tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318633232008-08-20T21:02:56.658-07:00joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-26409570369989418172008-08-12T12:53:00.000-07:002008-08-12T13:35:28.813-07:00

I feel like, just by writing this entry, every single reader of mine in the South is going to send a hard and nasty glare in my direction. I'm just going to brace myself for it. The weather here is already autumn-like, and the autumn produce is showing up at my favorite stands at the farmers markets, so last week I carted home red potatoes, fennel, golden beets, and Walla Walla onions to make

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-32635013400216361232008-08-07T13:51:00.000-07:002008-08-07T14:17:26.299-07:00

If you're like me, you listen to music while you cook. To be fair, I listen to music or podcasts while doing most things, but I really love to listen to music while I cook. So I'm saying this with a certain degree of authority: Ted Leo is, hands down, the best music to cook to. It's high energy, easy to sing along to, and gets your ass shaking while you're whisking your sauces. I especially like

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-23554636844014171522008-08-02T16:20:00.001-07:002008-08-02T16:42:05.224-07:00

I have learned my lesson. Never again will I post here about an up-and-coming recipe unless I plan on posting it later that day. Here is the baked version of the seitan recipe that I promised. It's the easiest and most reliable seitan recipe that I've made so far. The tapioca flour can be replaced with another 1/4 cup of chickpea flour, but I really do feel that it results in a more meat-like

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-47022716141598135542008-07-19T19:23:00.000-07:002008-07-19T19:27:49.037-07:00

I've already made the announcement to all interested parties, so I guess that it's time for me to formally announce this here: In October, my family will be leaving Portland (temporarily!) to live in Texas for six months. We'll be living in the apartment on my parents' property so that Milo can spend time with and get to know them better, and so that we can start saving money to make a down

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-1388146173623783452008-07-13T07:31:00.000-07:002008-07-13T07:37:47.347-07:00

Every time someone talks to me about my cookbook, they mention the illustrations. Every single time! The illustrations were done by my wonderful friend, Amanda Chronister. She is so talented and her work sets the pace and the feel for the entire cookbook. I get super annoyed when I open a cookbook and there are dozens of vanity shots of the author. You know: there's the newly-ubiquitous one of

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I have been working on nothing but seitan for the last few weeks, and I think I've finally got a no-fail, seitan-for-dummies recipe and method which produces excellent and delicious results every time. It only took about three dozen variations to get it right. Luckily, seitan is something that gets used up very quickly at my house since I'm trying not to eat much soy, so I hardly ever have tofu

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-76526242007269309512008-07-09T11:25:00.000-07:002008-07-09T13:09:08.345-07:00

I meant to address this yesterday but was pulled away by a sleepy baby! I've been working on the second Yellow Rose Recipes, which had tentatively been titled Yellow Rose Family. However, I decided a few months ago that the book will not be targeted at families; there are already several excellent books that fill this niche. (The Vegan Family Cookbook and Vegan Family Favorites, just to name a

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-26950735027949156232008-07-08T21:59:00.000-07:002008-07-09T13:04:31.156-07:00

I was talking to Isa the other day about why she wrote Vegan with a Vengeance and she was talking about filling a void in the vegan cookbook community, which she absolutely accomplished: Vegan with a Vengeance was the first vegan cookbook that I owned that was all about making delicious, healthy, serve-to-your-parents vegan food from ingredients that you find in any grocery store. Oddly enough,

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-12008364738630695102008-06-18T11:56:00.001-07:002008-06-18T12:47:05.748-07:00

My friend Kevin emailed me yesterday asking if I knew about any sites that made vegan gift baskets to send to a friend of his, so I compiled some of the cruelty-free items that I personally would love to get, and I thought I'd share it in case it helps anyone else out. If you want to get food for your friend, Pangea makes gift baskets. Or you could just assemble one yourself from these treats

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-86677381454467540872008-05-28T19:24:00.000-07:002008-05-28T20:15:58.552-07:00

This isn't a statement I have cause to make very often, but Oprah and I have something in common right now: we're both on a cleanse. Starting on May 15 and going until the end of June, I'm eating a gluten-free and primarily raw vegan diet. The timing couldn't be more ideal: my weekly organic produce box has been replete with salad greens, stone fruit, and citrus, and Food Fight has inexpensive,

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-32411270707120903502008-03-16T16:07:00.000-07:002008-06-25T14:56:16.769-07:00

aren't sundays the best? they've always been pretty great, but ever since sweet pea started offering an all-you-can-eat vegan brunch on sundays, they're even better. if you live in portland, i strongly recommend stopping by. i have been doing my daily eats again, if getting a glimpse into the food habits of a stranger rocks your boat. i'm going to try and do it for four months this time instead

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-43736826061514543212008-01-30T13:04:00.001-08:002008-01-30T15:19:37.669-08:00

yesterday was my first attempt to make beer brats with seitan. it was a failure from my perspective because they didn't tasted like brats. they were good, and we're still eating them, but they need some serious tweaking. here's what i did: i started with julie hasson's spicy italian vegetarian sausage recipe, and i adjusted all the herbs and spices so they'd be more appropriate for beer brats.

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-87362330045486304022008-01-29T10:30:00.000-08:002008-01-29T10:45:31.306-08:00

i know that this really shouldn't warrant a post, but suck it! it's my blog! i finally got around to making a list in the sidebar of the food blogs that i read. and of course it didn't take as long as i thought it would take, once i got rolling. why did i build it up to be this sisyphean task that i could never accomplish? why did blogger just underline sisyphean as if i misspelled it? don't

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-66782108877547721132008-01-28T14:27:00.001-08:002008-01-28T14:58:06.769-08:00

i just wanted to pop in here and let everyone know that i've begun writing recipes for the second cookbook, tentatively titled yellow rose family, to be released by herbivore in spring 2009. the only reason that the title is tentative is that i really don't want to exclude my single and childfree audience, because the real target demographic of the book is the person who doesn't feel like he has

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-5440465421028738852008-01-02T14:10:00.000-08:002008-01-03T12:27:23.422-08:00

many people have been asking for a list of the recipes in the book, so here it is: Tofu Scramble Perfect Oatmeal Buckwheat Pancakes Jalapeño Corn Cakes Buttermilk Biscuits Rosemary Home Fries Cherry Almond Granola Zucchini Muffins Raisin Bran Muffins Very Berry Muffins Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Roasted Eggplant and Garlic Hummus Spinach Chickpea Dip Lettuce Wraps Polenta and

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-19899786295061670832007-12-18T16:24:00.000-08:002007-12-18T16:31:25.888-08:00

if you pre-ordered the book, there is a good chance that it arrived in your mailbox yesterday or today! here i am holding the cookbook and milo on saturday when josh dropped off my copies, hot from the press: and later that afternoon, we all went over to the herbivore store and i signed every single tester and pre-order copy: i am bursting at the seams with the excitement and happiness of

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-53470819875572433492007-12-09T12:57:00.000-08:002007-12-09T13:02:12.037-08:00

milo bear okin was born on december 7, 2007 at 4:36 PM! he is absolutely beautiful and perfect. ak1drland was randomly selected from the people who voted that the book would come before the baby! ak1drland, send your address to joanna@yellowroserecipes.com and we'll send you a free copy of the book!

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-43922859399860776502007-11-30T21:10:00.000-08:002007-11-30T21:15:55.123-08:00

yellow rose recipes now has an amazon page! this is great news! i urge everyone to still order directly from herbivore rather than from amazon, but amazon reviews and ratings will definitely get the word out, and it's nice that when people search for vegan cookbooks there, they will see mine in the mix. very exciting! i have also decided that i'm going to try my hardest to sign every single

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-28298810030297411682007-11-27T08:02:00.001-08:002007-11-27T08:48:57.983-08:00

oh internet, did you think that i had forgotten about you, just because my last post was a week ago? no, i could never do that. i've just spent the last week cooking, keeping busy, getting out of the house as much as humanly possible, and putting all of my mental and emotional energy into ejecting coaxing my sweet child from out the womb. then i decided to take a wee little internet break

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-4196623412414945492007-11-20T10:17:00.001-08:002007-11-20T10:30:29.799-08:00

i've decided that rather than prepare a four or five course meal for two people on thursday, i'll just make a lot of autumn-y dishes this week and we can have leftovers all week long! i'm giddy just thinking about a thanksgiving without the oppressively huge midday meal and subsequent food coma. you might remember from my thanksgiving post that i'm not a fan of the processed fauxturkeys, but i

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-59007912929036769852007-11-18T15:24:00.000-08:002007-11-18T15:36:53.678-08:00

guess what arrived in my mailbox yesterday? that's right. the newest anthropologie catalog. tell me, how much of a moron do you have to be to pay $250 for a sweater than looks it was a crocheted by a deadhead in the back of a van who then exchanged it for a dime bag? hmmm? you'd have to be a giant moron, but apparently there are a lot of giant morons, since that store does so well. wait, i

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-16649779188538368592007-11-16T23:03:00.000-08:002007-11-16T23:19:55.650-08:00

did you know that there is a vegan mini-mall that just opened 8 short blocks from my house? yes. it houses: herbivore clothing, food fight grocery, scapegoat tattoo and (soon) sweetpea bakery. all vegan businesses. now, this is stone cold awesome for several reasons. one is: VEGAN MINI-MALL. another is that my good friends run herbivore, so i'll be able to walk the kid down on a regular basis

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-2604205614249076562007-11-15T18:24:00.000-08:002007-11-15T18:37:04.025-08:00

tonight i made the bean and leek cassoulet from veganomicon for dinner, except i left off the biscuit topping because we're going to freeze most of the leftovers. so i never transferred it to the oven, just let the stew continue to cook on the stovetop. it was delicious comfort food! like the inside of a pot pie. i look forward to making it again with the biscuits, because i'm betting that the

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-50906096794062681222007-11-14T14:45:00.000-08:002007-11-14T15:04:25.131-08:00

you know what this tastes exactly like? road's end mac and chreese. from what i remember, because i haven't had the stuff in at least two years, but i used to buy it fairly often when i was a baby vegan because i was still so excited by the novelty that i could buy food in a box and eat it, just like before i went vegan, when i was a lazy vegetarian! (i got over that, luckily.) anyway, this

joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836486424601443017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863323.post-3210688375606979422007-11-12T21:04:00.000-08:002007-11-13T20:44:15.054-08:00

did you know that in the last two weeks before your due date, pregnant woman are supposed to carbo load, like they're training for a marathon? yes, it's true. something like 60% of your calories are supposed to come from carbs. i have been looking forward to this for nine months, people. how often in your life do you get a free pass to eat a lot of carbs? never. so here comes my chance! right

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