Tag Archive for: vegan

corporate food: the dangers of GM

As I learn more and more about the food system in the United States, the more I become afraid of it.  Doing research for a paper recently, I found out that about 70% of all packaged foods sold in America have at least some genetically engineered components.  For those of you unfamiliar with GM (genetically [...]

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rasmalai

Well, after 2 weeks of slaving away at school, I’m finally catching a break.  To enjoy this little break, I decided to make myself one of the treats that I’ve been missing most after coming back from India.  It’s a dessert called rasmalai (literally meaning the “juice of cream”).  Traditionally, rasmalai is a pretty labor [...]

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thank you very muchrooms

Its getting to be that time of year again.  The time when family comes together, smiles are exchanged, and food is shared (my favorite part).  I have to admit, though, that Thanksgiving food is in my list of Top 10 meals of the year, and its the day I’m most likely to have non-raw food.  [...]

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barfi (Indian sweet meats) and the san diego raw potluck!

Barfi (Indian sweet meats) This weekend I went out to an Indian restaurant with my friends, and after eating dinner, a few them decided they were still up for a dessert.  The restaurant had a big array of Indian sweet meats, and so I stood and explained to everyone what each one was.  After everyone [...]

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kung wow veggies

Well, my attempt this week to make an Indian style dish ended up in a funk of different flavors that didn’t exactly please the palette.  So after having a somewhat unpleasant lunch and getting inspired by an episode of Iron Chef, I decided to take a new direction and make some thing with a little [...]

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chaat it up pizza and opening of roshi’s online store!

Roshi’s Online Store As the first order of business for this post, I would like to announce the opening of the Roshi’s Online Store.  As our very first product, we will be selling incense sticks (known as agarbathies in India) which I brought back from India this summer.  The incense sticks are hand made by [...]

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badam ka halva (almond halva) and pictures from india

Badam Ka Halva Hi everyone! Well, here it is, my first recipe post since I got back from India.  After traveling around for three long months, I learned a lot about how Indian food is put together and what all the spices can be used for.  I also learned a lot about the different styles [...]

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