The Dancing Soy Bean

about me

Hi, my name is Mary and I live with my husband Jon and our 2 kitties (Nino, Chloe, & Owen) in New Brunswick, NJ! I am currently an undergraduate at Rutgers University (going into my 4th year here), working for a major in Art History, a double minor in English and Classical Studies, and a certficate in Historic Preservation — I'll never get out of here! Hehee.

My husband and I are both vegans (I've been a vegetarian since January 2004, he has been since January 2005, and we went vegan in January 2006 — we're funny like that). We love going out to eat (especially Ethiopian and veggie sushi) and trying new recipes at home. We love it when we accidentally stumble upon a new recipe by accident when trying to do something else entirely, haha.

I also love animals, photography, painting, exercise (mainly Tae Bo, hiking, and bouldering), museums, art galleries, old movies, making crafts with my hubby, reading, volunteering at our local animal shelter, and learning how to make a website for our natural soap-making business!

Our sweet little 18-month old cat Jake passed away because of FIV on July 31, 2006 and we all miss him terribly. We cry every day for him... he truly was our wonderful little boy.

Favorite Foods:

Going out — Ethiopian food (esp. Makeda's in New Brunswick, NJ), Indian food (without yogurt or ghee — ask for vegetable oil instead of ghee), vegetarian sushi, veggie stir-fry, Red Bamboo/Vegetarian's Paradise in NYC, and vegan carrot cake at Cafe Metro in Denville, NJ. And we miss Zafra's in New Brunswick, NJ!

Staying in — tofu dishes, baked veggies in a mock cheese sauce, TVP burgers, homemade tea "lattes" & other quick, healthy meals. We're working on getting better with more complex meals, but that's a one-dish-at-a-time process, I guess.

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