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Junk Food Vegetarianism vs. Healthy Vegetarianism

“This blessed Earth has given us many wonderful foods. I believe our trust is best placed in foods the way Nature intends, not in products concocted in laboratories by multinational corporations trying to exploit the vegetarian market. ” ~ John Robbins, Author The Food Revolution & Healthy at 100 Rarely do I choose to write […]

Harvest Haul Celebration Cake

“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.” ~ Steve Almond, American Fiction Writer This is the mother of all cakes, made for my favorite season, Autumn. And for me the best spiritual harvest of the year is in the cool and leaf-strewn time between my two favorite holidays, Halloween and […]

Lemon Poppy Seed Sweet Loaf

“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.” ~Anatole France, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1921 Somehow, it didn’t seem appropriate to call this a bread. I tried that tact when I first made it but Papa agreed that it was far too sweet and […]

Diane’s Scrumptious Baklava

Papa, Matt and myself went and spent New Year’s Eve with my friend Chuck and his girlfriend Diane. They are both known to be fantastic cooks and that is why I am always more than pleased to accept a dinner invitation to their place. Chuck is Greek and has been commanded by his grandmother to […]