Vegan Miscellaniestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15682642009-10-12T22:23:17-04:00a blog about all things veganTypePadSimple Things: Vegan Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Quick Breadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452660069e20120a63545d9970c2009-10-12T22:23:17-04:002009-10-12T22:23:17-04:00Two nights in a row we made vegan cinnamon quick bread, based on Derek Markham's recipe on Natural Papa. It is so quick and so good! Of course I made a few changes. Since we don't like raisins in baked...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/10/simple-things-vegan-cinnamon-chocolate-chip-quick-bread.htmlWeird Shit: What We Vegans Always Eattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452660069e20120a51e0dd2970b2009-08-25T21:33:24-04:002009-08-25T21:38:59-04:00The last few days we've cooked and eaten some great vegan food at home. Last night, for instance, Jihan had made a wonderful raw beet salad while I made veganised Mexican white sauce with whole grain linguine. Here's the Mexican...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/08/weird-shit-what-we-vegans-always-eat.htmlOn Flour and Homemade Bread tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452660069e20120a4fc6f70970b2009-08-17T00:22:48-04:002009-08-17T00:22:48-04:00Some time ago, listening to CBC Radio One's Here and Now, I heard food columnist Sarah Elton (the Locavore) talk about a Toronto chef using Red Fife flour for his baking. Red Fife is considered the grandfather of Canadian wheat...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/08/on-flour-homemade-bread-eating-locally-and-slow-food-.htmlAdding Vegan Miscellanies to Technoratitag:typepad.com,2003:post-682264892009-06-17T22:03:28-04:002009-06-17T22:07:18-04:00Technorati ProfileS. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/06/adding-vegan-miscellanies-to-technorati.htmlBaby Seal Clubbing Pranktag:typepad.com,2003:post-663272692009-05-03T19:57:03-04:002009-05-03T19:57:03-04:00I'm not usually a fan of direct action a la Greenpeace, PETA, inter alia, but I stumbled upon an article about a prank carried out by a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew that I actually don't mind at all. Why?...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/05/baby-seal-clubbing-prank.htmlHomemade Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce and Carribbean Chickpea Currytag:typepad.com,2003:post-641786592009-03-15T14:10:54-04:002009-03-15T14:10:43-04:00Yesterday evening, having bought a package of Scotch Bonnet peppers the day before, I decided to make my own Scotch Bonnet hot sauce. Isn't that colour gorgeous? And it's in one of my beautiful mason jars too boot. Here's how...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/03/homemade-scotch-bonnet-hot-sauce-and-carribbean-chickpea-curry.htmlDeath in my Familytag:typepad.com,2003:post-615625522009-01-18T20:34:52-05:002009-01-18T20:34:52-05:00A week ago today I watched my father die of colon cancer. He was given about 4 months to live at the time of diagnosis, when the disease was already advanced and had spread to surrounding organs, but he held...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2009/01/death-in-my-family.htmlStuffed Small Sugar Pumpkintag:typepad.com,2003:post-575889292008-10-26T21:35:34-04:002008-10-26T21:35:34-04:00We doted on this little guy all summer. He was an only child :-). Since the pumpkin was planted late spring and the pumpkin was not ready to harvest until after thanksgiving, we enjoyed it today, halfway between thanksgiving and...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2008/10/stuffed-small-sugar-pumpkin.htmlA Nice List of Nutrients to Keep Handytag:typepad.com,2003:post-562464532008-09-28T17:09:18-04:002008-09-28T17:09:18-04:00It's absurd how often people ask that question of vegetarians and, even more so, of vegans. It's especially absurd in light of the information available to us, via the book I'm currently reading--The China Study--which makes abundantly clear that animal...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2008/09/a-nice-list-of.htmlA Dairy Farm in a Vegan's Garden: Ants and their Herds of Aphidstag:typepad.com,2003:post-560037362008-09-22T22:04:56-04:002008-09-22T22:04:56-04:00In 1996, the year my partner and I got married, we went to see Microcosmos at the same little independent movie theatre where we had our first date on November 27th, 1993. The film is so well executed, with minimal...S. S. Tragushttp://hybridtumbleweed.typepad.com/vegan_miscellanies/2008/09/aphid-farmers-i.html