In his poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) wrote, “Had we but world enough and time/My vegetable love would grow/Vast as empires and more slow.” By this, he meant in a perfect world, we’d have the luxury of time and a love that would grow exponentially, organically, unfolding and revealing itself…
Fireworks Black Bean and Mango Salad
The Revolution Will Not Come With Meal Kits Originally posted for Huffington Post on 07/04/2016 Today we celebrate Independence Day, that time a few hundred years ago when our forefathers broke with British tyrants. Their revolution took nerve and hard work, but it turned out okay. So okay, in fact, it’s time to try it again. This…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Hetty McKinnon
Hetty McKinnon and I haven’t met yet but we’ve bonded, whether she knows it or not. We’re salad sisters, united in the belief that salad is so much more than lettuce. Salad is an opportunity to give each season’s fresh vegetables and fruits the love they deserve, to enhance them with a defining hint of acidity…
Middle Eastern Eggplant Salad
Living the Mediterranean Life Originally posted for Huffington Post on 05/08/2017 We’re already a week into International Mediterranean Diet Month, and I’ve got some activities lined up for you: Hike and picnic with friends. Slather bread and roasted vegetables with garlic, gutsy romesco sauce. Share a summery ratatouille and a bottle of wine. Break out the baklava. Live better. Living better…
Spring Pea Puree
Give Peace (and Peas) a Chance Originally posted for Huffington Post on 10/09/2017 John Lennon, the Beatle we all know and love, was gunned down in 1980. His death rocked the world. Last week, 59 people who wanted to hear music, not write it, were gunned down in Las Vegas. And again we are stunned. And grieving….
Beet, Celery and Arugula Salad With Brazil Nuts
Salad Days Originally posted for Huffington Post on 5/01/2017 In Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra recalls “my salad days,” when she was young and exuberant. Bring your most exuberant self to May — 31 whole days devoted to salad. My maternal grandfather approached salad exuberantly. Freewheeling in life and in the kitchen, his idea of salad was…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Hannah Kaminsky
Hannah Kaminsky is: Prolific, with five, count ‘em five, bestselling cookbooks including her newest, Real Food, Really Fast. Persevering, with over a decade blogging at BitterSweet . Talented, not just in recipe development and food photography, but in knitting, crocheting and crafting adorable things —activities requiring so much patience and precision, they just strike me…
Herbed Pea Ricotta, Tomatoes & Basil
The Punk, the Samurai and the Salad Bowl — Terry Hope Romero Mixes it Up Originally posted for Huffington Post on 8/25/2014 “Vegan and punk — there’s a strong relationship. We’re angry at the world and let’s make it a better place,” says Terry Hope Romero , who teamed up with Isa Chandra Moskowitz for “Post Punk Kitchen.” The two made the world…
Pantescan Pasta With Capers, Olives and Tomatoes
The Mediterranean Diet Gets A Bigger Splash Originally posted for Huffington Post on 5/16/2016 Happy Mediterranean Diet Month! Pantelleria has been discovered. This sleepy Sicilian island is suddenly hot thanks to A Bigger Splash. But Pantelleria was here long before Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes. It’s an ancient island closer to Tunisia than Sicily. Volcanic, windswept Pantelleria seems barren,…
Guacamole and Vegan Chocolate Mousse
Who Grows Our Food — Margie Pikarsky, Bee Heaven Farm Originally posted for Huffington Post on 3/21/2016 An earlier version of this post originally ran on July 16, 2012. It’s part of the occasional Meatless Monday series Who Grows Our Food, which takes a close look at some of the people, so often unsung, who give us the food…
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