how to eat 

Friday, September 17, 2010 - Posted by urban vegan at 4:29 PM


  • Please do not stand or walk while you eat. Sit down. At a table and not on the couch. Even if you are eating alone. Especially if you are eating alone.
  • Stop eating out of plastic take-out containers and stop using plastic utensils. If you get take out, you can still pour the food onto a bonafide plate. 
  • Stop reading or working on the computer while you eat. Instead, put on some peaceful music. Light some candles. Get tranquil. Use a cloth napkin. 
  • Arrange your food in your loveliest vessels, preferably handmade ones, and you will actually taste it. And eat less. And walk away from the table more satisfied. 



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what i've been up to... 

Saturday, September 04, 2010 - Posted by urban vegan at 2:43 PM

Check out my recipe for Farfalle with Shallots and Chard on this week's Girly Girl Army blog.


I've been knee-deep in painting over the past few weeks, as evidenced by the Jackson Pollack-esque spatters on my jeans. Painting is always a huge job, but especially so when you have 15-hoot-high ceilings and you're a petite girl, wrestling with a 10-foot ladder. But it's an inexpensive way to refresh your home, I was so pleased with the chartreuse shade I picked for the middle living room wall panel. [Behr Lemongrass]



And now, thanks to Behr Opulent, my bedroom resembles a Moroccan boudoir. It's very warm and cozy, just in time for fall.




After painting for hours on end during some of summer's hottest days, the last thing I felt like doing was turning on the oven. I have made the Pan Bagnat from my cookbook at least 2-3x a month this summer. So much flavor punch for so little work.



Now, out of the loft.....I was tickled to find a great, authentic Italian thin-crust vegan pizza at Slice at 18th and Sansom. This is how pizza should taste.

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