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Why no updates?

I do have some goodies to share, by my photo hosting service is in the midst of an upgrade (an some accompanied hardware failures). If it’s not sorted out relatively soon I will make other...

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More Vegetarian Pet Peeves

The more so-called vegetarian and vegan cook books I read, the more I wonder if the chef behind each of these works actually follows a diet which parallels the subject of his or her writing. I’m going...

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Top 5 Midnight Snacks

I must confess that I am a late-night snacker. I eat little during the day before dinner, but come midnight I desire a comfort fix. It’s as if I suffer from PMT (PMS) every night, like a snack craving...

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Messy Vegetarian Upgrade?

Hello everyone! I’m sure you’ll notice a few changes around here, what with a new layout and all. Please excuse the little bumps and kick-aside-able roadblocks if there are any (I trust you’ll tell me...

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Back in Action (ish?)

After nearly a month of being out of town, I’m back home and ready to cook. I return prepared, with a varied selection of new and wonderful cook books. These many new volumes of recipes will hopefully...

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Why it Pays to Have a Dad With Skills

The last few weeks have been a source of frustration, to say the least. My host, whose name I won’t mention (hint: it begins with a “Dream” and ends with a “host”), decided to add a disallow all to my...

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A new Messy Vegetarian Cook

A long time in the making and still a long way to go, I hope you like the new look. Please, please, please let me know what you think! Really. Why the new look? Easy. Two reasons:  I get bored easily...

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Mock Meat and the Omnivore: Gaining Acceptance from the Seemingly Unchangeable

Raise your hand if you can relate to this attitude. Yes, that’s right, it’s the mother-in-law, the friend’s husband, the new boyfriend, that person who has been raised on a bog standard diet of meat...

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Veggie Understanding for the Masses

Who’s in need of a lesson in veganism? And just how do you convince them it’s all rainbows and happiness as opposed to bitter closed doors? Think about your audience Let’s face it: we want the world...

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Vegan MoFo III

I’m going to take this opportunity to clue my readers, browsers, and any interested parties into  a secret. Okay, well it’s not a secret. In fact it’s pretty obvious, but it’s one of those things I...

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It’s a Celebration, MoFo!

Time is something which goes beyond birthdays, something more precious than a single day’s worth of shenaningans. Year after year has passed and with each passing birthday I do nothing but move forward...

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A Little Bit About Me, Myself, and I

Let me start by saying I don’t normally fill surveys in. Now let me be a hypocrite and do one anyway. Actually, the reason I’m doing this is because the title of the blog from which it originated is so...

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Messy Vegetarian Cook in Olive Mag!

I was fortunate enough to be asked to make the pro veggie argument in the March meat vs veg issue of BBC’s Olive Magazine. Shame there weren’t more vegan options listed!

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An Indoor Vegan Picnic

Every month or two, some of my vegan pals and I like to get together for a meal out or a pot luck (translation: food coma event). Last Saturday held our most recent event, hosted by the lovely Jojo at...

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An accumulation of Thai meals and a brief insight into my whimsical work ethic

Okay, so my MoFo theme has been South East Asian inspired and I’ve thus far been pretty much cooking nothing but meals from, or based on recipes from, the region. A great big thank you to my partner,...

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Friends and food: a South East Asian dinner party

I realised this morning that I don’t have a single free weekend left before the dreaded c-word day late next month. To the socialites among you, that’s no biggie, but to me it’s huge. You see I’ve come...

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On Human Anatomy and Cookie Making

Every Christmas as a child and into adulthood my mother and I had an annual anise cookie baking marathon. She’d roll the dough and make the cut-outs. I’d decorate with the plethora of sprinkles and...

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