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New Year, New Salad

January 2, 2012
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Hello from the other side of 2012! And thanks for all of the sweet responses to my best of 2011 post. I was happy to hear that so many of you would like to see more salads! I often think that my salad posts are more for me than for you; the response on sweets [...]

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Welcome to the Neighborhood: Chickpea, Avocado, and Nori Spread

June 17, 2011
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One of the things I’ve always loved most about being a New Yorker is the smug assurance that, sooner or later, everyone will come to me. When you live in New York, there’s a good chance that the people you grew up with will be as inclined as you are to stick around. When go [...]

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An Interview with Verité Vegan Catering, and Roast Beets with Arugula and Toasted Almond Granola

April 15, 2011
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Great responses to the raw, vegan tomato bread! I’m already excited for another sandwich. I’m thrilled to bring you guys an interview today with two of the most inspiring, enthusiastic, and talented young vegans I know. They’re my friends Cassie Karopkin and Daphne Cheng, and they’re the culinary dream team behind Verité Catering. Verité is [...]

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Vegan Artichoke and Spinach Dip

February 5, 2011
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Great response to the nori cigars! I thought of you guys as I snacked upon a few of them on my bus ride to D.C. yesterday, along with an apple, veggies, and dip. One reader asked me how the leftover gingery sunflower pate can be used: great question! I love nut pates precisely for their [...]

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Seven Days of Super Bowl, and Three Layer Dip

February 1, 2011
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Love the response to my pizza recipe and tutorial! It was a lot of text, I know, but I hope I was able to convey the ease of pizza making in spite of that. Homemade crust is so much more worthy than store-bought, and kneading can double as stress relief therapy. Seriously. Please make some [...]

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Pizza Night.

January 31, 2011
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If you caught yesterday’s sweet potato hummus post, you may have heard me mention the fact that Saturday was Vegan Pizza Day. A momentous occasion, if ever there was one. M and I spent ours at Cafe Viva on the Upper West Side, ogling the many vegan options:

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Sweet Potato Hummus.

January 30, 2011
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For days now, I’ve been hinting at the arrival of this: My favorite new hummus. And that’s saying a lot because I love hummus, and there are plenty of tried and true variations to which I’ve already given my heart. Still, we all know that sweet ‘taters are among my favorite foods, so it actually [...]

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