What would our annual Vappu celebration be without donuts! I remember when I was a little girl in Finland and my friend Maria’s mother would make Vappu donuts every year. They were incredible delicious, hot out of the fryer. We enjoyed them with some homemade sima, of course. Sima is a kind of a fermented […]
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Simple Raw Vegan Cheesecakes
Last weekend we had our Bay Area Beauty Detox potluck in a beautiful garden in Marin County. We all met through Kimberly Snyder’s Beauty Detox Foods group and decided to form our own little local meetup. For our latest hangout I made these simple raw vegan cheesecakes that were quick to make (although they should […]
Vegan Marble Cake with Chocolate Frosting
I may have mentioned at some point that I’m a culinary school graduate (restaurant chef) with one year bakery training on top of that. Now this was all very long time ago and I really don’t consider myself as a great cook or baker. But sometimes (usually when I’m hungry) I get inspired to create […]