I was born in Springfield Illinois and then I moved to Olympia Washington to go to school at the Evergreen State College. After traveling for a while I ended up in Austin Texas where I eat lots of tacos, swim in lots of rivers, and enjoy lots of bands and movies and the Alamo Drafthouse. I started this blog to keep track of my recipes and things that I cook.

hi stephanie,
good to have met you at surf camp malpais. nice blog. i will surely use some of these recipes. we have a vegan potluck tomorrow night! cr was nice but it’s good to be back in boulder.
pura vida!
johan
I am so glad you came over, it was great meeting you
Amanda shared your site with me. I’m glad she did. I’ve been looking the food pictures on an empty stomach. Now I’m drooling on the computer. We’re going to CR in May. Will let you know how we do.
Cathy- thanks for stopping by, Amanda told me all the places you are going, it sounds amazing!
Followed here from FFVK, and lo and behold, you’re in Austin, too! It’s always good to find more awesome cooking vegans in town.
Hi Lazy Smurf,
I really LOVE your blog!!!!! It’s always an inspiration.
I do have one question for you though: are you from any of the countries from the Balkans, because I have seen a picture with several newspapers/magazines that were written in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian?????? Just wondering because I am from that part of the world.
Thanks!
Hi Alma, yes my family is originally from the former Yugoslavia. Most of them came here during world war II. Where do you live?
Lazysmurf,
I live in St. Louis, Missouri…..
Alma- I thought you still lived there, I used to live right be St. Louis
Well, I’ve never seen your blog before but I really like it! And your latest post combines Klingon, Tom Robbins, beets and pasta; all great things! I will definitely try the “gagh.” My husband LOVES anything to do with beets, and we grow a lot of them ever year. At the moment we don’t have any, as the harvest is long past. But maybe I’ll have to go out and buy some……
If you have a beet lover in your life you should try it, so good and easy. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Lazy Smurf! Thoroughly enjoying the blog, and thanks for linking to me! When you have a second will you shoot me an email at thisislifeinaustin@gmail.com? I want to connect up on a project… Thanks!
Hi, I like your site – would you like to talk about a possible link exchange? I am also a vegan food loving Austinite, so I’d love to link up and all that.
I can’t wait until you come to Portland!! Do you think Jason and I are in a hetero normative relationship? I wish i could have been with you at the top ten. It would have been really fun composing questions for these people.
XO
claire
well you are in a heteronormative relationship for sure (1 man married to 1 woman) but you don’t have a heteronormative attitude that assumes all people should fit into that lifestyle.
I am excited to come to Portland!
What is this portland talk? When is that happening? Hello Stephanie, I hope everything is going great. I love your blog- I read it all the time.
I am going from Aug 5-15, I am so excited!
Darling little Stephanie,
A blast from your past!!!!!!!!!!! I am the girl who adores your Daddy-o George
who took you and Lana to the pump room for brunch like 22 years ago and you guys were dropping sausages on the floor and i was laughing so hard i almost peed!!!!!!!!! I always say to George and my husband the word sausages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your website lazy smurf is so darling and informative!!!!!!! I am so happy for you!!!!!!! My website will be up in 2 weeks along with my first published book Anywhere Theres’ A Chair. It is how to work every body part sitting on a chair or seat in 10-12 minutes a day for all you savvy business girls with time mgmt.issues!!!!!!! I will email you soon,hugs and kisses,Kathleen
god bless
Hello! just came across your blog (I am a brand new vegan) and noticed your cute pups…caught my eye because they look just like our dogs!
Your blog has been a great resourse,
thanks,