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Cadenza 華彩樂 @eldritch.beauty · 02/10/2026

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happy bandcamp friday to all who celebrate

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Replaced my taiyaki PFP with one of me getting headbutted while cat sitting for a friend (this cat is excellent)

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Roasted a small white onion last night and blitzed it with some olive oil and red wine vinegar and salt for “we have shallot vinaigrette at home” and it’s pretty good actually

A hearty lentil salad featuring aforementioned vinaigrette, beluga lentils, roasted butternut squash, blanched Swiss chard, and walnuts

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Came up with an excellent soft tofu based roasted pepper dressing for salads, made it with shishitos, there was definitely a hot one in there. can’t say I super recommend spicy salad dressing but the rest of the salad is good

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Somewhat surprised apple cider (the unfiltered, non-alcoholic apple juice) doesn't seem to be a thing in 🇨🇦? Maybe I need to go to an actual apple farm?

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I made this: sarahsvegankitchen.com/recipes/vega... for calzones tonight and I can recommend it very strongly to folks who are #vegan or lactose-intolerant, it turned out *amazing*. I recommend soaking almonds in the fridge for food-safety reasons though! 🍜

sarahsvegankitchen.com

Vegan Ricotta

A tofu and almond based vegan ricotta that shines in lasagna, stuffed shells and more. It's high in protein, with a perfectly convincing texture.

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok ok ok STRONG recommendation for sliced smoked tofu and jam (I used a tomato jam but I suspect a regular fruit jam would also be good) on a croissant as a breakfast #food #veganfood This has all the same things going for it as the classic ham and cheese croissant

A croissant sliced in half with a slice of smoked tofu and jam on it, sitting on a cutting board

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok yeah underproved for sure. Maybe a bit underbaked too, although I did do a temp check and they were cooked. I have ideas and will try again

Ten vegan croissants and one lil mini twist on a wire rack over a black glass range. Some layers are visible but the tops are noticeably bready

Cross section of a croissant showing a dense honeycomb structure with a compressed, doughy layer in the center and along the bottom

Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the upside of not sleeping well is I got my vegan croissants in the oven real early. They’re leaking butter, as per usual. I really want to take a class or something to make croissants (vegan or no) and see if they always do that

A photo of a tray of vegan croissants baking. My kitchen is reflected in the dirty oven glass

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fun French trivia of the day: ”chef” means “boss” (masculine), and “cuisine” means “kitchen”. So “chef de cuisine” is “boss of the kitchen”, but I can also say “Le chef est au bureau aujourd’hui“ and it makes sense

Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fun #food / #veganfood facts of the day: - Blistered shishitos are really easy to make in the oven - Vincenzo’s in Uptown Waterloo has vegan dessers in their pastry case. I tried the pictured one and it was very good (and rich)

Blistered shishito peppers and a half grilled cheese sandwich on a blue plate with a soup spoon next to a white bowl of tomato soup from the freezer

A sign advertising Vegan Belgian Chocolate Truffle Cake in front of six small (maybe 5cm across?) cylindrical chocolate cakes

The description reads: Rich and creamy truffle cake made from coconut cream and dark Belgian chocolate between two layers of eggless chocolate cake. They cost CA$6.25 each.

The chocolate almost entirely hides the coconut, although I found that mine only had one layer of chocolate cake. The cake was quite good. It was a very rich treat

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/09/2026

I enjoyed fall more before I moved to Canada and it started carrying with it a sense of impending doom.

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Testing a theory that long alt text is causing problems? Here’s a picture I posted in a group chat with “it has broccoli in it so it’s healthy”. It’s a #veganfood cheesy pasta bake with a tofu based cheese sauce. Recipe in alt.

Description: a glass casserole dish with cheesy broccoli pasta covered in shredded cheese

Recipe: preheat oven to 350 and start a pot of water boiling.

Take ~1/2 head of broccoli and chop it up, or take a bag of broccoli florets and chop ~300g of them more finely

Make cheez sauce from https://theeburgerdude.com/tofu-mac-cheese/ except I used 300g sunrise soft tofu and 150g soy milk, and no pasta water. I added the tapioca starch immediately to the sauce.

Cook 170g of rotini until al dente (two minutes less than package). In a bowl, mix cheez sauce, broccoli, and cooked pasta (and maybe a bit of pasta water). Pour into glass dish (smaller than 9x13), cover, and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover, top with a bunch of shredded vegan cheese (I grated a generous quantity of vegan parm) and then bake another 10 minutes. Broil for just a few minutes if the cheese isn’t browned

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Is it any two photos with alt text??? Here’s the #food I have going right now. The granola could be better but I think I learned how this one cafe’s really good gluten free vegan granola bars are glued together so now I can make my own 👀

Somewhat overdone oat, pumpkin seed, pecan, and flax granola on a natural-colored parchment paper

Chunky tomato sauce with onions, Roma tomatoes, and a bay leaf. I want to reduce it more

………why did this work it wasn’t supposed to work; why does putting alt text on these wreck things

Trying my bread post a third time didn’t work so here’s the two photos from earlier, no alt text? This is bread from the bakery that has a long line; in a shocking twist it was really good #food

(Testing bsky posting: One photo, with alt text): my second breakfast today 😌 #veganfood #food

A breakfast sandwich and red ceramic coffee mug photographed in front of a window. The courtyard outside is empty because it’s cool and overcast. The sandwich sits on a piece of checkered paper and has tempeh bacon, tofu egg, Daiya shreds, and vegan mayo on a toasted roll.

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It just happened again. I hit post, it says “uploading images” and then the page refreshes and the post is gone. I use exclusively the browser version in Safari owing to a dislike of apps. Gotta figure out how to file a bug report.

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Going outside to eat a carrot is like a reverse smoke break

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Ok back to foodposting: it sounds obvious but mixing salad with dressing prior to putting it in the container leads to better results. Here the dressing is literally just baba ganoush because this is Leftovers Salad

A metal bowl with kale, tofu shawarma, and cucumber-tomato-onion salad nicely mixed with a dressing of two generous spoonfuls of baba ganoush

The same salad, now snugly tucked in a 6C rectangular glass container. Kale compresses a lot!

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Bsky please stop eating my food posts :( I know the food is delicious but I was trying to share it with everyone! (three or four times now I’ve attached pictures, typed alt text, and typed a post only for the post button to refresh the page and post nothing)

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s been cathartic to see this conversation explode as someone who has been adjacent to these communities for many years

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Ok ok I have a food related Take: microwaves are not actually easy to use, everyone just has a lot of practice. “How to reheat food well” is a skill and it’s one I don’t have a lot of points in

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today I am gonna try joining a local no-audition choir a friend sings in, which I am deeply (heh) looking forward to. Fortunately it is not the kind of choir that will mind my difficulties sight reading bass clef

Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sweetness is perfect, they’re strongly spiced (a bit much for my taste but w/in bounds of similar foods). The apple flavor is subtle esp. with spices. Texture suffers from #veganfood conversion: not much chew, might try aquafaba instead of flax. Easy to make. Overall 8/10 will make again 🍜🥖🍏

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Anyways I made muffins. sallysbakingaddiction.com/healthy-appl... with flax eggs in place of real eggs. Will report back on how they came out tomorrow

A top-down view of 16 whole wheat shredded apple muffins on a wire rack.

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My ingredients shelf really telling the story of my last ~8 months

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On my bike commute to work there is a hill with a stoplight at the bottom and stoplight at the top. Both lights turn at the same time. I discovered today that if I sprint I _can_ make it through the second light on time, which I almost regret knowing

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dear #foodsky: Last night I successfully made a single-serving apple crisp! 🍜 It was absolutely delicious. Trying a new thing and posting the recipe as a thread with photos/steps. #veganfood because I used vegan butter but one could make it with regular.

A forkful of apple crisp showcasing the browned topping and gooey apples, held above a small glass bowl of apple crisp on a light wooden table

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I made the grilled cheese version and it’s sooo gooooooood #veganfood

A half grilled cheese with multigrain sourdough and Daiya cheddar slices on a blue plate next to a bowl of tomato soup on a kinda messy table

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On a 🏳️‍⚧️ note I’m learning so much about facial hair (I’m on desk at 1730ish and I will NOT be scruffy)

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I made an apple cake from a reel/recipe on Instagram which looked like a reasonable vegan+healthy twist on the “mostly apples” cake, but my results are pretty far from the picture. Not sure if content was AI or recipe badly under specified, but, annoying. It’s still food.

Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It is significantly harder to land an airplane than to operate a small research nuclear reactor

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh my god this tomato soup turned out amazing (and used 1kg of tomatoes!). Deeply regret not buying supplies for grilled cheese, I’m gonna fix that tomorrow #veganfood 🍜

A bowl of tomato soup with a few croutons in it, held in my left hand which is securing the spoon in the bowl

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WIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2026

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Results! It tasted good but I’m not gonna make it again — I prefer my other filling which is also a bit less fussy. The baking time was rushed by my need to get to work but I don’t think an extra five minutes (or the chilling time) would have improved it. #veganfood 🍜

A baked, un-sliced apple pie on a wire cooling rack. The filling has clearly deflated under the domed top leaving a large gap

A cross section of the pie. The filling’s juice is leaking out the bottom and the apples are chunky and also falling out

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Same (making stew tonight btw)

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am trying a new-to-me pie recipe for my annual apple pie this year: www.seriouseats.com/bravetart-ea... but vegan and with Golden Delicious instead of Granny Smith. Tweaking timing bc I have to go to work — skipping chill in the morning and these apples are gonna sit more like 9hrs in the fridge

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Easy Old-Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe

A classic apple pie with a golden and crisp crust and a thick and saucy filling that requires no precooking of apples.

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Spending my morning making a giant pot of sorta green chili inspired stew(?) to fuel #eveonline #atxxii casting in the afternoon. I hope this is good since I’m sorta priced into eating it a lot 🍜

A container of chickpeas awaiting inclusion in a Dutch oven on the stove containing tomatillos, onions, pepper, garlic, crumbled tofu, zucchini, and some chipotle pepper. A measuring spoon rests on the chickpea container lid in case it’s needed again

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I did this this morning! I was dressed for the occasion as DHC-1 Chipmunk C-FBNM. Somehow never left the runway no matter how fast I ran (maybe you have to go faster than 6kts?). Really fun and I beat my own time goal

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#veganfood recommendation: cut up cantaloupe with cubed smoked tofu. Basically taking the vibes from the classic melon and prosciutto, super easy, very delicious 🍜

White bowl with cubed cantaloupe and smoked tofu

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

APPLE SEASON 😍😍😍 These are my favorite pie apples when they’re fresh, so maybe this weekend is the weekend I make my exactly one apple pie per season. Or maybe I just go nuts so I can buy another $8.99 8lb bag.

A big bin of 8lb bags of Ontario Golden Delicious apples at the grocery store

Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Moooooooooooon 😍 I stayed up past my bedtime to set up my telescope and see the eclipse and I’m so happy I did, it was incredibly cool

A photo of the partially eclipsed Moon seen through a telescope. The top left is brightly illuminated, the lower right 3/4 is in shadow, shading redder as it gets lower

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Ali @aliaras-em.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My two food advertising beefs: - “Sugar free” recipes that prominently feature dates (what are those doing for the recipe, HMMM?) - “No artificial sweeteners“ products that contain stevia. Idc that it came from a plant not everything needs to be sweet.