Mattie : Just ate at Peacefood Cafe in NYC and wow! The food is as good as the desserts. None of it 'tasted vegan'.

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Describe Yourself: I'm a vegan baking freak and I work hard to make this site a place where like-minded people can compare notes and share eats. I have to do it. God told me to. I'm also into going on various running and cycling adventures (to burn off all of the calories, heh heh).
Interests: Baking and vegan food design (duh), rediscovering the lost art of food production by hand, camping, friends, beer, Italian reds, home brewing, being surrounded by nature, random adventures with random people, running Veganbaking.net.
Favorite things to bake: Pancakes, muffins, crusty artisinal hearth breads, pizza crust, ice cream, cake of any kind.
Favorite baked items to eat: Brownies, any kind of pie, any kind of cookies, french pastry.
What types of vegan baking are you trying to master?: Lately I've been super interested in French pastry, artisinal hearth breads and I feel and ice cream making binge coming on for the summer, woohoo!
Favorite Music: Blaring punk rock, minimal techno and everything in between.
Favorite Movies/TV Shows: The Mighty Boosh, ALF, 30 Rock, Summer Heights High, The Office
Favorite Books: On Food and Cooking, The Bread Baker's Apprentice, The Secrets of Baking, Wild Fermentation, Baking Illustrated, Joy of Vegan Baking, The Professional Pastry Chef, How Baking Works, Understanding Baking, Designing Great Beers, Chocolates & Confections, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine,
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Country: United States
Website: http://www.veganbaking.net
Twitter Username: www.twitter.com/veganbaking
Occupation: Information Technology Monkey
Birthday: 15/05/1976

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Mattie

Just ate at Peacefood Cafe in NYC and wow! The food is as good as the desserts. None of it 'tasted vegan'.

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2 days ago

Mattie Just ate at Peacefood Cafe in NYC and wow! The food is as good as the desserts. None of it 'tasted vegan'.

11:05 PM

6 days ago

Mattie and vera~baker are now friends

11:28 PM

1 week ago

vera~baker joined the group The Big Cupcake Group

Sep 01

Mattie Just got my kefir granules in the mail and enjoying my first batch of soy kefir. Guess that makes me a double hippie or something.

Aug 31

Mattie and strawberrypepper are now friends

Aug 27

2 weeks ago

Renoodle and Nattycakes are now friends

Aug 25

Mattie For the first time I'm beginning to think that an electric mixer might be a good thing to have. Wet doughs are a pain to knead.

Aug 23

Renoodle beautiful morning here in Sonoma County...ahhhhh...

Aug 23

Renoodle I feel like makin' some goodies, what should I make?

Aug 22

Mattie and TheNudeChef are now friends

Aug 21

Renoodle and LadeeLibra1018 are now friends

Aug 21

DigitalPuma and Mattie are now friends

Aug 21

Renoodle and butternuts are now friends

Aug 20

Renoodle reconciling...

Aug 20

3 weeks ago

Mattie No leftovers of the coconut cake means that it must have been a hit at my house party. Either that or everyone was wasted. Both?

Aug 16

wyldegirl and Mattie are now friends

Aug 16

My Articles

Are You Sure That's Vegan? Is Out	Tuesday, 07 September 2010 20:03

How to Skin Hazelnuts	Saturday, 04 September 2010 19:57

The Vegan Boulangerie Released	Monday, 30 August 2010 21:14

How to Toast Shredded Coconut	Tuesday, 24 August 2010 20:15

Use The Right Kind of Chocolate Depending on Your Application	Friday, 13 August 2010 01:04

Excessively Acidic Ingredients Can Inhibit Leavening	Thursday, 12 August 2010 21:51

Champs Family Bakery Opens. Tastebuds Rejoice in Brooklyn	Monday, 09 August 2010 08:12

Vollrath's Cookie Sheet is a Step Above the Rest	Tuesday, 03 August 2010 22:37

My preferred fat to use for vegan baking is	Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:28

We're Crazy About Vegusto No Muh Chas Vegan Cheese	Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:21

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Here's a Tip!

When baking with margarine, avoid tub margarine and always use stick margarine. Tub margarine contains extra water for easier spreadability. This is great for things like toast but can negatively affect your baked items due to it's lower fat content and higher water content. Stick margarine still contains more water than butter in most cases but will result in better performance than tub margarine, especailly in things like puff pastries, pie crusts and tart crusts.