Another staple snack in Hawaii, you will find Inari in every gas station, 7-11, and supermarket. I always enjoyed it because it is essentially sushi without the seaweed! Not being one for nori, these delicious little pouches were vegetarian 90%…
I love these icebox cookies because they remind me of the pillsbury christmas cookies, which you’d get in a roll and slice. Those were some of my childhood favorites, but probably only because of the fun shapes inside. The flavor…
A dessert staple you’ll see at nearly any potluck in Hawaii, Butter Mochi Cake is a fun take on the Japanese pounded rice balls. I should say that you see Mochi Cake at every party though, since every party in…
Celeriac is the bulby root of the wild celery plant. Eaten raw it is similar to jicama, cooked it’s closer to a turnip. It has a very smooth texture and a light, fresh taste of celery stalk. Trim and peel…
Based on the classic fruit rolls, cookie, pastry, and mostly healthy little snack—these guys are packed with dried plums. Newtons are the trademarked fig filled cookies. In the BBC’s Call the Midwife they’re described as treacle wrapped in a doormat.…
Tender, moist and a little dense this cakes is a cross between quick bread and pound cake. To be honest I haven’t really had a good pound cake since becoming vegan, so I was very pleasantly surprised with the results.…
You don’t see vegan white chocolate often and to be honest, most commercial white chocolates usually tasted more like wax than candy. I make and sell my own white chocolate candies, some packed with toasted almonds or even caramel! I…
I’ve been wanting to do more with rhubarb, but then it started to take a turn in my fridge. So I diced it up and smothered it with vodka. Isn’t that how we all deal with our problems? Ok, that’s…
Sometimes you’ve got to get a little messy to get your paws into something good. Sometimes you can’t go camping. Sometimes you can’t start a fire in your apartment. So when that gooey, hot, chocolately, marshmallow craving strikes—you’ve got to…
As a kid, my family went on a lot of roadtrips. We visited San Francisco a few times, stopping at all the landmarks: the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, The Japanese Tea Garden, the cable cars, fisherman’s wharf, painted…