Author: Rebecca Coleman

Coconut Bacon (vegan, gluten-free, paleo)

Coconut Bacon (vegan, gluten-free, paleo)

I’m sorry, now, what?? Coconut. Bacon. Those two words don’t go together, do they?? Um, yes, yes they do! So… I have been on a quest for the best vegetarian bacon. But this–you can make this. And the joy of making your own is that Read more

Tips For Taking Fabulous Food Photos

Tips For Taking Fabulous Food Photos

When I started this blog a few years back, the photos that accompanied the recipes were… horrible. I mean, really, really bad. Cel phone photos, mostly, which improved marginally when I moved from a BlackBerry to the iPhone 4. I went through a Hipstamatic phase Read more

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce

Yesterday was my friend Jen’s (read-head Jen, to those of you who know how many Jens I have in my life) birthday. Jen decided she wanted to go retro and have her party at a bowling alley, so a group of us met up at Read more

Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

Hello, fall!! Here in Vancouver, the rain has set in, sending me off on a flurry of digging out my rain boots, long pants and sweaters. Kitcheny thoughts turn to comfort food: soup, pie, anything made with apples or pumpkin. Yep, it’s the time of Read more

Vegan, Gluten-Free “Pulled Pork” Tacos

Vegan, Gluten-Free “Pulled Pork” Tacos

Okay. So, we can have a whole debate about whether or not vegetarian folks are interested in eating food that looks like meat. We can even debate whether or not we should try to convince meat-eaters that vegetarian food is just as yum as meat Read more

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I think it’s fair to say that I have a few “life-quest for the very best of” kinda recipes. The list includes: creme brulee, banana bread, brownies, veggie burgers, baguette, and yes, Chocolate Chip Cookies. In my lifetime, I have tried out many, many recipes, Read more

A Love Letter to My Knife

A Love Letter to My Knife

I got interested in food somewhere in the early- to mid- nineties. I’d just graduated from University, and finally had a job and a place of my own. I had a fiance and, later, husband. I was an adult. I had a very close-knit group Read more

Perfect Banana Bread

Perfect Banana Bread

There are certain recipes which I am on a lifelong quest to find the best of. Basic recipes, things you’d eat on a daily basis, but for which so many recipes exist that it will likely take you a lifetime to find your favorite one. Read more

Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups

Well, kids, it’s that time of year. One of my long-standing holiday traditions is that I choose a day in late November or early December, and get together with my friend, Michelle, for a full day of cookie-making. We use the cookies as hostess gifts Read more

Kale Chips

Kale Chips

“Kale” and “Chips” are two words, that, honestly, I never thought I’d see together in the same sentince. Sounds totally, weird, right? Negatory, my friend. Yummy. Even 8-year-olds succumb to the charm of the Kale Chip. I recently found out that I’m anemic, so I’m Read more