I like wine. Growing up, every Sunday, my sisters, cousins and I would get juice glasses with a little wine with our extended family dinner at my Great Grandmother’s tiny apt in Brooklyn. Now, I’m not a sommelier or any kind of expert, but I know wine, in so much as I drink what I […]
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Chocolate-Nog Cupcakes from Cheers to Vegan Sweets
This festive Chocolate-Nog Cupcakes recipe is from Kelly Peloza‘s new book Cheers to Vegan Sweets, which features 125 deliciously fun drink-inspired dessert recipes. It’s a cookbook that takes readers on a delicious tour of cafés, cocktail bars, and lemonade stands, where all the drinks come in dessert form. Imagine your morning vanilla hazelnut mocha re-imagined as […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
Robin Robertson’s vegan chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are the perfect treat for Halloween parties! Little goblins and ghouls will enjoy them, and so will you! This recipe makes 18 peanut butter cups. For bite-size versions of this delicious treat, use small paper candy cups instead of the cupcake liners. Peanut Butter Cups Ingredients: 1/2 cup […]
Interview Series – Fran Costigan
Chef Fran Costigan is an internationally recognized culinary instructor, author, and consultant whose innovative recipes marry healthy eating with sumptuous tastes. Fran uses organic and minimally processed ingredients to make rich moist cakes, flaky piecrusts, delightful cookies and bars, creamy puddings and much more. All are white sugar, trans fat and cholesterol free, and absolutely […]
Vegan Chocolate Pecan Cranberry Coffee Cake
Vegan Chocolate by Fran Costigan, the “queen of vegan desserts”, hits bookshelves today! I did a little work for Fran over the summer, so I’ve been fortunate to see the book already. It may be the chocoholic in me saying this, but it’s probably the most gorgeous cookbook I’ve ever laid eyes on. It’s packed with […]