Jane has Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian” on loan from our local library. She likes to test drive new recipes prior to buying a new cookbook. This cookbook looks very promising. It’s almost 1,000 pages and seems quite comprehensive. The recipes we’ve read sound appealing. So we’re pretty [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cookbook Recipes'
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, or Not
December 21st, 2007 · No Comments
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Traffic
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Grr. Some of you may have heard about yesterday’s disaster on the 405 (Los Angeles freeway near LAX airport). A truck overturned and traffic was absolutely abominable in the area ALL day!!!! Needless to say, my commute was unpleasant, in both directions. Alhtough certainly not as unpleasant as the poor truck [...]
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Looks Like Something the Cat Coughed Up
October 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Our new vegan lifestyle has led to a huge increase in our tofu consumption. Looking to replace meat with some kind of protein, tofu has been the easiest choice. Of course, there is conflicting information out there about just how much tofu you should be consuming. Admittedly, I have done only [...]
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Spanakopita
October 13th, 2007 · No Comments
We’ve been vegans for a little over three months now. Since we’re old dogs (in our 40s), it’s been a bit of a challenge to change our way of thinking about what a meal should be, and that’s been harder on Jane than on me, since she prepares most of what we eat.
To date, [...]
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Hearty Winter Fare
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments
So, we went from brutal summer heat to winter overnight. We even had over an inch of rain (that’s slightly less rain than we had all of last year!), which is highly unusual in that we normally don’t have rain between April and October.
It’s been like winter here. That was enough for [...]




