Sift & Whisk Turned 3!
Over the weekend. It happened. And I did nothing to celebrate. Can you imagine if you did that to a kid? How heartbroken your child would be? Like, “Oh, yeah, dear, that’s nice. Now run along, mommy’s...
View ArticleVegan Meyer Lemon Bars
A couple years ago I made a version of these bars for dinner with my husband’s (vegan) friend. It was the first time I was meeting him. I had one vegan cookbook and very little knowledge of vegan...
View ArticleGratitude
Things have been pretty heavy around here lately. I know there are terrible things going on in the world all the time, but in the last few weeks I just haven’t been able to shut them out like I...
View ArticleButtery Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Well, this is awkward. You know how for the past three years I’ve been all, “OMG I love butter so much it’s my favorite thing in the whole world and I want to marry it and have little butter-human...
View ArticleQuince Tarte Tatin with Rye Crust
When your favorite seasonal fruit finally hits the stores, it’s kind of a big deal, right? For me, this is the quince. I’m not saying it’s my favorite fruit of all time; I refuse to pick favorites....
View ArticleHow To Toast Nuts 4 Ways
I often find myself at the beginning of a recipe with the instruction to toast nuts, or sometimes just the qualified “nuts, toasted” in the ingredients list. I ultimately choose one of four methods...
View ArticleVegan Bruleed Meyer Lemon Tart with Pistachio Crust
So here we are, six days into 2016! Although the logical/cynical part of my brain knows that a new year is just an arbitrary marker of the regular passage of time, I still love the beginning of a new...
View ArticleAquafaba & How To Make Homemade Slow-Cooker Aquafaba
If you’ve been paying attention to the food world over the past several months, you may have encountered the miraculous discovery of aquafaba. In case you don’t know, aquafaba is the liquid that you...
View ArticleHomemade Fig Newtons
Stop applauding. No really. I am just a humble baker. You’re making me blush. But yes, it’s true. I did manage to make the world’s most amazing Fig Newton knockoffs. When I first went vegan, I...
View ArticleHow to Make Cashew Cream
If you haven’t heard of cashew cream or are just starting out as a vegan and don’t know much about it, I’m about to fill you in. Cashew cream is essentially a emulsification of cashews and water (or...
View ArticleVegan Coffee Caramel Swirl Ice Cream
Hi, I’m not dead! Just being a baaad blogger. It has been like the nuttiest month ever. I’ve been so busy with work, and in between the work I keep getting sick, and now the babe is sick (poor dude). I...
View ArticleThe Best Chewy Vegan Brownies
We need to talk about the vegan brownie situation. A state of the brownies address, if you will. All I have wanted for the last several weeks is a towering plate of kickass brownies. The kind with...
View ArticleGoodbye, Sift & Whisk
You may have seen this coming based on my lack of posts, but I’m here to officially announce the end of Sift & Whisk. I am stepping back from blogging while I pursue some new personal and...
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