When I offered to bring sweet bread to my family’s Easter brunch last weekend, my head started spinning with ideas; it was a perfect opportunity to make something decadent and delicious while (hopefully) surprising even the biggest vegan skeptics. Pretty quickly I came to the decision it had to be cinnamon rolls. Since going vegan in 2006 I’ve probably had [...]

I hope y’all appreciated my April Fool’s joke yesterday. In case any of you were concerned about my mental well-being, no I do not think fruit loop tacos sound like a good idea and I certainly wouldn’t recommend putting guacamole on a bowl of fruit loop cereal.  In fact the photo shoot was enough to put me off avocados for awhile. [...]

I used to eat a Cuban Breakfast Burrito every day. A couple years ago when I worked at Whole Foods I would occasionally bring one of these for my 10:00 lunch (a fairly normal lunch time when you’re a baker).  On weekends I would make a large batch and and freeze them for an easy grab and go lunch options. When [...]

Good news! Eden doesn’t hate my Vita-Mix anymore. I have been slowly warming her up to the machine by preparing her well in advance to the noises and, more often than not, treating her to tastes new and delicious when the Vita-Mix finally comes to a stop. This is great because now that Eden and I both love my new [...]

As a professional baker, 4:30 am is a pretty normal time to wake up for work; for many bakers 4:30 may actually be considered sleeping in. While many people wanted to feel sorry for my 5:00 work time, I thought it was great. At 1:00 pm I would be taking off my chef’s coat and heading home to a wide [...]