Big news! I'm teaching my first cooking class in just a few short weeks! Here's the details:

Vegan Picnic Class
Saturday, June 14, 12-3pm
Sai Organics - 30-21 30th Ave, Astoria, NY 11103

For more information or to sign up, contact me at funlauren@gmail.com.

Incidentally, I'm planning on posting a bunch of stuff here that I've made in the last several weeks. I've been very busy cooking, but some technical difficulties with the site have prevented me from posting. They should be up soon!

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I'm living in Astoria now, and one of my favorite restaurants is Gowasabi. It's a Korean/Japanese place and since they don't actually have that many vegan options I get the same thing pretty much everytime. But those things are amazing.

This is their kimchee and miso soup. This kimchee is on my list of top ten favorite foods right now. It's so good, I want to marry it.

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I decided to cook a meal for my boyfriend on our one-year anniversary. I think it came out pretty nice, especially considering I refused to follow any recipes. Gotta work on that. Here's the appetizer. I call it the "Heart-Beet Salad."

It's hearts of romaine, beets, hearts of palm, and radishes in lemon vinaigrette, then topped with hijiki caviar. Fancy, huh? But wait, there's more...

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Soooo. Been a little busy in the last year. :) And then I had some technical dificulties with the site so I couldn't update for a bit. But now it looks like I'm back!

The last year, in bullet point format:

- I attended and graduated from The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts
- I met tons of cool people in culinary school
- I learned tons about food
- I met an awesome dude who is into awesome vegan food
- I did an internship at Millennium Restaurant
- I really didn't do a whole lot else

I'm in the process of creating another blog, too. For now the content is pretty much what you have come to expect here. Only difference is that it's hosted by Wordpress. You could call it "Lauren's Vegan Journal 2.0." Some might even call it "Lauren's Vegan Journal EXTREME" (har har). I might just keep both blogs going and do a different focus for each. Who knows. In any case, I'm ready to get back on ye olde internets and let the world know what's new with me. Hope you're ready, too!

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Dear Readers (or what's left of you),

I'm back! Well, sort of. I've been in New York for four weeks now and things are finally starting to fall into place. I started a new job that's going well, I'll be moving into my own apartment tomorrow, and I've been in culinary school for three weeks now! I love it even more than I thought I would.

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Here's some more pictures of things I've made in the last week or so. I apologize for not updating more regularly, but life gets in the way sometimes... I'm leaving for New York one week from today, so I'm not sure I'll have time to post again before then. Or make anything interesting, for that matter. I have to say, though, it has been a fun exercise in improvisaion - make something palatable with whatever is left in the freezer! Ha.

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I've had no time to go to the store recently, so dinners have really been a good exercise in using my imagination with ingredients I have on hand. This week I remembered that I'd bought a spaghetti squash awhile ago, and finally decided it was time to make it.

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