Braised red cabbage with star anise, cloves and ume plum vinegar

Black Bean “Tacos” with Smoked Paprika Shiitake Mushrooms

Quinoa and Blood Orange Salad with Parsley and Mint

DB Flourless Chocolate Cake, done raw with Avocado Chocolate Mousse Ice Cream

Chocolate Espresso Pudding Cupcakes with Caramel Milk Foam

Can there be better beer bread? My latest trial with Fat Dog Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Strawberry Jello Heart Cookies

Sambusik Cookies from “The Language of Baklava” my adaption with walnut oil

Avocado Pudding with Spicy Cashews

Almond Applesauce Bread and Fresh Almond Milk
Use the pulp from making the milk in the bread. Frugal and delicious!

Sweet or Savory, what’s your poison? DB Tuiles (vegan)

Light as air– Mead (honey wine) Chiffon Cupcakes topped with Mead and Honey Meringue Frosting

A list of my favorite children’s books with food in them.

Vegetable chili, how to get great contrasting textures and tips for using Mexican oregano

Two signs winter’s getting fierce, hat hair and hot cocoa (Candy Cane Cocoa)

Orange Cream Tarts w/ Almond Crusts, vegan and made with coconut milk yogurt and homemade marmalade

Vegan Snickerdoodle Cupcakes and 9 other favorites from 2008 for my blogiversary

There still could be time to get in your lucky New Year foods–Good Luck Succohash