December 2011
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Fracking New York / Ohio →
When I was in Ohio for Christmas, the conversation at every family gathering eventually turned to how much money everyone was getting for selling their mineral rights to the gas companies and whether or not they would put a well on their respective properties.
Apparently, even if you didn’t sell, if enough people sold they could still technically drill under your property (that’s...
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Naked Vegan Waffles
I’m going to be honest, part of the motivation for making waffles was to have an excuse to buy a good waffle-maker. I’ve never owned one or used one. But a week before the brvnch Amazon shipped me this beauty. I have a feeling it’s going to get a lot of use.
The other challenge this month, besides fretting over the fried seitan, was finding a plain vegan waffle recipe. Vegans...
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Seitan's Chicken
I have to give Kyle the credit for the Chicken ‘n Waffles idea. I’ve not had much southern cooking in my life, nor have I - I think ever - fried something. All reasons to go big for December.
I searched online for fried seitan recipes. Nothing sounded exactly right, so I kind of made it up as I went along. Although, what really helped make it was the delicious seitan we ordered from...
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Simple Kale
Kale is my go-to side dish. There are so many ways you can make it! Originally I was going to make raw kale with a dijon dressing, but in the end, decided to keep it simple. I was also feeling lazy by the time we got to the kale. But it worked out, and I think it balanced the heaviness of the rest of the brunch well.
Hat tip goes to Sarah for prepping and cooking it for me: “I feel so...
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Snowflake Cupcakes
I’ve made Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s basic chocolate cupcake recipe several times, and they’re always just wonderous. That woman knows her cupcakes. To top it off, I found a dead simple icing recipe online (substituting the almond from vanilla). I haven’t had great experiences with making icing, so simple was what was I was looking for. To top them off I bought those little...
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Brvnch Vp: December 18
DATE: Sunday, December 18
TIME: noon, food at 1 p.m.
PLACE: 244 Roebling St., Apt 6. Get Directions.
DECEMBER’S MENU:
Seitan’s Chicken ‘n Waffles
Dijon Kale
White Russians
Snowflake Cupcakes
Donkey Coffee
DONATIONS We’re so thrilled about the response to our little brvnch experiment. Since many of you have inquired and since we’d like to be able to continue...