Tagged: vegan

Croatia-Dubrovnik-feat

Day Off in Dubrovnik

A real day off is rare, but provides time to reset, explore, and catch up. Today was one of those days. No travel, just time. I woke up earlier than Jane and slipped out of the room to go downstairs and do some bike maintenance. We had hoped to take our bikes to a bike shop in Dubrovnik for tune-ups but, alas, Dubrovnik doesn’t have a single bike shop. Apparently there is one mechanic who is handy with bikes, but before we tried our luck with him I thought I should give it a go, and in the process learn a bit more about how our bikes function….

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Italia-Cesano-feat

A Whole Country Crossed

We left our hilltop retreat this morning and headed down. And down. It was some of the easiest and most pleasant riding we have done thus far. We’ve found that where there is a modern highway there is often the old, smaller, and much less-used road running alongside it. In Italy, some of them are the original Roman roads, like the one we took today for most of our ride. By noon we had reached a milestone – we had cycled the entire width of our first country. Thanks to Alex and Luci for arranging our west coast camping trip almost two weeks ago! Today, having lunch sitting…

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Stephen on a ledge

Still Finding Our Rhythm

  • April 8th, 2013

We were up early(ish) today and, thanks to a bit of extra organization last night, managed to leave our little farmhouse around 9:30. We decided to head back into Gubbio to see the town properly before moving along. We rode through the streets of town until we found a cute cafe with WiFi. Stephen ordered us some coffee and pastries, to supplement the breakfast we’d eaten less than an hour ago. I spent the next hour or so uploading the latest blog posts while Stephen did some mysterious important things on the iPad. Honestly, I have no idea what he gets up to while I’m working hard to…

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Fruits and Veggies

Dang I’m Gonna Miss LA: Food Edition

  • March 17th, 2013

As time flies swiftly towards our departure date (slow down, dammit!) we are experience many last times. This is the last time I’ll see you. This is the last time I’ll take this yoga class. This is the last time I’ll be stuck in freakin’ traffic on the freakin’ 10 freeway… Of all these lasts, the food-related ones are the hardest to stomach. As soon as I take the first bite of whatever dubious concoction the airline serves us, the memories of these foods will come flooding in. Got a few more minutes? Read these posts. Did you like this post? Please share it!

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Should I Eat This? The Flowchart

  • January 5th, 2013

So you resolved to eat better this year? Or maybe you’re just confused about food. Here’s the ultimate flowchart to make your eating decisions easy. Should I Eat This? The Complete Series Find out more about where food comes from and how it affects your health and the health of the planet. Should I Eat This? A Guide To Food In The 21st Century All about the series and why I feel compelled to write it. Should I Eat This? Part One: Fast Food Think you know everything there is to know about fast food? This might just surprise you. Should I Eat This? Part Two: Junk Food…

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Thin Crust Pizza

Vegan Weekend: Perfect Thin Pizza Crust

  • August 25th, 2012

A huge welcome back to guest poster and master pizza cooker Stephen Ewashkiw. This is not a simple recipe, but it’s well worth the effort. Can you make perfect Italian Thin Pizza Crust at home? Yes, you can. I have been working on perfecting my pizza for more than a decade. As research, I’ve eaten pizza in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver. I’ve eaten Greek pizza in Greece, and pizza in a piazza in Napoli. I have eaten Northern Italian pizza in Torino and I’ve been spoiled at Maletti’s in London a million times. I’ve even munched a Turkish pide while enjoying an amazing view…

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Salad Mix

How To Eat Better And Spend Less Time Cooking

  • August 5th, 2012

I love cooking, but sometimes it is a royal pain in the ass. There’s no getting around it. Some days you’d rather eat your own arms than cook another damn meal from scratch. So what do you do? Suck it up and cook anyway? Eat microwave food? Order in? Go out? There’s a better solution. One simple idea can get you from zero to tasty in 15 minutes or less. Plus, it’s not expensive, time-consuming, or hard on the environment. The Make More Strategy The Make More Strategy is easy. It goes like this: Any time you prepare a labor-intensive staple, just Make More. I’m not talking about…

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Okonomiyaki

Vegan Weekend: Okonomiyaki

  • February 25th, 2012

One of my favorite places to eat when I lived in London was Abeno Too. They specialize in okonomiyaki, a Japanese dish that lands somewhere between a pancake and an omelette, but is definitely not breakfast food. Thanks to diligent experimentation by my husband and lots of taste-testing by me, our vegan version is awesome and simple enough that we eat it a couple of times a month at least. Ingredients For the batter 1 cup flour 2 tbsp potato starch ½ tsp salt 2 flax eggs (instructions below) 1 cup water 2 or 3 spring onions, chopped 2 or 3 cups cabbage, kale, chard or other leafy…

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A frying pan full of tasty food

Vegan Weekend: Stuff In A Pan

  • November 26th, 2011

Leftover turkey is the highlight of the holidays for a lot of people. Just this morning my (now vegan) husband was getting all nostalgic over turkey sandwiches of his youth. All I remember from Thanksgivings of yore is everyone at home getting So. Sick. Of turkey. I guess other people feel that way, too, since according to the USDA, 35% of perfectly edible turkey meat is wasted at this time of year. And what about all the other leftovers? Do they just sit idly by in your fridge until you notice a funky smell or something growing? This happens in our house, too. This year, we’re trying our…

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An angry mean guy

Some People Will Hate You

  • November 11th, 2011

Let’s just be honest about this. If you try to do something good in your life, some people are gonna hate you. Who and why? I’m not talking about evil ignorant types who are in the KKK and think Hitler was a super-cool dude. I’m talking about people with a cute little house who take their kids bike-riding in the park on the weekend. Normal people. Nice people. You don’t have to become an obnoxious green freak non-showering wool-sock wearing cliché to inspire their ire, either. You can just go about your business, cutting down on meat, biking to work, installing solar or whatever it is that you…

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