Posted in Uncategorized on November 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
By far my absolute favorite ethnic vegetarian dish in the world is Aloo Mutter. Being from the U.S. I have always wondered if that is the correct spelling, as the spelling differs depending on which Indian restaurant you visit. I prefer spelling it Aloo Mattar. When I lived in Britain they called it Aloo Peas, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Today is THAT day. Black Friday, the most evil, spendthrift, Chinese-import shopping day of the year. Some of those “Green” types of people started a little thing a few years ago called “Buy Nothing Day.” in the spirit of which I thought I would post on my plans for making more gifts this year than […]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Well Thanksgiving without turkey is different, at least for the eater, but I did still have to manage the cooking of a bird (for the meat-eaters who came to dinner.) I had a choice for the veggie heads of either Tofurky or Quorn Turk’y Roast The ingredients listed in the Tofurky, though completely vegan, led […]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Never, in all the years that I have been in love with Thanksgiving (and addicted to cranberry sauce) have I attempted to make homemade cranberry sauce. That all changed this year when the November/December issues of Vegetarian Times Magazine arrived in my mailbox. Their recipe for Jellied Cranberry Molds seemed so easy that I decided […]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
Woohoo! Papa and Mama have finally given steamed dumplings a try. Papa, who was born in Kyrgyzstan but grew up in Ukraine, has very fond memories of steamed dumplings from his childhood. On special holidays the whole family would get together and make over two-hundred dumplings within a 24-hour period. I only recently fell in […]