My mother always used to say, “For every bad thing that happens, at least three great things come from it.”  For a long time, I thought that was just a phrase to make us all feel better about whatever cards we were dealt.  I’m here…

Autumn mornings are fast approaching. What a great excuse to have a slice of warm Vegan Banana Cocoa Nutty Bread with your morning coffee! I made this bread a few weeks ago in an attempt to “veganize” one of my favorite sweet breads. It turned…

If you’re vegan, don’t you eat EVERY vegetable? Lately, I have been on a journey to making more vegan choices when it comes to eating.  It has been a wonderful road so far because I have come to enjoy and appreciate the challenge of creating…

If I could eat pancakes, waffles or french toast every morning, I’d fucking do it.  But, some mornings, I crave something from the other side of the taste spectrum, like this Pesto Breakfast Toast with Cherry Tomatoes and Avocado.  I cannot go wrong with a…

This past Saturday morning, I slept in for the first time in a very long time.  Although four gin and sodas from the night before contributed to such an occasion, I was happy to take one for the team and enjoy a slight hangover I…

Grey paint chip samples have been sitting on my kitchen counter in a sad “to do” bin that has been overflowing for months now. Yesterday, I decided to take advantage of this tremendous burst of energy that hit me, get off my ass, and paint…

Our home has become a place where, on some weeknights, two or more regional cuisines can be combined into a hybrid of delicious debauchery.  This particular recipe is one of our favorites that we make weekly because it’s simple to throw together when using pre-made…

As many times as I have tried to ignore it…as many times as I have attempted to look the other way, I have finally met eye to eye with the aging process.  It has come at me hard with so many physical and emotional red…

My dreams are always either about food (a new recipe idea that will make me the most brilliant person alive) or my own murder.  I either wake up googling said idea to see if it has been done before or I wake from having a…