Vegan Cheesy Sauce as Good as the Real Thing, Made in St. Louis

If you’ve frequented the Tower Grove Farmers Market in St. Louis this spring, you may have come across a pair of entrepreneurs dishing out samples of their famous vegan cashew-cheese sauce. But any skepticism the concept may incite at first glance will evaporate once you try it. Made from local startup founded by Candi Tenney and Rita Childers called Core + Rind, the brand’s signature vegan cheesy sauce and current flagship product earned them a $5,000 award from the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership last year and a burgeoning base of followers, who await with bated breath to taste the pair’s next set of tasty vegan treats.

Both certified in the field of nutrition, Tenney and Childers spent years perfecting the recipe for their cheesy sauce before bringing it to market, inspired by the nationwide demand for vegan and vegetarian fare. And with a wave of restaurants offering diners vegetable-forward entrees, the timing couldn’t have been better. While the cheesy sauce pairs well with a variety of dishes that traditionally make use of melted cheese-like nachos and tacos-you can easily find even more creative ways to cook with it on the website’s recipe page. Tenney and Childers have developed recipes like the cheesy-cauliflower rice, cheesy broccoli, biscuits and more.

Core + Rind

St. Louis, Missouri

Images courtesy of Core + Rind.

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Detroit Loves You

I’ve stayed in some unusual, interesting places over the years, like a Chinese army tent in Tibet and my great-grandfather’s simple farmhouse in rural Ireland. Gotta say, though, that the Detroit Loves You Guest House is right up there.The neighborhood is called Piety Hill, a name derived from a row of magnificent churches on a local street (which, since I just got in, I have yet to locate). It epitomizes the calamitous fall and new resurgence of the Motor City. The neighborhood has homes that are just hanging in, derelict structures and beautiful rehabs. 

This guest house was the first AirBnB listing in Detroit. The dining space is a working foosball table covered by a plank of wood. Plenty of space for my granddaughters to jump and a produce market around the corner irrigating what in St. Louis we know as a food desert.

On the street with my camera in Detroit today.

City Daily Photo Theme Day – Laugh

There was a small carnival last Saturday on the parking lot outside Ballpark Village. That’s the restaurant and entertainment complex across the street from the baseball stadium. Ellie  loved it but it got insufferably crowded after a while. I did get some good shots, though.

I’ve been shooting full-size Canon cameras for years. The weight got to be a burden on my old shoulders and neck. A few months ago I switched to something much smaller, a Fujifilm X-T2. It’s mirrorless and has an APS-C sensor. The color accuracy and clarity is better than on my full-frame Canon 5D Mark III. This is the direction high-end digital cameras are going.