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This is a document of my life as a vegan in South Korea.
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Bananas for Banana Bread
Merry Christmas!Having spent my life in 6 different countries, I have a rather eclectic collection of Christmas memories. I feel like each one has been different, so there hasn't been a whole lot of traditional continuity from year to year. But that'...
Bangsan Baking Market
I've gotten a couple questions from different people asking about baking supplies and ingredients available here, so I figured it might be a good idea to do a post on where I find the majority of my baking goods in Korea.I will admit that I have this...
It\'s raining vegan gingerbread men, hallelujah!
The weather is freeeezing these days! So to warm myself up and to bring a little cheer into my life, I baked myself some vegan men. Gingerbread men. Who needs real ones when you can bake your own just the way you like 'em? Sweet, warm, dark, handsome...
When I say \'Pumpkin,\' You say \'Pie\'
I baked a tofu pumpkin pie the other day for Thanksgiving, and it turned out pretty awesome. I used the recipe from vegweb.com that I used one time before. I've only tried one other vegan pumpkin pie recipe, so I can't compare it to any others, but t...
Happy Birthday to ME!
So, I didn't write much last week because I was too busy celebrating my birthday! And just as all birthdays (or birth-weeks) should be, mine was filled with awesome food, family, friends, music, hugs and laughter. I don't have photos of any of the me...
Mellow Vegan Pumpkin Spice Bread
Even though pumpkins were never a part of my childhood or fall/thanksgiving memories, lately, I'm all for them. I'm all excited about pumpkin muffins, pumpkin spice breads, and especially the vegan pumpkin pie I'm gonna bake for thanksgiving soon! Bu...
Snickering Snickerdoodles for Halloween
It seems that the #1 recipe of VeganMoFo 2009 was Isa's Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles. I'd never even had snickerdoodles before, but I just had to try these, after seeing so many rave reviews. And what better time to bake such fiendishly flavo...
VMF Day 21: Persimmon Overdose!
Persimmons are one of the best things about fall. They are definitely on my list of favorite fruits, along with mangoes and papayas (hm, I just realized, they're all orange...). They are just so juicy, sweet, healthy, and fun to eat! Korea is actuall...
VMF Day 5: Hardly-No-Apple Pie
A few weeks ago, I watched the movie 'The Waitress' with Keri Russel. If you haven't seen that movie, you should. Not because the movie itself is particularly life-changing or anything (although I did enjoy it), but because it's all about pies. That'...
Vegan Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
Why are lemon poppyseed muffins so temperamental and difficult to perfect? For my bake sale last week, I was so determined to have all-American, bakery-style lemon poppyseed muffins, that I can't even count how many different recipes I tried, or even...
Muffins, Art, Friendship
My vegan bake sale was a complete success! I could not have asked for a better first bake sale experience.Last week, I pretty much spent most of my free time 'practice baking' - trying each recipe at least once, if not numerous times, to perfect it a...
Mini Vegan Bake Sale @ the Foreigner's Flea Market!
Listen up all of you in Seoul!This coming Saturday, September 26th from 12pm - 4pm, I will be participating in the Foreigner's Flea Market at Sinseol-dong! In addition to selling some second hand stuff and some art, I'm also gonna have my very first ...
Cranberry Orange Nut Bread: Take 2
A few weeks ago, I baked this Orange Cranberry Nut Bread (Vegan Brunch) to give as a gift to my landlord's family. Unfortunately, no one was home the entire weekend, so I couldn't give it to them! I ended up eating it myself. That's what they get for...
Raisin Bran Muffins
These 'Bran Muffins with Raisins' from 'The Joy of Vegan Baking' are the bomb! Fiber bombs! And that's definitely a good thing. We all need more fiber in our diets to stay regular, rah? Not only are these completely healthy, are really yummy too.I l...
Pineapple Right-Side-Up Cupcakes
I have never struggled so much with a recipe as I have with the 'Pineapple Right-Side Up' cupcakes from VCTOTW. I attempted this 4 times before I finally got a satisfactory result. For some reason, it always came out flat, dense, and almost like rice...
Picnicking @ Yongsan Family Park
Last weekend a bunch of folks got together for a picnic at Yongsan Family Park. As the host of the event, Patrick packed a ton of food for everyone- mostly non-veg sandwich ingredients like deli meats, cheese, etc, but being the thoughtful friend tha...
Zucchini Spelt Muffins
Ok, so while I was in Cali, I went to Mother's Market, Trader Joes, and even Whole Foods, to stock up on vegan goodies and baking supplies that I can't find in Korea. It's a bit embarrassing to admit that on my return flight, the majority of my suitc...
Cranberry Orange Nut Bread
Ever since I got my hands on my own copy of Isa Chandra Msokowitz's 'Vegan Brunch' book, I have been studying the recipes and the ingredients lists to see which ones I can easily make here in Korea. Simply opening this book up and flipping through th...
Hearty Spiced Cocoa Muffins
I finally got round to trying the 'Hearty Spiced Cocoa Muffins' from 'The Joy of Vegan Baking.'The cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in these muffins are divine and totally make them stand out from the sea of regular chocolate muffins out there. The recip...
My muffcake brings all the boys to the yard...
My cupcakes look like muffins because I can never be bothered to frost them, and my muffins look like cupcakes because they don't have muffin tops. Hence, Muffcakes. I felt like a genius when I thought up the word to describe the muffin-cupcake hybri...
Baking bread is so not like riding a bike!
It's been a while since I baked anything in my apartment because I was taking the baking class last month, and then I got sick with food poisoning. So yesterday I decided to get back into the swing of things by baking some whole wheat bread. I hadn't...
Baking Class #4
So Tuesday was my final baking class at Hongdae, and it was a blast. First, here's a 'Blueberry Vinegar' concentrate that she showed us how to make. You actually have to leave it in a jar for about a month, stored in a cool place, before you can open...
Korean Vegan Margerine #2
Remember how I was so excited to have found the Ottogi vegan margarine, only to try it and be completely disappointed in every way? Well, I think I may have found a better option! It's called 'Seoul Margarine Free' and it's from the company Q1 (큐...
Baking Class #4
This week's class was pretty interesting. We made one thing that I am pretty familiar with, and then two other things that I have never even thought about trying before.1. First, she demonstrated how to make soymilk mango smoothies. I make a lot of s...
Baking Class #2
It's that time of the week again, when I blog about my baking class! I'm really glad I signed up because I'm thoroughly enjoying the break from my usual routine. Here's what we made:{ Sweet Pumpkin & Lotus Root Pound Cake }I never tried Lotus roo...
Baking Class #1
The other month, I searched "vegan" on Naver.com (Korean search engine), and I found a blog from a lady who's not vegan, but does a lot of baking without eggs and butter, and whole foods cooking. Her blog/studio is called 'Cook and Book.' And waddya ...
Practice makes Perfect Pizzas
I've been eating pizza non-stop this week because I am practicing my pizza-making skillz, and also because I opened a can of tomato puree and now I have to somehow finish it, before it gets old sitting in my fridge.For the dough, I used this recipe f...
Mmm, Zesty!
I bought some oranges the other day and decided to try the zest in some baking.First up, Orange Pudding Cupcakes from VCTOTW, minus the 'orange pudding filling.' They were really moist and delicious! They looked more like muffins because I filled the...
My Buns
I remember about 2 years ago, my friend Betsy was in Korea and she made burger buns from scratch. (Check out her sexy buns here.) I was so impressed that anyone could make their own! But now that I'm more into baking, I was ready to give it a shot. A...
