I'm back home in the UK now. Although in fact, I keep referring to Braddock as "home" too, so that's kind of confusing. Either way, I had a mini break in NYC from Monday until my flight from JFK on Wednesday, which began with a sleepless night spent on a Chinatown bus from Pittsburgh. It was totally worth it, though, because I managed to cram in
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And as for Lula's... that stuff is just something else. There are organic options as well, and I get the feeling that they walk the line between healthy and junk food, which again, is something I want to do. I figure that when I bake, if I ban stuff like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils in particular, that's a good enough start to make my treats not necessarily "healthy", but at least not poisonous!
I love that when I go to new places I love that I can eat all this delicious food and consider it "research" - I can live and breathe food and it's all going towards an end goal, hurrah! If you do make it to NYC you should let me know and we could "research" places together. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Babycakes, but I think you would appreciate it more than me as you take more care with your diet than I do. Although I find the cakes to be a little grainy, I'm glad that the option of having a treat as "normal" as a cupcake is possible, while still being vegan and free from wheat, gluten and/or sugar, and that they don't rely on unimaginative "health food" flavours like nuts/seed/date combinations. Not that there's anything wrong with health food, but... yeah. I'm rambling. Cake is tasty. "Healthier" options are good for those who want/need them. As I'm vegan mostly for ethical reasons, I prefer ridiculous indulgence (but still don't like nastiness like hydrogenated oils).
...I'm still jet lagged, sorry for this ridiculous essay :P
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I hear you on the gluten-free cupcakes seeming more grainy, but I don't find that with all of them. I've stuck to the same recipe for GF cupcakes... it's worked well for me:
http://mudspice.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/cupcake-recipe-gluten-free-egg-free-dairy-free-sugar-free/
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