Product Review: Lithuanian Rye Bread, from Chicago-based Today’s Temptation. Rating: Doubly-Excellent! It has a hearty onion and caraway flavor and a fantastic texture. It also happens to be vegan.
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Candied Ginger
Turn ginger root into a sweet treat. Blanching helps candied ginger lose some of its peppery bite; don’t blanch if you want more intensity or blanch a few times if you’re looking for something milder.
Pineapple Rice Pudding
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Vegan before Six: Breakfast
I thought “vegan before six” meant having a soy latte before eating half a dozen Cinnabons. Turns out it means something quite different: almond milk, poached prunes, 8-grain hot cereal, Ellen DeGeneres, and Greg Louganis.