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Tis the Tofurkey Day MoFo: Kabocha Squash Pot Pie, Thai Iced Tea Pumpkin Pie & Dinner with Friends

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I may not really celebrate the holidays, but I do celebrate proudly made from scratch dishes, friends, wine, and the warm wonder that is a multi-course, cruelty-free thanksgiving dinner with said friends in a city we’ve made our home. Aww. Commence warm and fuzzies and vegan food with part of the spread: My contributions to the dinner … Continue reading »

dinner / fake cheese / holidays / italian / jalapeno / memories / mushrooms / teese / Vegan MoFo IV / vegan pizza / VeganMoFo / xmas

mini pizzas & teese & holiday confessions

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I was recently afflicted with the pizza bug. It’s been the coldest and driest November I’ve ever witnessed in Portland, and it usually seems much more rational to use the oven over the heater. You get a warm dinner and a warmer abode. Win Win. Whole wheat crust (Trader Joe’s), homemade marinara, mozzarella teese, sun-dried tomatoes, cremini mushrooms, jalapeño peppers. I’m … Continue reading »

grocery shopping / Kruger's / local / portland / Vegan MoFo IV / VeganMoFo

Anatomy of a Grocery Trip: The New Kruger’s Farm Market

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I was mortified a couple weeks ago when it appeared that Uncle Paul’s produce market on SE Hawthorne had suddenly closed up shop. I quickly learned that it was true, they’re sticking to wholesale, but that Kruger’s Farm of Sauvie Island would be opening up a market. Sure enough, they opened last weekend, and being … Continue reading »

burgers / carts / fake cheese / Homegrown Smoker / lunch / mushrooms / portland / Vegan MoFo IV / VeganMoFo

Keeping up with the VeganMoFo: A Return to Homegrown Smoker

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You’ve gotta hand it to Homegrown Smoker. They’ve come a long way since opening on NE Alberta in the summer of 2009. They’ve built a snazzy enclosed cart, have moved SW near PSU, and hearing their daily specials announced on the internet, or even pictured, has become….. epic. Recently, there’s been the Portoritto with smoked soy … Continue reading »