Meet The Shannons

I hate these photos.  So last night there was a perfect storm in Brooklyn. There was the coming together of a mild autumn night breeze...

So I admit I've been a little MIA lately. There has been a lot going on and to be honest -- I've fallen behind on basically everyt...

Once there was a vegan bakery hidden in the heart of our nation's capital. This was before this recent Vegan Renaissance of books, ba...

Almost 3 years ago, I became newly Irish-ed. See I wasn't born a Shannon. I married one. But somewhere deep down, maybe I always kn...

Like many vegans in my generation - I haven't always felt that I was surrounded by people who truly understood where I was coming fro...

Right now you might be furiously flipping through your Betty Crocker cookbook looking for this recipe. You'll stop at Beer-Cheese Tri...

I know we disappeared there. I've been working on our new page layout and things are just taking longer than I thought. I know I keep...

The Betty Crocker Project : Shortbread Cookies I know we're behind on posting this. We left the country at the end of January...

We live in a world with rules. Now it may not seem like it because the world rarely follows these rules. Evil often goes unpunished and ...

So the other night I poisoned myself with vodka and orange juice to try and shake this bad case of writer's block I've been deali...

Almost a year ago from this very day, we posted a recipe for Soy Nog Cupcakes and a contest. A contest that was so epic -- people got...

My only compliant about this recipe is that I didn't add enough Maple syrup in the pictures. When I lived in Atlanta, there seeme...

Way out East there was this lady I wanna tell ya about*. Goes by the name of Leinana Two Moons . At least that was the handle her loving...

Ta-Da! This is a soft, sweet and delicious cookie that is pretty much wonderful. I know a lot of us are overdosing on pumpkin right now bu...

I should be working on our book right this second. I should be going through the over 500 recipes right now making sure that I have the...

 I haven't been sleeping all the great lately. It's not really anything to be concerned about. There is no real mystery as to w...

So here it is. My first Monday as cookbook writer. A million years ago when I lived in DC and was going through a really tough ...

I've been finding it really hard to explain what I did this weekend. I'm not sure where to even begin. I guess that's why I...

So once upon a time there was a man named Nick Cage*. He loved Superman . I mean he loved Superman in an Action Comics No.1 kinda way....

I was thinking the other day about how some people basically have dessert for breakfast. They put 'coffee' in front of cake, and ...