Susan wasn’t able to compete in the main Culinary competition at this year’s Orange County Fair because the turn-in time coincided with our trip to Japan (she won some ribbons at the San Diego County Fair to make up for it!).  But the OC Fair holds various other side competitions as well, the last of which was this past weekend – “Fairtastic Foods”.  This was a competition for “fair-friendly” food that you might see in a booth one day. Susan entered, and...

Regular readers may recall that Susan, aside from being an engineer and part time blogger, is a very successful amateur vegan chef.  She’s won over forty ribbons and awards to date, all for vegan food competing against non-vegan competition (including ribbons at the National Pie Championships, and not one, but two Best of Shows at the Orange County Fair).  It’s her way of helping to show that vegan food can taste just as good as non-vegan food....

Congratulations to my love Susan Asato for winning 3rd Place in the Peach Pie category at the 2014 APC National Pie Championships in Orlando, FL, USA, further confirming that vegan food can hold it’s own against non-vegan competition! Susan’s only goal in competing is...