Author: Rebecca Coleman

Vegan, Gluten-Free “Pulled Pork” Tacos

Vegan, Gluten-Free “Pulled Pork” Tacos

Okay. So, we can have a whole debate about whether or not vegetarian folks are interested in eating food that looks like meat. We can even debate whether or not we should try to convince meat-eaters that vegetarian food is just as yum as meat 

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I think it’s fair to say that I have a few “life-quest for the very best of” kinda recipes. The list includes: creme brulee, banana bread, brownies, veggie burgers, baguette, and yes, Chocolate Chip Cookies. In my lifetime, I have tried out many, many recipes, 

A Love Letter to My Knife

A Love Letter to My Knife

I got interested in food somewhere in the early- to mid- nineties. I’d just graduated from University, and finally had a job and a place of my own. I had a fiance and, later, husband. I was an adult. I had a very close-knit group 

Perfect Banana Bread

Perfect Banana Bread

There are certain recipes which I am on a lifelong quest to find the best of. Basic recipes, things you’d eat on a daily basis, but for which so many recipes exist that it will likely take you a lifetime to find your favorite one. 

Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups

Well, kids, it’s that time of year. One of my long-standing holiday traditions is that I choose a day in late November or early December, and get together with my friend, Michelle, for a full day of cookie-making. We use the cookies as hostess gifts 

Kale Chips

Kale Chips

“Kale” and “Chips” are two words, that, honestly, I never thought I’d see together in the same sentince. Sounds totally, weird, right? Negatory, my friend. Yummy. Even 8-year-olds succumb to the charm of the Kale Chip. I recently found out that I’m anemic, so I’m 

Sweet Zucchini-Pepper Relish

Sweet Zucchini-Pepper Relish

A couple of years ago, while having a girlfriends night, my friend Erin showed up with this Sweet Zucchini-Pepper Relish. She served it on slices of baguette with cream cheese or goat cheese, and a dollop of the relish on top. It was a big 

Vegan Brownies

Vegan Brownies

Last year, my dear friend, Sarah, got married. Her bachelorette party ended at my place for dessert and “Blushing Bride” martinis. Now, Sarah’s oldest girlfriends, since she was a kid, are Maya, Liberty, and Chloe, and those three are vegans. While I follow with a 

Garlic Scape Pesto

Garlic Scape Pesto

In late spring, a magical thing happens. In the winter, farmers plant garlic. Usually, they plant rows of cloves, and in the spring, the scapes, or green leaves of the garlic, poke up out of the ground and begin growing. To make the garlic focus 

Macaroons

Macaroons

Or, What To Do With the Egg Whites Left Over From Making Crème Brûlée Okay. Crème Brûlée. Four egg yolks. What do you do with the whites? Well, you could add them to scrambled eggs, or make an omelette, but I really like to make