Food, Fusion and More

I had one of those nights that I couldn't live without chocolate. My husband offered to go to Ellensburg Pasta Company for a "Spoon cake", if you like desserts you really have to try that cake, when we got our bikes ready we realized that the wind was about 50 mph and coming back home was going to be a challenge so I decided to bake my own cake. I was checking my ingredients and ... oh! no!, I was out of eggs, milk, and butter, so I search for a vegan recipe on line, that will not include "veganize" or anything that I wouldn't have at home, and I found this cake recipe, I have to say, It was "to die for". Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 tbsp baking soda 1 cup warm water 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp white vinegar or apple cider vinegar In a separate pan combine completely flour, cocoa powder, baking soda. In the mixer at low speed, incorporate, oil, warm water and ...

For my birthday, my mother in law and great friend gave me a cooking book from one of my favorite restaurants in Seattle, although some of the recipes are elaborated, I loved this artichoke patties, and they were very easy to make, the best part is that you can even eat them without frying them too; the curry rice and lentils sounded like good side dishes for them 1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt  1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 cups bread crumbs 1/4 cup diced celery 1/4 cup diced onion 1/2 cup diced red pepper 1 tbsp capers 1 tbsp fresh cilantro 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp chili powder Salt and pepper Mix all the ingredients in a bowl except 1 cup of bread crumbs that should be reserved for breading the croquettes. Refrigerate for at least an hour. I used two spoons to shape the patties in little balls, then flat them in the bread crumbs. Heat pan and about 3 tbsp of olive oil for frying. Lemon sauc...