Eggplant in Ginger-Garlic Sauce

09. April 2013 Vegan + Vegetarian 0
Ever since I moved to my Harlem apartment, I had to keep myself from buying any more new cookbooks. It was hard enough to pare down my copies when I moved in, so I’m trying not to accumulate any more new stuff. I mostly borrow from the New York Public Library now just to get ...

Chickpea-Squash Coconut Curry

13. February 2012 Vegan + Vegetarian 0
There’s a more elaborate procedure of this recipe, but for the sake of you busy people, I’ve published the shortcut version. If you do have several hours ahead of time, you can soak fresh chickpeas in water rather than using those that come in a Goya can. You can also buy the pre-cut butternut squash ...

Dovetail

103 West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues 212/362-3800 about $167 for two, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Oh, this is your place? asked John Fraser, Dovetail’s chef. Erin and I ran into him as we were leaving the restaurant and we started telling him about our vegetarian-vegan restaurant project for this ...

Kajitsu

29. September 2010 East Village, Vegan + Vegetarian 0
414 East 9th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A 212/228.4873 about $150 for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Kajitsu serves shojin, an ancient Japanese cuisine in which meals are prepared by following the Buddhist principle of not taking life. Leave it to Japanese culinary techniques to take a concept like vegetarianism ...

Angelica Kitchen

22. September 2010 East Village, Vegan + Vegetarian 1
300 East 12th Street off Second Avenue 212/228.2909 $33 for two without tip; BYOB ♥ It couldn’t have been the quinoa because it was light and fluffy. Could it have been the creamy cauliflower sauce lathered in the mushrooms? Or the tempeh in balsamic? Because it definitely wasn’t the roasted beets nor the steamed broccoli. ...