Zucchini and Chocolate

Well, I saw Julie and Julia last night. The reviewers are right -- Meryl steals the show (surprise). Amy Adams played Julie Powell too meek, in my opinion. Powell is a firecracker, and her prose is funny and honest, if you haven't read her yet. My two cents.

So after the movie, all fired up about cooking, I came home and experimented with zucchini and chocolate, tweaking this recipe, mostly because we were out of butter and nuts. I used cooking oil instead of butter, soymilk instead of milk like usual, and to make this a completely vegan recipe, you could also use vegan egg replacement powder -- available in many health food stores.

Voila! It smells heavenly. Now I just need to frost it.

A better photo! Taken by friend and photographer Jay Fram (expect better pics from me soon, too):