Want to make a really good soup that seems like you shouldn't be able to make it at home? Then this is your recipe, Veganomicon is your book, and I am your man-boy.  Though the authors describe it as "totally inauthentic," this is one of those soups like so many other Indian and other Asian…

You'll never catch me turning down a chance to cook with plantains.  I don't even know that I like them that much; I'm just enchanted by the idea of using them.  Savory bananas?  Yes, please. (If you're new to plantains and want to see them in action, you might enjoy the video about plantains I…

Ok, ready for this?  It's a fun one, because it involves: (a) rolling things up into little southern-goodness-bombs and (b) making your own barbecue sauce, something I'd never done before. Today's recipe is from Veganomicon, my featured cookbook of the month.  Which, by the way, is really starting to grow on me: Many of the…