kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jan 3, 2012, 8:53 pm
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!  I started writing and writing all about these homemade baked tortilla chips I've been diggin' and dippin' lately.  Then I woke up--chips.  You already know all about chips. Time's a-wastin', you Chip Eaters.  It's a new year, please don't wait until next fall to get o...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Dec 30, 2011, 10:35 pm
In order to fully appreciate this blog post, please put on your buckwheat goggles now. Sprouted buckwheat groats, pumpkin seeds, coconut, raw cacao powder, prunes, flax seed, agave nectar, vanilla and salt.I've been making some crunchy-yummy granola lately.  It's made with prunes, so if you know an...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Dec 28, 2011, 9:02 pm
I'm not sure who all reads this blog, but I dare bet y'all are a bunch of MONKEY LOVERS.  If you heart on the furry bubs like I do, here's an easy (and affordable) way to lend them a hand.  Buy a copy of Hungry Monkey and gain a nice compilation of vegan recipes.  Your financial support will not ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Dec 18, 2011, 2:01 pm
I made some super-fun and practical delicacies for a Cookie Swap party last night.  If you're still looking for the perfect dessert to hang from strings to deck your halls, these are perfect!  So pretty too, especially in the window... Orbs! Any rolled cookie recipe will work for these cooki...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Nov 5, 2011, 2:20 am
I'm pretty sure you don't need a recipe for this. You take your favorite Mac 'n' Cheezie recipe and you pile it into a pie plate or cake pan.  Then you pile your favorite collard green recipe on top (mine uses bits of Soy Curls).  Then you top it with a xgfx crust and bake it.  I can post ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Nov 1, 2011, 8:33 pm
Two posts in one day, I know!  But I'm definitely still feeling the MoFo madness, and since I just finished decorating my sugar skulls today, I wanted to post the pictures.  These are for Dia de Los Muertos  (All Saints Day and All Souls Day), which is celebrated today and tomorrow. I set ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Nov 1, 2011, 5:41 pm
Figs!  I've got fresh figs! Last year, Amy and I turned them into an amazing fig-ginger preserve.  This past Summer, I dried them as they became ripe, but for this last crop of the year, I might like to try something new.  In New Orleans, these would get preserved whole in a sugar ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 31, 2011, 1:09 am
A few weeks ago, I asked if anyone would be interested in writing up Papa Tofu Loves Ethiopian Food for the Vegan Cook-Zine Museum.  A few of you lovely folks volunteered to help (thank you!), but in the end I chose my friend Marika, because I love her work, and because we are real life bubs (thank...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 29, 2011, 10:30 pm
... days, but I've had the pleasure of running into her now and again on the street sometimes and around town, like on the very long line of the movie “King Corn,” a movie I slept about half-way through. When our brother and sister-in-law came to town and wanted us to meet up with her old frie...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 29, 2011, 1:13 am
Today: an evening view of our pum'kin--I borrowed the idea from my friend Walter. I haven't carved a pumpkin in years, and dude--squash has gotten a lot thicker than I remember. This was tough to cut! In case you can't see it,  there's a big spider on the top with a multiplicity o' eyeball...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 28, 2011, 12:22 am
Sunny Days in Texas  is one of the best zines in my collection.  It was recently compiled by my friend Stephanie aka LazySmurf, with recipes from a slew of other amazing folks, too.  This zine benefits Sunny Day Farm Animal Sanctuary in La Coste, Texas.  The proceeds from the sale of this recip...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 26, 2011, 10:42 pm
I better start looking for online docent applicants for this Cookzine Museum, 'cuz it's getting voluminous.  I still have a good-sized pile of zines to cook through, so this project may actually eek its way into the New Year.  It's definitely not gonna be completed by the end of MoFo, so don...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 25, 2011, 9:44 pm
You got the joke up there, right?  I'm not that bad of a speller... I've been working on my bagel recipe/s this week.  Somehow when the figs in the backyard get ripe in the Fall, it makes me want bagels.  Not just any bagel, but bagels with figs, which is a weird thing.  Especially since I...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 25, 2011, 12:51 am
Death by sugar coma is the real trick on Halloween, y'all.  F'reals.  I'm not afraid of a little toilet paper in the trees, but I just can't take the sweets on, like I used to.  Lucky for me, the following treats are getting shipped off to my nephews.  Their birthdays fall on the 28th and ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 24, 2011, 2:18 am
When Sasquatch Books asked me to kickoff the blog tour for Beth Barnett's Rabbit Food cookbook, I was excited to participate.  Especially, since Beth's book fits well within my theme this month. Rabbit Food was orginally sold as a small edition, handmade spiral bound vegan zine. From left to right,...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 23, 2011, 7:16 pm
I've been feeling like decorating for Halloween this year, but didn't want to buy a bunch of plastic stuff that would probably end up getting thrown away.  Instead I decided to make a bunch of quick stuff with materials we already had on hand. These are ghosts I made by simply using old whit...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 21, 2011, 12:45 am
This heirloom tomato tart made me happy. Our friend Hope made it for a dinner get-together a few weeks past. Hope's not vegan, but she is gluten-free, and this tart was amazing--she nailed it. She xgfxercised a fancy creme fraiche tomato galette recipe, and hit it out of the ballpark with so...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 19, 2011, 10:23 pm
Bui Natural Tofu 520 NE 76th Ave Portland, OR 97213 While I couldn't dig up any extra time to cook today, I can always find time for Vietnamese food.  Two of my favorite shops are across the street from each other in NE Portland, The Knitt'n Kitten and Bui Natural Tofu.  In case you haven't...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 18, 2011, 11:30 pm
Let's pretend you're the type of person who likes peanut butter.  And, let's say you just ate a nice big fat spoon of it, whilst carefully avoiding any drippage that might fall into the open utensil drawer you were standing over while slurping it.  Unfortunately, it seems the big spoon of pe...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 18, 2011, 12:45 am
In my fantasy head, I keep thinking I'm being so organized about my theme for MoFo this year, but the truth is I usually have no idea WTF I'm going to cook until around 1:30 or so.  I'm really not a big plan aheader in the cooking department, unless there's an event or party that I have to be...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 14, 2011, 12:40 am
Vegan MoFo 2011 is halfway done, and while I'm not nearly to the point of collapse, I am gonna celebrate the ol' sabbath today by letting my vegan pal Leslie Hall do all the work. Thank you Mother Gem!Leslie is one of the best performers and raddest vegans around, and she wants to help us celebrate ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 13, 2011, 12:35 am
I'm definitely too talkie for Wordless Wednesdays, too clashy for What I Wore Wednesdays and maybe just lame enough to start WTF (slashed because this actually exists), so I'll go with Wacky Wednesdays.   There ya go.  Anyway, I'm trying to organize a Vegan MoFo flash mob for this coming Fr...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 12, 2011, 3:38 am
Photo SourceFriends! I am organizing a fun Flash Mob for VeganMoFo Hump Day, which is this Friday. If you wanna get in on the shenanigans, please send me your email address via this form! I'm going to email out instructions and details on Thursday afternoon. Pass it on! xo kitt...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 12, 2011, 1:19 am
The first time I looked though GasTank, I stopped on page 73 and had to take an extra breath.  "Peanut Butter Crispie Cake," right there at the top of the page.  Basically you make peanut butter rice crispie stuff and instead of making squares with it, YOU PRESS IT INTO CAKE ROUNDS.  This i...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 11, 2011, 12:46 am
Brad Misanthrope's Don't Feed the Bears #1-3 are pretty well known in the indy zine/book circuit, if you know them, you're probably familiar with the compiled book Microcosm released a few years ago.  I don't remember when or how, but lucky for me, that implanted vegan cookzine magnet I've go...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 10, 2011, 1:11 am
Here I am with a quick post to fill you in on something you hopefully already know about.  Squash Circles!  I've been poppin' the delicata squash like Pez over here, and they taste just as good. To make 'em, wash the squash well, but don't peel!  With a super sharp knife, cut the squash in...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 7, 2011, 10:01 pm
Me and Fire And Ice didn't travel together much today, but we did hunker down and cook some stuff up, as promised.  I'm actually so full on Barbecue Soy Curl Stubbies that I had to install a special device that helps my arms reach over my belly to activate the keyboard.  It's true.  They ca...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 6, 2011, 11:28 pm
Joshua Ploeg's Fire and Ice and I had a super busy day bonding together.  First we dashed to the Post Office to mail out a bunch of PTLEFs, then we ran into the Alberta Food Co-op to gather everything we needed for Blackeyed Pea Salsa and Deep-Fried Barbeque Stubbies.  We also grabbed a kombuch...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 5, 2011, 11:28 pm
Today's post is brought to you by Planet Vega, Vegan Cuts and the colors brown and yellow.  If you haven't checked out Vegan Cuts yet, you're missing the awesome-boat, friends.  They're an all vegan company, where you can get amazing deals on great things like fancy chocolate at super-good, let's ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 4, 2011, 11:36 pm
I was all set to hunker down on The Dirty South #1's collard greens, gravy, fake fried chicken with (s)mashed potatoes, when tragedy struck and I got smacked through the heart by the lazy-rainy bug.  So I pulled myself together and opted for Buttermilk Biscuits 'n' Gravy instead.  Warm bread smoth...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 4, 2011, 12:01 am
A-K's little book of Swell. is a looker an' all, what with its hand printed covers and dainty size, but don't get so charmed with its sweet looks that you glaze over the good stuff and miss the booty resting inside. Swell. offers plenty of xgfx recipes to choose from, but the Mole-Roasted Cauliflo...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 2, 2011, 11:46 pm
Today I present you with Spoonfight:  Vegan Manual to Kitchen Terrorism.  It's one of my favorites from the old days, and it's really funny, I mean if you're OK with terrorism humor in the way of fart torture and forced garlic consumption.  I promise, there's absolutely no waterboarding in this z...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Oct 1, 2011, 2:42 am
I am balls to the walls not gonna let MoFo Five spank me in the chops, the way I've let it in years past.  You see, although I love organization, simple lines and Feng Shei, creative discord is sucked into my heart the same way beautiful hummingbirds draw nectar.  Yup, through a long sharp beak. &...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Sep 18, 2011, 12:36 am
In the winter of '07, while walking to school barefooted in the snow, I thought about compiling recipes from my vegan collection into a more tangible incarnation.  I wanted something I could make myself, to share with others and to drag into the kitchen.  It also had to be something  I could get ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Sep 14, 2011, 3:52 pm
Hot damn. Here's a pop-in post to alert you to the news that VeganMoFo V is approaching at an alarming rate (how come things with a V at the end always sound so Superbowlish?).  This year, It'll be taking place throughout the month of October, and this here blog will be participating.  If yo...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Aug 16, 2011, 6:01 pm
A few months ago, a new all Ethiopian food cart opened near Dazee's office downtown. I'd heard mixed reviews about it, including sorta eh feedback from Dazee, but being the Ethiopian ho-bag that I am, I wanted to try it for myself. So when Dazee hit me up for a lunch date downtown today, I knew th...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Aug 15, 2011, 11:23 am
I support the Meatless Monday Unicorn for Prez. S/he is magickal. You can be magickal too, with a Unicorn Name of your own.
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Aug 12, 2011, 4:42 pm
August has been super busy a-go-go, and it's gonna get even busier. I've been sewing like a madwoman trying to get ready for the Vida Vegan Bloggers' Conference. I have no idea how I arrived in Portland from a super hot climate like New Orleans with ZERO summer dresses to my name, so I made three ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jul 30, 2011, 6:16 pm
Thanks so much for buying Papa Tofu Loves Ethiopian Food and for helping me spread the word about the new zine on Twitter, Facebook and everywhere else. One of my favorite things about making zines is sending them off far away to new homes all over the world, and especially to Michigan and Massachu...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jul 20, 2011, 8:32 am
Hello! I'm so proud to announce my newest cooklet, Papa Tofu Loves Ethiopian Food, is complete! Please start knitting booties, because this is the closest I'm gonna come to having a biological baby. This 86 page recipe zine has the power to transform you into an Ethiopian cooking maven, and if yo...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jun 1, 2011, 1:45 pm
I didn't know it was possible to cook so much Ethiopian food you start to get sick of it, but here at Fort Berns-Kerns we sure are pushing it to the edge. To clarify, I don't think I could ever get sick of EATING this yummy cuisine, but I'm sure getting tired of the durn kitchen! Chickpea Fish, soo...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Apr 19, 2011, 3:49 am
New cookbook in town! Have you had a chance to check out Julie Hasson's newest, Vegan Diner? Julie and I happen to be birthday twins, and I was lucky enough to receive this from her as my super-special present. Vegan Diner isn't only for the wheat kids either, it contains plenty of gluten-free rec...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Apr 17, 2011, 12:59 pm
At the moment, I'm a little too cross-eyed to write much. But I wanted to tell you the all vegan, all gluten-free, all-the-time website Jessy, Allyson and I have been building since November is live! Please go visit xgfx.org and tell your friends about it (I mean the ones you like). xo ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Apr 5, 2011, 5:57 pm
Ok pals. I finally have the recipe for the crackers I posted about last week. I've made these three times now, and I think the recipe is pretty delicious. This makes quite a bit of crackers, and I'm happy to report that Dazee likes them a lot too. I'm thinking these would be a great way to g...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Mar 28, 2011, 5:22 pm
These crackers are the culmination of 1. wanting to eat more raw kale, 2. wanting to use my dehydrator more, and 3. not being a fan of tons of slimy flax in crunchy things. I've followed a few cracker recipes here and there, but haven't ended up with anything delicious and most of the recipes I ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Mar 23, 2011, 12:18 am
Vegan bake-sales are just getting better and better and bigger and bigger. I know you know this. Benefits are going on all over the place, not just the Worldwide Vegan Bake-sales, but so many more-- to help Japan, and other countries and organizations in need, too. It's due time for the vegan pot...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Feb 3, 2011, 1:59 am
My super duper friends at Everyday Dish TV invited me over to make xgfx samosas at their place. Besides all the fun, the secret shot of tequila I stole helped too, but next time I might bring along a homemade Hurricane for even more inspiration. I hope you'll try these little bundles, they really ...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jan 21, 2011, 8:37 pm
Vietnamese food is one of my favorite cuisines, what's not to love? Sticky rice noodles, crisp vegetables, fresh herbs and subtle heat mingled into savory broths is just the best. Vegan Pho, (rhymes with duh), is a dish I've wanted to try at home for a long time, and I finally gave in to my leanin...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jan 11, 2011, 5:25 pm
It feels really good to bake again. The temper tantrum I threw when I first went gluten free lasted a good 18 months or longer, in fact, I'm not even sure I've completely shaken it. I still have a crazy-long learning curve before me, but I'm super glad I'm finally headed in the right direction. Es...
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kittee b. posted an article on Cake Maker to the Stars - Jan 2, 2011, 11:42 pm
I can't think of a better way to start the new year, than by baking sweets loaded with sugar and watching my friends' heads pop off, so that's what I did. These are tasty! Banana cupcakes stuffed to the brim with a creme filling, doused with a little bit of white chocolate peanut butter and then d...
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