Vegan Recipe: cauliflower & peppers with spinach couscous

by Tara05.10.2010

I felt pretty blah today, so lovingly prepared vegan meal would cheer me up. Here’s my take on a recipe from one of my new cookbooks: “The Indian Vegan Kitchen” by Madhu Gadia.
I originally bought “The Indian Vegan Kitchen” because Rich and I give a lot of money to Satish Palace, an Indian restaurant [...]

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Feel-Good Fridays

by Tara05.06.2010

Honestly, I’m going to do Feel-Good Fridays. I will post a video, a picture, or a song that just makes me feel good or other people want to dance. Why? Because people get paid on Fridays and punch out from work. Because it may mark the crest of a party rising or a lover’s embrace. [...]

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Blogger’s Delight

by Tara05.05.2010

If you didn’t already know, I am blogging a lot this summer. Hopefully, about poems, books, movies. I’ll even share some photos and videos, I’m sure.
In the meantime, expect to see me on a b o u t a w o r d, the blog of professor and author Ruth Ellen Kocher next week. [...]

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precedent

by Tara05.04.2010

“precedent: –noun 1. Law . a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases. 2. any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations. –adjective pre·ce·dent 3. preceding; anterior.”
I promised myself that 2010 would be the year that [...]

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Split This Rock and being at home

by Tara03.12.2010

This weekend I’ll be reading from my book and talking about the intersections between politics and poetry with many poets I admire at the Split This Rock Poetry Festival in Washington, D.C. It will be good to see Lita Hooper, Curtis Crisler, and Antoinette Brim, especially since we’re all “press-mates” at Willow Books/Aquarius Press. If [...]

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Lucille Clifton, 1936-2010

by Tara03.11.2010

As someone who worked with her, closely read her work and carried her poem “won’t you celebrate with me” among others in my heart to sustain me on difficult days, and saw someone I could call a mentor. I participated in a workshop with Ms. Clifton in 1999, when I was trying to explore my [...]

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Miso Soup

by Tara03.10.2010

I made this raw soup that required miso a little while ago, riii? The thing is when you buy miso, it comes in containers slightly larger than a box of tofu, but you might not use more than 3-5 spoonfuls of it to make a meal, and that’s generous! So, I said, how can I [...]

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Raw Mushroom Soup & At the Brecht

by Tara02.23.2010

I made a double batch of what this Latino brother makes on his youtube channel called RawFoodMuscle.
Raw Creamy Spicy Mushroom Soup episode #11
Many of his recipes are fast, full of flavor, vegan, and raw. I’m also enjoying this show because it’s a person of color cooking, much in the spirit of Bryant Terry, [...]

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The Road to Raw Food

by Tara02.10.2010

Over the past month, I’ve managed to cook more at home. In part, because a lot of the food I’d eat on the run was too expensive and not nearly as healthy as anything I could prepare from the grocery store.
I’ve been vegetarian for several years, but I’ve decided to make more vegan meals, [...]

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a birthday/new year post

by Tara01.07.2010

Today is my birthday. Since it’s so close to the beginning of a new year, every year I find myself reflecting on what I’ve accomplished and what has change in the world and with myself after Christmas and up to January 7th. I don’t typically do resolutions, but I do find myself wanting to purge [...]

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