Archive for January, 2008

Catering the Premiere of "Seeing Through The Fence".

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Posted 09 Jan 2008 — by chefshirle
Category Black Eyed Peas, Eleni Binge, Quinoa, Seitan, Vegan

Eleni Answers Questions From The Audience

Last Sunday night I was honored to have catered the premiere of Eleni (aka Eleni Binge) Valchos’ documentary, Seeing Through The Fence at the Manbites Dog Theater in downtown Durham.

The premise of the the film was how we all relate to the foods we choose to eat, with a focus on why being Vegan (not eating any animals or animal by-products) is a compassionate and conscientious way of eating.

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Pasta Anyone?

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Posted 08 Jan 2008 — by chefshirle
Category Pasta, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Tofu, Vegetarian

Homemade Ravioli

So, David and I decided to attempt to make homemade pasta once again and I am soooo thankful that we mustered up the courage to do so…It came out great!

We decided on ravioli so I got busy and made two different fillings. One was a Spinach & Tofu-cotta (like ricotta) and the other was a sweet and savory Sweet Potato con Queso Fresco (a wonderful salty Mexican cheese that doesn’t melt too much, which is perfect for ravioli).

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Black Eyed On New Years Day

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Posted 01 Jan 2008 — by chefshirle
Category Black Eyed Peas, Isa Moskowitz, Quinoa, Vegan

The first day of 2008. Happy New Year!

I have not been one to follow superstitious traditions, but today was all about black eyed peas and collard greens! I made two different dishes using the humble black eyed peas.

Hoppin’ John & Collards

One was my take on Hoppin’ John, that southern favorite that combines collard greens (for financial luck), brown rice (for health) and black eyed peas (for warding off the evil eye and basic all around luck). David and I had that for lunch and I have to say what a hearty & warm meal. I served it with some garlic bagel crisps which was the perfect choice for this meal… although cornbread could have rocked it a bit harder, but I wasn’t about getting into baking at that point of the day.

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