Those of my ilk were once considered Pythagoreans, as in Pythagoras. Best known as ancient Greece’s math geek extraordinaire, Pythagoras was also into music and philosophy. It’s believed his own personal ethos abjured killing and eating animals, a practice followed by vegetarians for generations to come. The word vegetarian itself had to wait until the…
Mushroom Risotto
Imagine the Real Food Project
Crackerman is a German baker with an expansive soul and a soft spot for sausage. I am a nervous American vegan. This is not the stuff of bad sitcom but a true, strange and beautiful friendship. We get together and talk about literature, family, travel, ghosts, but mostly about food and the way we wish…
Revolutionary Moroccan Carrot Salad
I am not a vegansexual. This is a vegan who won’t have sex with nonvegans. I sleep with the enemy. I’m married to a meat-eater. He was such when I married him, I was a vegetarian who has since gone vegan. Call it crazy love. Occasionally, we have differences of opinion. We work it out….
Nourishing Quinoa
You know, I’d been wondering if there’s something wrong with me. I haven’t been able to gain purchase on my life. I’ve had a month of being low of spirit, run down of bod, fuzzy of the brain, nothing at all fun. At first, I ignored it — denial has always been my favored coping…
Community Peel and Eat Fava Bean Dip
Moroccans don’t go to supermarkets, they go to the souks. They haggle with the vendors, they study the wares — barrows full of thistly wild artichokes, bins of lustrous purple eggplants, baskets of fresh, fragrant mint, pyramids of dried apricots and figs, pillar-sized jars of spices, piles of grains and dried beans. People cook together…
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