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RavioMoFo
Ravioli, you delicious little tease, you. I want to slip between those tender, wheaty sheets, to discover what lies within. Roasted vegetables? Creamy cheese? Velvety squash? Whatever it is, I’ll take...
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LetdownMoFo
Impulse-buying from Whole Foods, it’s done bit me more often than I care to admit. I run in to pick up a few things I need for dinner and something catches my eye over in the bakery case, only to break...
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RoastyMoFo
Roasted vegetables just might be the key to world peace. I’ve seen it happen—hell, I did it to myself—you swear you hate a vegetable, but then you try it roasted and it’s magnificent. I’ve done this...
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PotatoMoFo
I’m not a huge fan of fall. I’m a not-huger fan of winter. Why ever did I leave L.A.? I ask myself that from time to time, when the temperature fails to break 50° and it’s the third straight day of...
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InstaMoFo
I hate Instagram. I had refused to open an Instagram account, but I finally agreed to host the VidaVeganHQ one. I use it to post photos from Vida Vegan meetings, scouting trips, or points of interest...
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tomatomofo: my favorite pasta with the last of the pretty tomatoes
I made this last week and forgot to photograph it, so the other night, when Tom was on his way home from work, he tried to pick up some more of these pretty heirloom cherry tomatoes. Alas, he was told...
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phomofo: (almost) instant pho
Never mind the leaf. It fell as I was shooting this and I had to act fast to beat the cats. And yes, my spoon has a little pickle man on it. I hope he’s not saying anything rude. It’s almost instant,...
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toast-or-nomofo: rye bread is the best
So, rye bread’s the best. I grew up in Chicago eating S. Rosen’s rye with caraway seeds. Obviously, I can’t get that out here in Portland. I haven’t found a rye that matches it. In a huge departure, I...
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vegans & body image: lisa
Welcome back to Vegans & Body Image, the biweekly series in which vegans share their stories and thoughts on body image in general, and what effect, if any, veganism has on it. Today we have Lisa...
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finalemofo: cocktails and the quest for the tater tot taco shell
Happy last day of VeganMoFo! It’s been, as is the case with VeganMoFo, a month of successes, failures, and inspiration. One accomplishment I’m very proud of is finally making my own giardiniera…and...
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veganmofo 4: tamales from texas from my freezer
Totally an impulse buy—but look at that packaging! Come on! I found these in the freezer section at New Seasons, our local what-Whole-Foods-charges-plus-a-dollar store, which I only went to because as...
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veganmofo 5: spiralized beet & zucchini pasta…with pasta
Becuase my birthday’s in July and I live in Portland, we always have houseguests on my birthday. This year it was Jim, an old, old friend who has become a super healthy eater after getting hit with...
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veganmofo 6: native foods special: fakey chicken for the masses!
My boy Tom and I have big travel stuff going on this week—poor thing is off to Australia for work while I’m headed to Chicago for Riot Fest—so we begrudgingly headed out to the mall to pick up a bunch...
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veganmofo 7: thanks, compressed foodstuffs!
Hello from Portland International Airport! Posting from my phone—thanks, the future! Heading to Chicago for Riot Fest and am surprisingly prepared and have made it in time for my flight. I’m usually so...
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veganmofo 8: hanging at upton’s breakroom
I left warm, sunny Portland for this gloom? So I have arrived safely in Chicago for Riot Fest weekend, hanging at my parents’ house, being driven crazy by non-recycled paper towels and such, coffee in...
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veganmofo 9: tough times for a vegan at a music festival
What you don’t see is the guy next to me eating a brat. That’s how my Chicago trip largely went. With my boy Tom out on a business trip, I was the lone vegan among my friends. At Riot Fest, a...
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veganmofo 10: chocolate-covered rice cakes
Not super exciting at first glance, but I had a brief fling with chocolate-covered rice cakes and believe it or not, they have haunted me ever since. I kept an eye out for them wherever I went, asking...
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veganmofo 11: more native foods–what?!
After not having visited Native Foods in for-friggin’-ever, here I am again for the second time in one VeganMoFo! (And dig it: The sandwich I had as a special last time is now on the menu.) I went...
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veganmofo 12: gettin’ my greens & grains
There’s so much about the world and what’s going on that makes me shake my fist and head and anything else that ain’t tied down, but one thing I super applaud is the all-the-foods salad. Less...
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veganmofo 13: fancy snacky torta treats
Every once in a while you deserve a little somethin’ fancy, right? Hell yes, you do. You eat beans and rice, “clean out the kitchen” stir-fry, and nooch sandwiches because A, they’re awesome and...
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