food, glorious food...

far out - two posts in as many days - it's been a while since i had the time, energy or incentive!!!!!

i've been checking out a lot of vegan ‘foodie’ blogs and sites lately looking for inspiration – there are so many out there - sweet, savoury and downright weird - from the ‘far out that looks incredible but who could be bothered going to all that trouble’ to the ‘wow, that’s so easy and looks so yummy', and then the 'what the fuck... you've gotta be kidding'!!!!

i’m learning about replacement ingredients for old favourites – i've just discovered that nutritional yeast is supposed to add a cheese flavour to sauces – I’ll find out what it tastes like tonight because I’m making that good old comfort food for dinner - baked macaroni and cheese - just right for this almost wintry Sunday!!!

i got the recipe from a book called 'vegan yum yum' - a new book from work (but it just might be worth buying) - a vegan cookbook with photos - that's rare... there's also a vegan yum yum website - created by lauren ulm, a very talented and 'crafty' young womon...

if you're at all into cupcakes and decoration, check out her knit night cupcakes or her  hand-dipped ice-cream cone cupcakes - amazing (but yeah, who could be bothered -obviously for some it's a very therapeutic activity - i'm happy to just look and wonder "do they taste good???") or maybe you'd rather check out the YouTube video...

 

or have a look at cupcake kitteh's decorating style....

you wouldn't think it after all of that but i'm not even a big cupcake eater!!! the creativity of some people never ceases to amaze me though - it's certainly worth sharing...

 

okay, i think that's enough about food - for now... there'll be plenty more later... now that i've decided it's going to be a curling up and relaxing day, i might do some reading...

 

i've just finished 'pretty little things' by jilliane hoffman - working as an assistant state attorney must have been harrowing at times, but certainly adds a chilling reality to her novels – and no doubt her latest title has its basis in sexually abhorrent crimes she’s had to prosecute... internet chat rooms, unhappy and malleable  teenagers, false identities, sexual predation – a problem becoming more widespread in this technological age – a frightening reality woven into a wonderful example of the suspense genre – I couldn’t put this one down... I’d have to say it’s her best to date!!!

so now it's just a matter of deciding what to read next... i've picked out two books - all i have to do is make a choice...

'resurrection' by tucker malarkey - "the author .. weaves the discovery of the Gnostic gospels into an elegantly written thriller..."

or 'ordeal' - a memoir by linda lovelace, who died at the age of 53 in 2002 - "Linda Boreman starred as Linda Lovelace in Deep Throat ... She later wrote a book, Ordeal, about her experiences, and became an outspoken opponent of the porn industry."

or maybe i'll watch a movie... decisions, decisions... guess i'll just have to go and have a bong and mull it over...