I first heard about Jamie Schler a few years ago from culinary colleagues. They spoke of her with a sense of awe — come on, run off to France, fall in love, open a hotel? Who gets to do that? Even her blog Life’s a Feast bespeaks a charmed life. Then this summer, I got…
When Irish Eyes are Crossed
In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day this Sunday, I’m glad to share my recipe for Irish soda bread — a little untraditional, but totally vegan, totally yummy. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I made Irish soda bread. Sort of. When I went from vegetarian from vegan some years back, what I missed and thought…
Corn Bread
President’s Day: With Charity and Corn Bread for All Today, President’s Day, it is my duty to break the news to you, fellow animal lovers — Abraham Lincoln did not say, “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” Just because you…
Pain d’Epices
To Bee or Not to Bee — CCD and Vegan Honey It is National Pollinator Week, created to raise awareness of and appreciation for bees and other pollinators that play a vital role in our ecosystem. No bees, no food. In honor of National Pollinator Week, here’s an updated post which originally ran onJune 23,…
Rosemary Flatbread with Truffle Honey by Anna Thomas
Happy Labor Day. Making it even happier is we’re into Whole Grains Month, celebrating the whole range of whole grains, from amaranth, the It whole grain of the moment, to old friends like brown rice and oats. They’re cheap, sustainable and sustaining. I could go on. In fact, I was going to go on and…
Come and eat with me! by Anna Thomas
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Anna Thomas Welcome to the debut of My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes, which celebrates just that — people who inspire me in and out of the kitchen, on and off the page. Meet Anna Thomas, who’s been showing the world all the luscious things meatless cuisine can be…
Rising Up — The World in a Crust of Bread
Jordanians live on our block. So do gay couples. We have Jamaicans, Swiss, Argentinians, Cuban refugees, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jews and a few undecided I think sometimes we all mystify each other. But we always tolerate each other. We’re very different. But together, we are the face of America. You are, too. Together, we are…
Seed Cake
Posted originally on 03/25/2013 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Spring Awakening I’d intended to make this post about Passover and Easter, the two holidays that bookend this week. Nature has had other ideas, signaling to me in my favorite kind of way. The bees have been buzzing around my firebush, the bluejays and mockingbirds are…
The Bread Also Rises
I originally wrote this post in response to another December tragedy, but in the wake of the attacks in Paris, here it is again, a call to rise and come together. Meatless Monday: The Bread Also Rises In the wake of the Newtown massacre, it feels hard to summon the Christmas spirit, Tiny Tim’s sense…
Boston Brown Bread
By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on 06/09/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Boston Uncommon I’m right proud to have made The Boston Calendar’s coveted list of Events That Don’t Suck. Back at ya, Boston, it didn’t suck for me, either. It was wonderful. I got to speak at Wellesley Books, a great indie book store,…
