Vegan Adventures at The Whistle Stop Cafe

if you haven't noticed...

2010-08-20T12:02:00.001-04:00

I haven't posted in a while. i've been crazy busy, and am currently in the middle of trying to move. the blog WILL be back up, once i am again settled in the pacific northwest, and once i find and unpack my deep fryer. then we can continue this nutty adventure and finally get to tomato aspic and roasted "possum". stay tuned!

You’re My Cherry Pie…

2010-07-04T12:51:00.001-04:00

What kind of southern cookbook doesn’t have cherry pie?!? The WSCC, that’s what. But they do have a recipe for piecrust. Which is a good thing, because do you know what happened when Colleen visits Costco and walks past an eight cup container of cherries? She decides she absolutely has to have it. So now, we’re making cherry pies. Lucky for us, the WSCC has a recipe for piecrust, so I can still

"Cheesy" Garlic Biscuits

2010-05-30T23:03:00.003-04:00

Yum…. Reminiscent of those biscuits one gets at Red Lobster. Except I do not have a tank of pathetic looking live lobsters in my foyer. Hell, I don’t even have a foyer. Anyways. The household ate the whole batch, and I know I’ll be making them again soon. 2 cups self-rising flour2 teaspoons sugar1 ½ teaspoons baking powder¾ cups vegan “buttermilk” (made with apple cider vinegar)¼ cup vegetable

the oyster stew experiment

2010-05-30T23:01:00.002-04:00

There are two recipes in this book I’ve been dreading. This is one of them: oyster stew. The other one is a roast possum recipe, but we’ll get to that later. Back to the oyster stew. Why anyone would make oyster stew in the first place is beyond me, but it’s in the book, and had to be done sometime. So I guess I thought today seemed like as good as any other. Oysters:Faux fish seitan recipe

Poifect Waffles

2010-05-29T20:31:00.003-04:00

Waffles have an uncanny ability to take me back to my childhood. Many a Sunday morning was spent sitting around the table eating fruit with my mom while my dad fired up the old waffle iron. We’d enjoy each others company and Dad would inevitably be stuck eating the burned waffles, while mom and I enjoyed the golden brown ones. Once we discovered that replacing half the liquid in the batter with

"beef" stew

2010-05-17T19:17:00.002-04:00

It’s true, it’s not winter, which is usually the stew season, but I haven’t cooked in a few weeks (was out of town for a week, and who cooks when they’re out of town?) and, quite frankly, last week I just didn’t feel like cooking. And I still don’t really feel like cooking. But there’s something to be said for that. When life gets you down, and motivation is scarce, sometimes the best thing to

Lemon Ice Box Pie

2010-04-26T20:56:00.001-04:00

OH MY GOD. No, seriously. This is what I had for dinner tonight. And then I had seconds. It’s tart and sweet and cold and delicious and you can bet your sweet ass I’m going to be making this recipe again. In fact, if you choose to make one, and only one of my recipes I post here, please make this one. I promise you it’s worth it. A perfect treat for a hot summers day. Or any day, really.

Vegan Buttermilk Hoe Cakes

2010-04-25T13:54:00.002-04:00