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Bake & Destroy: Good Food for Bad Vegans Book Tour

“Hey, I kid because I love!” – Krusty the Clown, from The Simpsons Every once in a while as I’m driving through the comatose streets of my adopted town – usually lamenting the lack of …

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Vegan MoFo 8: Chocolate Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins

Twelve years ago today I was sitting at my desk at Harvard Law School where I worked as a faculty assistant for Elizabeth Warren when my mom called to tell me that a plane had …

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Oil-free Banana Fig Cakes with Date-Coconut Drizzle

Last week I spotted a gigantic purple fig hiding amongst the leaves in one of our potted plants.  Kel and I watched its progress carefully; we didn’t want to let this one go to the …

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Loaded Morning Muffins with Crumb Topping

You can see from the long ingredient list why these are called “loaded” muffins, but gosh, they’re delicious. It’s crunch time over at Ethical Ocean and their Eat What’s Good vegan recipe contest.  I’ve been …

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Nasoya Nayonaise & NayoWhipped Sandwich Spread Review (& Some Recipes)

When I was growing up there were two distinct camps: the Mayonnaise camp (in my neck of the woods, Hellman’s brand) and the Salad Dressing camp (Miracle Whip). It all depended on what your mom …

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Chocolate Mint Cream Cheese Muffins

Christmas and mint.  How did they become an item?  The red-and-white-swirled candy canes dangling from stuffed stockings?  The tiny pastel-colored, melt-away candies piled in bowls that appear only in December?  The Santa- and snowman-shaped chocolate …

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Chunky Monkey Muffins: Put Down the Ice Cream Scoop

I never did try Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream (I was heavily addicted to Phish Food, myself), but apparently the inspiration for these muffins is that particular ice cream flavor.  These are delicious: …

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Peanut Butter & Banana Muffins

I’m not going to lie to you.  These muffins are outstanding.  There’s no time to waste – bake them this very afternoon!  Dense, moist, toasty and peanuty with a hint of banana flavor and a …

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Happy-Birthday-Luda Chocolate-Banana-Cherry Muffins

1997, Moscow, Russia.  I had just moved there for a year and I must have seemed as out of place as a cowbird chick sitting in a hummingbird’s nest.  My clothes weren’t right, I didn’t …

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