Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
I wasn’t looking for a great chocolate chip cookie recipe. All I wanted was a decent-looking ingredient list that I could tweak and muck up into a fun Halloween treat for a party we were attending back...
View ArticleGoals for 2015 — A Review
Last January I set myself a number of goals, things to work toward, throughout 2015. They weren’t things that I jumped into as soon as the calendar flipped, nor were they things that I set any...
View Article30
I turned 30 yesterday. I’ve always been one of the younger ones, often the youngest, among the friends that I keep. It’s never been a conscious thing—just energetically what has happened, where I’ve...
View ArticleIntentions for 2016
Last year I felt like I had “goals” for the year. This year “intention” feels more like the right word: a thing intended, an aim or plan. And since these aren’t officially New Year’s resolutions, and...
View ArticleFractured but Not Broken
A couple months ago, I dove in and indulged an ambitious notion that had been simmering just beneath the surface, nagging at my brain. I decided I was going to run three half marathons within three...
View Article10 Things You Don’t Need to Do to Go Vegan…and One Thing You Do — Part 1
For many people, going vegan can feel daunting. It’s a major lifestyle and ideological shift. On top of this, veganism also tends to be brought up in discussion with a whole bunch of other unrelated...
View Article10 Things You Don’t Need to Do to Go Vegan…and One Thing You Do — Part 2
For many people, going vegan can feel daunting. It’s a major lifestyle and ideological shift. On top of this, veganism also tends to be brought up in discussion with a whole bunch of other unrelated...
View ArticleBaconish by Leinana Two Moons: Book Review & Giveaway
Years ago, I, like so many hipsters people today, possessed a deep love of bacon. It never reached the level to where I found myself applying bacon-flavored lip balm while wearing a bacon bikini (for...
View ArticleHomemade Hummus
There are jokes and memes about vegans and hummus for a reason. We like it, we eat a lot of it, and if you ever attend a vegan potluck, you should expect to see approximately one container of hummus...
View ArticleWhy I Returned This Dress
About this time last summer I found myself staring down a calendar filled with events—a bridal shower, wedding, bachelorette party, etc—that would require a certain level of dress, while...
View ArticleRagnar Adirondacks 2016 with SHVP
I’m not even sure where to begin. This past weekend was a glorious, laugh-filled, sleep-deprived adventure, one of those weekends that speeds by in a blur yet seems to contain a week’s worth of...
View ArticleAquafaba by Zsu Dever: Book Review & Giveaway
Bean water. I know. Your mouth is watering, tummy rumbling, because those two words placed side-by-side evoke utter deliciousness, amiright? No? Just me? Well what if I said aquafaba instead?...
View ArticleLet’s Catch Up
I recently pulled up this site to make one of my recipes (yep, I do that), and realized that it’s been well over a year since I posted here. There are so many reasons for that and so much that has...
View Articleuprooted
Next week I’ll be putting on my first pop-up dinner. I’ve been meaning and wanting to write about it since I decided I was going to do it, but I haven’t been sure what to say. And now I’m sitting...
View ArticleI Did the Thing
It happened. I did it. Last week I put on my first uprooted pop-up dinner. It was a six-course, spring-inspired menu, consisting of a handful of recipes that I’ve created over the years as well...
View ArticleCome See Me at the 2018 Brooklyn GFFAF
The Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest is coming to Brooklyn for the first time this weekend, July 28th and 29th. I’m thrilled to say that I’ll be giving a cooking demo on Saturday and will be there all...
View Article2018
I don’t really post much here anymore, I know. I’m far more active on Instagram—stories specifically—as of late. I started writing this as an Insta post reflecting on the past year, and it ran over the...
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