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I was pretty busy on Saturday morning, preparing soup and breaded tofu for my 2pm author's event in Corvallis (which went great!), but I did still have time to go look up the day's entry in Rabbit Food Cookbook's blog tour, which was assigned to Allyson from ManifestVegan blog. Allyson has to cook gluten-free, and although I don't have special indicators in my book to point out the gluten free recipes, there is a lot of variety in the book and quite a few recipes happen to be GF. She decided to try the wassail - very season appropriate, now that it's fall!
I've gotten a little behind. Friday's blogger in the online book tour went to Kala from VeganCraftastic blog! She also tried out the chana masala recipe.
She was excited to try making this dish at home after having it in restaurants many, many times. I worked on creating my version of this recipe for the same reason. It's a delicious dish, and a reliable vegan choice on the menu at Indian restaurants. It's really not that complicated, and easy to make at home, too! It's a good idea to run the stove exhaust fan while cooking with these potent spices, though, unless you want the house to also smell like an Indian restaurant, not just the food itself, and the kitchen!
What a treat! Today Amanda of the blog inmyveganlife wrote about Rabbit Food Cookbook too! She just made a batch of my lentil soup recipe this week, and, hey, so did I! ...Actually, 1 full recipe makes so much that Darren and I have been eating it all week, and there are still a few more servings left! But! It is soup season! Plus, my new work site has no cafeteria, so the abundance of soup is working out just fine.
It's fall now. Although I love the warm air and late evening light of the summer, and always think I just can't get enough of it in the brief summer season in Oregon, there are so many things I always love about the approach of fall: apple cider, big batches of soup, seasonal silk nog and westsoy mint chocolate drink (mmmmmmmm!), holiday tofurky and tofu pot pie, fire flickering in fireplaces, and bright red and yellow fall sweet gum tree leaves!
Day four in the blogosphere! Today, a review by Carrie of CarrieOnVegan.com! Carrie tried out my chana masala recipe (spicy chickpeas)! I developed the recipe to be flavorful and simple, and I think Carrie agreed.
I do have a confession to make, though. I love my full recipe, but I also sometimes bypass my list of spices, oil, and tomato paste to make a variation of my chana masala using a great prepared spice mix that includes all three. It's called Patak's Original Mild Curry Paste (Cilantro and Cumin) imported from the UK. It's my favorite short-cut version since it saves some steps in the cooking process. You can find it in health food stores and grocery "ethnic foods" aisles. Not all jars of curry taste the same, but this one is very similar to the spice combination in my recipe! Enjoy!
Had a nice surprise to find my book and author event mentioned by Chris Peterson in the local Corvallis Newspaper food section on Wednesday!
Day three of the blog book tour! My friend Agnes Barton-Sabo came over a couple weekends ago for a tofu pot pie baking extravaganza! We had lots of fun making two pot pies. Agnes wrote all about it for her friend's blog bake and destroy! They're even giving away a copy of my book!
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| The results of our Tofu Pot Pie extravaganza! |
Day two of Sasquatch's virtual book tour via blog! Very exciting! Today Lindsay of cookveganlover.com has taken the time to try several of the recipes, including some of the new ones for the 2011 edition. Check out here blog post here.
My book is taking a fun little "blog tour" on the internets this week. Check out the link!
Rabbit Food Blog Tour Kickoff | Cake Maker to the Stars--Vegan and Gluten-Free
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