hi and welcome to Short & Sweets! My name is Kate and I'm living in the San Francisco Bay Area area with Mr Official Taster. We share our home with two
puppies who take up more of
our my time (and space) than they should. I'm in a bit of a transition period right now, and I'm back at school, this time getting my
MLIS from San Jose State University.
This blog is also in transition at the moment, but...
I started this blog in January 2010 as an extension of my Etsy store of the same name, but it has since become it's own entity. Many of the recipes here are desserts of one kind or another, but I've got some
grown up savory food, too. All of my recipes are vegetarian and/or
dairy free, most are
vegan, and there are some
gluten free goodies as well. I've tried to tag recipes as such, as well as
corn free,
soy free, and
egg free. I'm not a vegan, but if you are, more power to you (seriously). Ever since I can remember, my parents, aunts & uncles were making substitutions to feed their allergic offspring until we were old enough to take on the task ourselves, so it's never felt odd to me to look at a recipe and automatically figure out how to "fix" it. Mr Official Taster is a vegetarian, and since I mostly am too, many dinners here are vegan by default. When we do eat out, and I decide on a non-vegetarian meal, I choose "happy" ones; for me, real
Happy Meals include meat raised ethically and sustainably (think: eggs from pasture-raised hens, grass-fed beef, etc).
I used a Nikon CoolPix point-and-shoot camera from a many moons ago at the beginning, but more recently, I treated myself to a Canon EOS Rebel T3 just in time for our honeymoon, and it's great. Recipes starting in November 2011 feature pictures taken with it.
