Pre-Hiatus (or some crafts, cooking and coffee before my time in Brooklyn)

Posted on December 29, 2012 by jess sconé • 3 Comments

I’ve returned yet again from sneaking the heck out-of-town for the holiday mess. This time last year, I was sipping from young coconuts in Cambodia, while this time last week, J. Legume and I were singing carols to rats scurrying around subway tracks. How time flies. Of course, New York is quite the star of … Continue reading »

booze / cinnamon / cocktails / Heartichoke / infusion / mixology / portland / tea / vanilla / vegan / whiskey

So, this happened…the pumpkin tea spiced whiskey project

Posted on December 18, 2012 by jess sconé • 2 Comments

With the last few days of autumn ahead, it was about time I got down to sharing this seasonal specialty. It’s wonderful and warming and just like taking your first bite of spiced pumpkin bread after the first chilly day in October, especially when shaken with a bit of maple syrup over apple cider. Plus, … Continue reading »

dinner / fake cheese / holidays / holidaze / pie / portland / Portlandia / rain / Sizzle Pie / VCIYCJ / vegan food / vegan pizza

Holidaze

Posted on December 10, 2012 by jess sconé • 5 Comments

The past few weeks have been a blur of rain and sweaters, pumpkin beer and other fall-appropriate-Portland-ness. Snippets, ahoy. – - – = – - – - – - – - – - – – – - My feelings on Portland winters are bittersweet, at best. It mists, it hails, it still rains a lot. … Continue reading »

biscuits / breakfast / brunch / Earth Balance / fake cheese / Follow Your Heart / Get Sconed! / holidays / homemade / leftovers / margarine / mashed potatoes / recipes / Serious Eats / vegan food / veganizing

Veganizing Leftover Mashed Potato & Cheese Biscuits

Posted on December 4, 2012 by jess sconé • 4 Comments

Yeah, you can correctly assume that this leftover-incorporation project was an experiment gone oh, so, tender and right. Being that J. Legume and I were opting for something different this past Thanksgiving, we decided to make what turned out to be a giant batch of mashed potatoes the weekend prior. I’d never foreseen this as an issue … Continue reading »

blog tour / cookbooks / dinner / lunch / sandwiches / seitan / tempeh / tofu / vegan food / Vegan Sandwiches cookbook / Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day

Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day: Book Giveaway & Blog Tour of Wonder!

Posted on November 28, 2012 by jess sconé • 48 Comments

THE GRAND ENTRANCE… BLOG TOUR! This post is a whole trio of firsts: my first time breading with cornflakes, my first blog tour, and shockingly, my first cookbook giveaway. Who saw that happening?! Well, it’s all in honor of an enthusiastic, satisfying and beautifully photographed cookbook from two fellow bloggers: Tamasin Noyes and Celine Steen’s Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day. … Continue reading »

berries / booze / cherries / cocktails / DIY / drinks / FarMar / farmer's market / fruit / Heartichoke / holidays / homemade / liqueur / local / mason jars / portland / PPK 100 / PPK 100 of 2012 / recipes

Obsessing over cherries and making my own liqueurs…

Posted on November 25, 2012 by jess sconé • 8 Comments

Updated with prettier pictures of the finished projects & much blushing to see this included on the PPK 100 for 2012! If you’re looking to make your own syrups for drinks, per #52, check out my Rhubarb & Rangpur Lime syrup and Hot Chili, Lime & Sea Salt syrup. Finished products: lemongrass & mint, cherry brandy and … Continue reading »

faux meat / Gardein / Hillsboro / portland / restaurants / salad / Tanasbourne / tempeh / vegan food / Veggie Grill

Less Beef, More Tempeh: Veggie Grill opens in Hillsboro, OR

Posted on November 21, 2012 by jess sconé • 1 Comment

In the past six months, Veggie Grill has opened the first of four restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, and three are non-surprisingly in the Portland metro area. Our city may be considered a bubble, but if this bubble is representative of the changes coming to the rest of the US and beyond, as it sometimes is, … Continue reading »

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Jess Sconé: native New Yorker turned long-time Portlander, writer, reader, event planner, mixologist, coffee shop dweller, casual cook, etc.