Archive for November, 2009

The 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Guide & Gigantic F’n Giveaway!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Wow – it’s Thanksgiving already! It seems like only yesterday I was bitching that it was too hot and here I am, on the brink of winter, bitching that it’s too cold. Dang, a lot has happened since I published the 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Guide – I had the site redesigned (and moved to [...]

Jerky Turkey – Get Pumped!

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

As a vegetarian, and an Italian-American I’m not exactly fond of Thanksgiving in its historical context. There are, however, a few undeniably awesome things about this holiday: eating until you fall asleep, not going to work, and Black Friday sales. This year I’m giving you three more reasons to get pumped for Thanksgiving — my [...]

Vegan Sweet Potato Cupcakes

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Most of the time, I get an idea in my head and spend the next several days scrambling around trying to find all the ingredients needed to make the idea a reality. And by “reality,” I mean “cupcake.” This time, Teno and I were pillaging Trader Joe’s for all their Peppermint Joe Joes when I [...]

Rep Da ET! aka Hi, I’m from Joliet.

Monday, November 16th, 2009

And now we interrupt this regularly-scheduled baking blog to bring you this video from Joliet (my home town, yo!) rappers p.ruffins , t-watts, and big rock:

As much as I enjoyed this tour of da ET, I have to call bullshit on a Joliet music video without any shots of: Homecut Donuts, Hey Hot Dog, Merichka’s [...]

Sugar Beat Sweets – SF’s 1st Vegan Bakery

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

You guys may remember that a few posts ago I mentioned that my beloved Melisser and her crew of baking bandits were well on their way to opening San Francisco’s first vegan bakery, Sugar Beat Sweets .
Well D-Day is coming, and the “d” stands for “delicious.” Meanwhile, Sugar Beat Sweets has teamed up with Herbivore [...]