Chocolate Rum Balls Recipe For Christmas: Gluten Free, Vegan

[1] Kōloa Kauai Cacao Rum is used to add spirit to these chocolate-coconut rum balls (photo © Kōloa Rum). [2] Dates add natural sweetness. There’s no sugar added (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Walnuts add protein (photo © Bake Your Day). [4] You can use ditched or undutched cocoa powder (photo © Silk Road Spices).…
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Seven Sisters Scones For Breakfast, Snacks & Scone Gifts

Traditional scones can be dry, crumbly, and in our opinion, more punishment than pleasure, requiring lots of butter and jam to add moisture. Yet, more modern recipes can be moist and layered with flavor. Such are Seven Sisters scones. Take a denser version of a muffin, flatten it, and you can approximate one of their…
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Sfoglini Organic Artisan Pasta Gifts & Pasta Of The Month Club

[1] Sfoglini artisan pasta makes beautiful shapes like these reginetti, ribbon-shape pasta, shown here with black truffles. It’s a gourmet’s fantasy realized (all photos © Sfoglini Pasta except as noted). [2] The Pasta-Of-The-Month Club delivers two boxes of artisan pasta each month. [3] The famous dish Cacio e Pepe, madw with trumpet pasta. Here’s the…
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Shiitake Mushroom Stuffing Recipe, Not Just For Thanksgiving

[1] A delicious vegetarian/vegan stuffing with dried and fresh mushrooms (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Fresh cremini mushrooms (also spelled crimini) can be replaced with white button mushrooms (photo ©Christine Siracusa | Weusual | Unsplash). [3] These are fresh shiitake mushrooms (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [4] These are dried…
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The Student Vegan Cookbook & More Excellent Vegan Cookbooks

You don’t have to be a student to enjoy Hannah Kaminsky’s eighth vegan recipe book, The Student Vegan Cookbook (see all eight below). Anyone who has a tight budget, a crazy-busy schedule, and limited kitchen equipment can make amazing vegan meals, snacks and treats. The Student Vegan Cookbook shows you how, with tips, tricks, and…
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