Archive for April, 2009

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

It's all about the BabyCakes

There’s all sorts of recent good news about vegan cupcakery BabyCakes, a NYC sensation since 2005. For one, they’re opening a new west coast location smack dab in the middle of the historic Bank District of Los Angeles; then, for folks who live too far from NYC or LA, there’s a new BabyCakes cookbook out [...]

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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

chocolate that is out of this world

Vegan mint chocolate lovers will be thrilled to know that Trader Joe’s has resurrected their “saucer-shaped’ UFOs candies but this time in vegan form! These delicious bad boys are a dark chocolate mint version of their classic milk chocolate predecessors, and I couldn’t be happier to see them on the shelves in their new [...]

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Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Happy Vegan Easter

Easter is now upon us which has us thinking about what to stuff into those little vegan Easter baskets. Some of the healthier ideas include putting nickels, dimes, and quarters or raisins and nuts or other dried fruit into those little plastic eggs. But what if you have a little sweet tooth on your hands? [...]

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Sunday, April 5th, 2009

a vegan seder

vegan seder plateOriginally uploaded by coffywoman.
This year, the traditional Passover seder takes place this week (my how time flies) and many a vegan will be celebrating with vegetarian haggadahs, a vegan seder plate and, of course, a sumptious vegan meal, hopefully ending with something as delectable as Hannah Kaminsky’s matzah toffee or even [...]

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Saturday, April 4th, 2009

on mini-vegans

We had to write about this blog post on raising a vegan child, not only because it’s a great post, but also because our own 2+ year old won’t stop pressing play on Rasine’s audio clip — it is truly adorable! He is loving hearing another human his size uttering the very same words he [...]

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