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The Boyfriend (TB) and I had breakfast this morning (per our usual Sunday ritual) at Wayward Vegan Cafe. And we learned that starting tomorrow (Nov. 30, 2009), Wayward will be open on Mondays. Their hours will be 9am – 4pm every day. Wayward is located at 901 NE 55th St. (Seattle; Roosevelt/Ravenna area). While we […]

Next stop after Plum Bistro – Healeo. I had read about Healeo’s vegan, hemp soft-serve vanilla ice cream and wanted to try it (see this post). I’m glad I did – it was creamy and delicious. Healeo is a “superfood nutrition bar” offering supplements, juices, smoothies, teas, espresso, soups, and other food items; the majority […]

The Boyfriend (TB) and I stopped by Plum Bistro today for lunch. (The “wall of wine” seen in the background of the interior shot belongs to La Spiga, an Italian restaurant across the hall.) Plum Bistro is the more sophisticated sibling in the Hillside Quickie restaurant family. The menu is 100% vegan and organic. Plum’s […]

A few months ago, I noticed that the windows of Vegan Garden had been papered over and a “closed for remodeling” sign had been stuck on the front door. “Uh oh,” I thought, “another one bites the dust.” I expected that Vegan Garden would close for good and be replaced by another, non-veg restaurant. I […]

I just came across this review in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Dining section: Hemp soft-serve takes center stage at Capitol Hill’s new nutrition bar. Healeo is now on my “vegan places to check out” list. They’re in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood at 1520 15th Avenue. I think coconut milk and hemp are duking it out for […]

A couple of days ago, I picked up a pound of Caffe Vita’s Theo Blend coffee. Even though I’m a dedicated label reader (due to my vegan-osity), I occasionally miss things. Case in point: I didn’t realize until I was putting my groceries away at home that this particular coffee is a blend of Caffe […]

The Boyfriend (TB) and I had lunch today at In the Bowl Vegetarian Noodle Bistro. It was our first time there, but the restaurant has been around since some time in 2006. Aptly name, In the Bowl offers all-vegetarian “Asia Pleasure” cuisine with a wide variety of noodle dishes. Our waitress assured me (twice) that […]

Best. Coffee. EVER. I read about cold-brewed coffee last year in the New York Times (Iced Coffee? No Sweat, 06/27/07). It sounded amazing. When I stopped at my favorite Caffe Fiore the next day, I asked if they offered or were planning to offer cold-brewed coffee. The barista told me they were planning to offer […]

I found this somewhere on the Internet: The 20 saltiest foods in America. According to the msnbc article, the saltiest food in America is the Chicken Portobello from Romano’s Macaroni Grill: 66 grams of fat; 1,020 calories; 7,300 milligrams of sodium. The saltiest burger (#17 on the list) is the 2/3 lb Monster Thickburger from […]

(Things that sound dirty, but aren’t.) “Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food” in the Feb. 29, 2008 New York Times is about the Global Vault. The vault is a high tech, high security storage facility for all kinds of seeds from collections all over the world. The seeds are being stored […]