I like avocados for their taste, texture, and healthy nutritional profile. I eat them in salads, on crusty dense bread, mashed into a chunky guacamole, or simply halved and sprinkled with lime juice and flaked sea salt. Then, there is avocado-based ice cream! You may have already enjoyed some of the naturally vegan avocado ice […]
Vegan Chocolate
Berry-Studded Chocolate Bliss Balls
We all have certain foods that are wrapped in memory; all it takes is one bite, and we’re whisked back in time to the moment we first tasted it. The experience, told to others over time, can expand to mythic proportions. And I swear, like many before have sworn with their own personal memories, that […]
Fran Costigan’s Vegan Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons
Passover, like all of my family’s gatherings, was food-centric, and dessert was no exception. After dinner, we always had two kinds of Passover macaroons on the table: a bakery version and a canned version. The ones from the bakery were certainly better than the canned, but I admit to favoring the latter as a child. […]
What is Ethical Chocolate?
Valentine’s Day may be over, but our cultural celebration of chocolate is year-round. The scientific name for the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao, literally translates to ‘food of the gods’. Humans have been enamored by this bitter bean for millennia, the most common exclamation being, “I could never live without chocolate!” It’s a common misconception that […]
Fran Costigan’s Heart-Shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake to Live For
Try this easy technique for a Heart-Shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake just right for Valentine’s Day. No specialty cake pan is needed! All it takes is one 9-inch round layer, baked, cooled, chilled and few cuts with a knife. Here is the Step by Step: Bake a Chocolate Torte to Live For. (Recipe follows) Cool, wrap and […]