Little Booth Bakery

If I ever have a bakery, that might be what I name it.

Today I woke up and decided I should make two loaves of bread. So I did. One sweet, one savoury.

Lolo’s Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread

My Own Focaccia!

I just couldn’t leave…

…so I’m moving back. Here are the pictures from what I thought was going to be my last night in town dinner. I made BBQ tofu, cornbread, quinoa jambalaya, stuffed mushrooms, and brownies. I started cooking a little after 5 and we were ready to eat at 8. There are pictures and info about the food I made after the jump.

People I Love

Way to Go, New York Times!!

Okay, didn’t have time to read all of this (babysitting for one of Bush’s speachwriters tonight — seriously.), but it seems like NYT is covering something with a little more depth today. There’s an article about the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY. Someone read it and tell me how it is.

EDIT: So. The ending of that article was a let-down, huh?

ALSO! The Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary needs volunteers this weekend. Here’s a thread about it over at the PPK forums. They’re short on volunteers due to the Taking Action for Animals thing going on this weekend.

Way to go, New York Times.

NYT wrote an article about Sticky Fingers Bakery. But it’s not very interesting.

Don’t waste your time, actually.

You Knew It Was Coming: The Obligatory Politics-Related Post

Technically, this is a D.C. blog, so I feel like writing something about politics is, like, required.

So did you know that Ohio state representative & 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Dennis Kucinich is a vegan?

He’s for a whole sleugh of things that I stand behind, but don’t go thinking I support him quite yet. Anyone that knows me well knows that politics stresses me out (how did I end up in D.C., again?), so this will probably be the first & last post about politics.

Also: did you know he’s actually a pixie? Take a look at his youtube campaign & tell me he’s not. I dare you.

Sexiest Vegan in Silver Spring?

Today in Express (DC’s free daily metro paper), there was a big feature on this guy who has been nominated as Peta’s sexiest vegan or something.

Weird.

PS - Peta sucks.

Busboys & Poets and Breakfast

First of all, I went to Busboys and Poets last night and had the Vegan pizza, which I can’t say was more than just good. It wasn’t phenomenal, but they do use vegan cheese & it does taste like pizza. It comes with typical pizza-esque veggies (peppers, onions, mushrooms, spinach) and is like $10. I wouldn’t recommend making a trip to Busboys just to eat it, but if you ever find yourself there (and very hungry — it was huge) it’s not a bad option. But in all honesty, I wish I had gotten a salad or something.

(I also saw two shows at the 930 club last night: the Books with Todd Reynolds & Ratatat along with Hexa and Despot. The Books were absolutely incredible, as was Todd Reynolds. Hexa was just okay. Despot was pretty cool. Ratatat would have been a lot better had dumb drunk people not gotten on stage and proceeded to make fools out of themselves. In fact, Ratatat actually stopped a song to tell people to get off the stage. The crowd was so obnoxious that I actually left early.)

Today I made cranberry pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. They were delicious! (Sorry the picture isn’t that great. Not much natural light.)

Hello, vegan blog world.

Okay. I give in! After a few months of keeping close tabs on theppk.com forums, I’ve gotten jealous of everyone and have decided to make my own blog.

So a little about myself: My name is Emily and I’m an undergraduate student at American University in northwest Washington, DC. As for now, I am an Anthropology major and a Health Promotion minor. I’m originally from Tupelo, Mississippi and went to boarding school (9th grade-12th grade) in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

I consider myself a strict vegetarian, but I’m not 100% vegan quite yet. (I don’t drink milk, eat or use eggs or cheese or any other dairy, really. But I still eat some of the hidden stuff.) I’ve been fighting a few stomach problems and allergies that have slowed the process, but I’m well on my way. My vegetarianism stems from my concern for my own personal health and the health of the earth and species we share it with.

I expect that everything posted on this blog will end up being vegan (maybe with the exception of honey, which is easily replaced). I hope to post pretty regularly, but we’ll see how that goes.

I really want this blog to be a resource for people like me, who live in tiny studio apartments and have to deal with not really having a kitchen. I don’t have an oven or even a stovetop. (All I have is a tabletop oven, a hot plate, a microwave (that rarely gets used), and a george foreman grill.) Even the poorest college kid can make great vegan food. And bake, too!