Tempeh For the Taurus

Well crazy Taurus boy had yet another birthday. But I swear the dude is like Dorian Gray. I'd hate to see what his attic picture looks like. We celebrated with the movie, "Bill Cunningham New York" . The photos and fashion are a must see and Bill is a lovable eccentric. We enjoyed takeout from Nature's Express in Berkeley and combined their delicious frozen dessert with some lemon custard cupcake and lemon frosting to make a delectable party parfait. Woohoo.

The Einstein, a scrambled tofu, tempeh bacon, Daiya cheese tomato avocado and black bean burrito is pretty good.

The real genius is the Grilled Tempeh Reuben. The homemade kraut paired with the tangy house thousand island and melted Daiya hits the spot and is calling to my taste buds as I write.

I'm a huge fan of Nature's Express frozen dessert, even though I get freeze head. They carry a different flavor everyday. The vanilla almond was a terrific compliment to the lemon flavors swirling through the parfait. It was a very hot day, and we had to carry the parfaits home without lids, hence the leaning tower.

Now excuse me while I go eat in the attic. Bahahahaha.

(photo credits-crazy Taurus boy)

Mofo Case #13 Cats and Stats and Questions for Vegans

If you have been following the case since the beginning of MoFo, you would know that GiGi had been missing from this blog since January 2013. 
She continued to go missing from the initial Mofo list of bloggers. We are not sure if the latter was premeditated. 
This Sunday's Press conference with GiGi's family lawyer was the first time GiGi's husband stepped forward.
Jerry, GiGi's son made a plea and then made calzones.
Many have investigated the case of GiGi the missing blogger.
Detective Columbo questioned the chili that was made without ketchup.
Detective Lenny Briscoe ate blintzes. We found out that Miss Marple downs tea like a lush and Aunt Bee is well, basically an idiot.

Satchmo Girl and Zule Miss Mommy

We at GiGi headquarters dug a little harder to find clues that could be applicable to GiGi's whereabouts. We realized her peculiarities would probably apply to other vegans you might know or maybe have not seen for awhile. Please help us with these multiple choice answers. We would love to know if these could be clues to what many vegans think. We think this will help find more vegans in the future. It is also our hope that the world will not continue to be so clueless about veganism.

See Question #  8

1. What was the hardest thing for GiGi to give up when she transitioned to veganhood?
a. Havarti cheese
b. drippy New York pizza
c. her favorite Motorcycle boots

2. Before becoming a vegan GiGi was a?
a. vegetarian who ate hardly any dairy
b. a pescatarian
c. a pest

3. What was the last meat dish GiGi ever ate?
a. chicken cacciatore
b. beef stroganoff
c. liver and onions

4. What was the last dairy item GiGi ever ate?
a. original goldfish crackers
b. something with bechamel sauce
c. a banana split

5. What two foods will GiGi never eat ever! Not necessarily together?
a. raw zucchini and cooked celery
b. honeydew melon and pineapple
c. Daiya cheese and seitan

6. What famous vegan food is GiGi afraid to try?
a. cashew butter 
b. coconut creme
c. jackfruit

7. What distinguishing characteristic of GiGi's would identify her as a vegan? 
a. She always smells like a combination of kale, peanut butter and hummus.
b. She has a tattoo that says "vegan".
c. She has a tattoo that says "flaxseed".

8. If GiGi had takeout everyday of the week what would it be? Hint see above pic.
a. an avocado kale wrap from Nature's Express in Berkeley
b. a knish she has flown in from New York
c. a bag of kale chips and a cup of joe

Please give us a clue. Thank you.
Anyone with any information about GiGi please contact:

New Kick Ass Chocolate Lover's Sample Box and Vegan Bake Sale

Greetings and Salutations from an undisclosed oven. Please don't confuse me with Sylvia Plath. Sorry, I'm getting a little punch drunk here. New goodies aboard. And in addition to our other nifty locations you can now find Veganville Muffins at Philz Coffee on Shattuck in Berkeley, and at Thyda's Thornhill Coffee House at 5772 Thornhill Drive in Oakland. Come check out our muffins and voopees. Yippekayay.

I had a special request from my buddy Hope (of the cool Blackbird and Peacock) for a "Chocolate Lover's Box" over at Etsy this week. Now why didn't I think of that before? We have a "PB Lover's Box" and a "Mint Lover's Box" and a "Sample Box" and a "Chocolate Voopee Assortment Box", but where was my head on that one? Yeah I know- probably in the oven. Sorry Sylvia. It includes Double Choc Choco Voppees, hunks of devil rich Sam Sam Loaf, Jumbo Chocolate Cupcakes and some Chocolate Mousse to boot. Or if you prefer some groovy Chocolate "Creme" Cheese frosting.

Did a vegan bakesale to raise funds for Animal Place this past weekend. Animal Place rescues abandoned and abused farm animals and does dynamic work.

The mastermind behind the sale is my pal, activist and jewelry and bath/body designer and (part-time bakesale baker) Roni Seabury from Daisywares. There were so many spectacular bakers. A big shout out to Yvonne Emanuel, Tiana Trutna, Dana Portnoy, Me, Raelene Coburn, Kelly Beth, Vanessa Morelan and Laura Etter for donating vegan baked goods to the Animal Place Bake Sale. And of course Roni for making those Mexican Wedding cookies that sold like vegan hotcakes!


People were generous and a big thanx goes out to Nature's Express for letting us use the space in front of their store. Mary Rose rocks. I got to sample their Salt Caramel frozen dessert. Freeze head prevailed but it's oh so good and worth every moment of my icy cerebrum! Everything sold out, well almost everything (there were a couple of lonesome carob muffins left). $602.00 was raised it would have been $604.00 but ahem ahem someone swiped a Chocolate Oatmeal Banana cookie and it ruled! I mean I heard it was quite good.