January, 2016

Turning Water Into Wine: When Food Changes Color in Your Kitchen
Water into Wine? When I was a kid my parents gave me a chemistry set for my birthday. I was fascinated by all the bottles of strange chemicals. But, being a lazy sort, I never got around to doing any of the experiments that the instruction book laid out. Except for one. The headline proclaimed: […]
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Six Ways to Go Invisibly Vegan in 2016
Here’s to a healthier, kinder, and more environmentally sustainable 2016! Okay, let’s not talk about bacon or cheese. Let’s talk about cupcakes, chili, and stir fry. Below are six ridiculously easy things you can do to invisibly veganize your cuisine. By invisible I mean that, in a blind taste test, you wouldn’t know the dish […]
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A Tale of Two Restaurants
Last month some friends and I vacationed for a week on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. One day we traveled to the French side of the island to do some sightseeing. We were looking for a place on the beach for lunch, and stopped into a French restaurant called L’Escapade ( https://www.facebook.com/Escapaderesto) that had […]
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