Go Team CookBlog!
I think that by writing for this site exclusively in the first person I may have created something of a false impression. It’s true what the old poets say: no man is an island, and here at I Was A Teenage Vegan CookBlog we’re positively archipelago-esque. So while all of this meandering text forms a direct line from my heart to your mind (with brief stopovers at my keyboard, your computer, and the internet, in no particular order), the overall idea would never have come to pass were it not for the contributions of several fine and frequently upstanding men, women, and other variously (and varyingly) gendered persons. Without further ado, allow me to introduce our cast of characters; a veritable rogue’s gallery of nutritional ne’er-do-wells, ravenous rapscallions, and miscreants of mise en place.
Russell (aka “My Lovely and Talented Assistant”)
Super Powers:
- Master of cutlery, cookery, and clean-uppery.
- Above average enthusiasm for tofu.
- Has a socktopus on his head.
- Loveliness, talent.
Zil (aka “The Wombat”)
Super Powers:
- The person behind this whole turgid affair.
- With super street medic action.
- Pretty in pink, polka dots.
- Radicalism, cuddliness.
Kiri (aka “Not ‘Kiwi’”)
Super Powers:
- Able to differentiate between hipsters and scenesters.
- Possibly either a hip scenester or a scene hipster.
- Good taste in food, clothes.
- Representing Brooklyn.
- Outspokenness, musicality.
Dan (aka “Vegan Dan”)
Super Powers:
- Dominion over all internets, webs, tubes, and trucks.
- Honorary sandle-wearing Vermont hippy.
- Currently also representing Brooklyn.
- Scruffiness, cautious optimistism.
Luke (aka “The Dreaded LukeOrMax”)
Super Powers:
- Master of dumpster diving and general scrounge-ability.
- Impressive improvisatory pancake-making skills.
- Source of vegan inspiration/influence.
- Mad science, bicycle repair.
- Self-sufficiency, possibilitarianism.
Max (aka “Our Hero”)
Super Powers:
- Vegan baking, cooking, writing, eating.
- Paper towel storage, dispensation.
- Zinesterism, cookbloggery.
- Insouciance, sarcasm.
There are many other people who, through their ongoing support, suggestions, and willingness to eat my occasionally questionable creations, continue to help make this possible. And remember, this blog is also brought to you by the continued interest of viewers like you, as well as by the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-Z. Therefore never send to know for whom I Was A Teenage Vegan CookBlog cooks; it cooks for thee.
