ATTACK OF THE BUZZITOS. This past fall, The Higher Taste worked 2 Vegan IT products into their line of Buzzitos: Soy Curls and Daiya Cheese. Way to be on top of the vegan community, really! Not too long ago, the Veganshizz and I met at the Vegan Mini Mall and had a grand time, squealing as [...]
Product Review: Dominex Eggplant Cutlets
Eggplant Cutlets, Red Wine Marinara, Lightly steamed Kale, Garlic Bread My experience with the Dominex Eggplant Cutlets featured delightful surprise after delightful surprise. The first surprise was the initial email – I’m always intrigued when companies offer to send me something!! The second was from recommendations. I posted a photo on flickr and received an [...]
Adventures with Daiya: zpizza, Quesadilla & Native Bowl
Thank You, zpizza. The first time I tried Daiya, I was in Laguna Beach, CA and had a pizza delivered by zpizza, pictured above. I was in such dislike with this goo on soft crust that I thought I was being tricked with soy cheese with casein. This new soy-free vegan cheese had just arrived [...]
just some vegan shoe shopping
UPDATE: A commentor brought it to light that although the Tretorn boots SEEM vegan, the little strap at the top is LEATHER. Sure enough, I received mine and it was leather. I decided to cut the piece off, because I really like the boots and had them shipped already, and I have notified the company [...]
Seattle Vegan Food Porn! Round 1.
The first of three installments of Seattle food porn! I was up in Seattle with two dear friends last week for work & play & vegan foodz, no doubt. In this post, we’ve got visits to Pike Place Market, Araya’s Vegan Thai, Bang Bang Cafe, Sidecar for Pigs Peace, Sureshot Cafe and a couple other [...]
My Grand, Tear-Filled Farewell to Vitasoy’s Chocolate Peppermint Soymilk.
There was a lot of talk over the summer about the discontinuation of Vitasoy soymilks, and I really took it to heart. It was my first ‘favorite soy milk’; I remember buying 99 cent and 4 for $5 cartons of it by the basketfuls from the tiny Central Square Whole Foods during college. There always [...]
see this shot?
pumpkin. coconut. whiskey. nog. Well, fast forward to Monday, and I don’t plan on placing glasses of cinnamon sprinkled nog in poor light, half hidden by shadows. Earlier today, I bought a magical new camera from The Shutterbug! I spent this past week cooking and dining without a camera and it didn’t feel right. I had [...]






