Alison Joy Willard is the name, and cooking, baking, photography, and illustration are my games. In 2008 I graduated from the Bauman College Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts Natural Chef program. Since then I have been exploring the worlds of vegan cooking and baking, including some short stints as a personal chef for a small busy family, baking and making vegan sandwiches for a gluten free bakery, and of course making countless vegan eatables on the home front and sharing them via wordpress, tumblr, and instagram. My current day job is delivering baked goods to local businesses and coming up with creative coffee drink concoctions at the bakery/coffee shop I work for.
My reasons for being vegan are first and foremost for the animals, secondly for the sustainability of our precious earth, and thirdly as a benefit of choosing plant foods that are organic, local, seasonal, and fresh, I enjoy vibrant health as well!
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Tumblr: ppastelmmemoriess
Instagram: ppastelmmemoriess
Facebook: The Bear and The Blackberry
the bear and the blackberry 
~I was so honored to be witness to, and get to taste the exquisite thanksgiving Feast at Ali. and Jef’s new abode. “My sufficiency was safancified”, as my Mom, Ali’s Grandma would say. Lee, Ali’s Dad, and I were both thoroughly pleased, and comforted with the delicious cuisine, and loving visit.
Thank you both for such a pleasant experience. We love you both very much, and wish you the very best of the best!!!!
~We hope you share many years of hey good lookin’ whatchya got cookin’ in your sweet kitchen!~
GREAT blog. I usually don’t like looking at recipes. I find them complicated, hard to even read. This blog makes it easy, simple, and the pics make me so hungry! I’m going to be trying a few items soon! I wish you had a subscribe button….Thanks!
Doh, just found the email subscription button on the home page. Thanks!
Thank you for finding and following my blog. =0)
I am happy to have found may way here, as well.
Veggiewitch ♥
Why hello fellow vegans!
Hello! Bonjour! Hola! 🙂
Ummmm… So who’s the bear and who’s the blackberry between you two? ;-D
Oh ya know, we like to switch it up, keep it fresh! 🙂
YOu know I think you’re super. Which is why I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! http://veganmonologue.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/one-lovely-blog-2/
Aw thank you! : ) Much appreciated! We think you are pretty darn super yourself!
Hi! I love your blog and nominated you for the Blog on Fire Award 🙂
http://picturemillionwords.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/blog-on-fire-award-a-big-thank-you/
Amazing blog you guys got here! Will definitely follow your kitchen endeavors 😀
Thanks for sharing some vegan love in the interwebs!
I have been a vegetarian my whole life, and vegan for the past 6 months. I love it! Great blog and I love your intuitive and improvisational cooking style!
Hi guys, I love your blog and have nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award!
http://liveblissful.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/new-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-531
Goofy & cool fun people you look to be! 🙂