nashville Rock & Roll Marathon. I'm following week two of the 2-week No Meat Athlete[...]

This wasn't the race recap I wanted to write. As you might have guessed by the title of this post, Saturday's Nashville Rock N Roll Marathon did not go well.[...]

Yesterday, I posted about my Nashville Rock N Roll Marathon experience, which sadly didn't go as planned. You can read all about it here , but in a nutshell,[...]

Slider Inn — a Memphis mini burger joint with a giant patio — just got EVEN MORE vegan-friendly! They've long served homemade vegan burger sliders[...]

I spending most of my time reading light novel lately ^^. Because I bought too many of them (well, if I read about 1 book per 3-4 days, I still have books to[...]

Pumpkin is one of my favorite vegetable, its sweetness is what I like most. Cooking with it is easy, but when I want to put it into cookie is another story. I[...]

We got home from a 7-day vacation in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida yesterday! I totally meant to post more while I was there, but I was just too busy being a beach[...]

Here's the final wrap-up post from my week-long trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! You can see what I ate (and what we did for fun) on the first four days in my[...]

Now that I'm back from vacation and only a few days out from the Nashville Rock & Roll Marathon (eeeeek!), I'm following week two of the No Meat Athlete[...]

One of my weakest point is all thing sweet, esp. the one that children like, ^^. And you can see from the recipes in my blog, Mars, Snickers, Oreo, and etc. I[...]

My sister told me to make this Stroopwafel (Caramel filled thins waffle), after we ate it at Starbuck many years ago. Well, it's not hard to make but first you[...]

I'm back with another recap of my meals on week one of the No Meat Athlete Marathon Roadmap 3.0 meal plan. It's a two-week plan, and I'm doing week one now[...]

I'm eating the first week of a two-week meal plan from the No Meat Athlete Marathon Roadmap 3.0 this week. My marathon is April 27, but I started the 2-week[...]

Hey everyone! I'm checking in from sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! Paul and I are here for a week-long vacation, and we have some friends meeting us down here[...]

When I just started baking, I always thought that laminated pastry was out of my reach. Well, I didn't say that it becomes easy for me, but it's not as hard as[...]

Every times that I make pizza, I always end up putting too much topping on top of it. I think that you might understand me (or you might have the same problem,[...]

Last Saturday, I stopped by the Lulu's booth at the Cooper-Young Farmers Market and picked up these two fine-looking treats. There's a Pizza Bialy stuffed with[...]

I stopped by the Cooper Young Farmers Market on Saturday morning and picked up a Blackeyed Pea Sausage Biscuit from the Lulu's booth! Added some berry jam when[...]

I met my friend Stephanie for lunch last Friday at Phuong Long, and I ordered the BEST THING ON THE MENU — Tofu Salt & Jalapeno . This is basically[...]

So my next marathon — the Nashville Rock & Roll Marathon — is April 27! I'm using the No Meat Athlete marathon roadmap 3.0 training plan, and[...]

Fudgey, and gooey inside, it's the kind of cookie that you will be happy to eat with whipped cream (or ice cream ^^). But the reason that make me love this[...]

I've gravitated more toward a whole food-based diet over the past couple years, but if you knew me back in the day, I was a diehard "plant meat & potatoes"[...]

My dad, better known on here as Papa Crunk, turns 65 on Wednesday! But since I live an hour away, it made more sense for me to go home and celebrate this past[...]

RP Tracks , a college bar by the University of Memphis, has always been super vegan-friendly (even way back when I first went vegan in 2004!). They are, after[...]

I've been seeing these Carla Lee's Nut Tacos — and other Carla Lee's vegan nut-based meats — in the freezer section at grocery stores forever. But[...]

I have to bake with my niece a lot lately, it's quite fun to bake with children, ^^ as long as they listen to you, haha. Well, anyone who have a child in their[...]

Forgive me for having so many banana cake recipe in my blog, well, it's because my family members love it and we always have banana in our house. But using[...]

Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and I couldn't be more thrilled! I hate winter with a passion. I hate being cold. I hate having dry skin. I hate wearing[...]

Monday night is $3 draft pint night at Midtown Crossing Grill , my Crosstown neighborhood bar/pizza parlor, and I'm there many Mondays enjoying cheap booze.[...]

The long-awaited JUST vegan egg is finally making its way to stores across the country! We finally got the liquid vegan egg mix at our Sprouts stores in[...]

Last Sunday was the last Lulu's pop-up brunch for the forseeable future. They're going on a bit of a pop-up hiatus (although I hear there may be one more pizza[...]

You don't need to turn on the oven if you don't want to ^^. I'm a bit lazy lately (well at night, I have to spend my time collecting exp or I can't beat the[...]

Last week, my brother bought a lot of strawberries and told me that he want to eat them ^^.. It's "Thai Royal 80 Strawberry" , that has both sweet and sour[...]

I'm still loving the No Meat Athlete Sauce System , a blog post on their site that includes recipes for five simple sauces and all kinds of ways to use them.[...]