Feed Me Portland!

I have a project coming up using these books and I am much too excited. I even bought new scissors. Decoupage!! I'm not much of a crafty gal outside of the food world, so yeah, excitement is here.

Say that 10 times fast.Soy Curls are an Oregon based product that I first tried at a food demo by the lovely Julie Hasson (she enlists me as a cheering section). They are Oregon based and are like big, 'chickeny' strips of tvp w

Chocolate Fudgey Oatmeal Cookies.From the in-progress PPK Cookie book, which was estimated to be due in Fall 2009 the last time I checked. Correct me if I'm wrong, Terry & Isa...Made these last night...I sampled one this morn

here's my friend the local peach and rainier cherry crumb pie riding the #9 in se portland.it was sunny so it wore this protective layer. just for a w

Last night I made a REAL meal in my kitchen that was totally not processed, totally awesome and totally trippy. It's been a while. I missed my kitchen.Sauteed cremini mushrooms with local fava beans, olive oil, sherry, garlic, frsehly ground black pepper and tamari.

This weekend I attended the PPK Vegan the Gathering Version 2.0, and had a blast there and at the pre- and post- activities. Vegans and arcades and karaoke and booze and wanderings and gossip, oh my. Just what I needed. I love being around these people. Fellow bloggers included Sarah

Testing. Testing.For Isa Chandra Moskowitz's upcoming Vegan Brunch cookbook(formerly being called Crack of Noon). For those of you newish to reading,

Erin and Hillary enjoying some vegan cake at Vita Cafe - Chocolate & Irish Oatmeal.I

Holy shit! It's been a while, but over the past few weeks, I've managed a few meals at home - or at least throwing things together to dish out at work for lunch. And hit up the farmer's markets, of course.Grilled BBQ tempeh, steamed kale, grilled zucchini and short grain brown rice.

Sometimes I'm really in the mood for straight up, wholesome food. Like steamed kale with a sprinkle of sea salt or baked yams, plain and simple. There are even restaurant dishes I can think of that are on the plainer side of things that I crave - like the Incan bowl at