I live next door to Jordanians on side, Spaniards on the other. Our neighbors are Jamaicans, Swiss, Argentinians, Cuban refugees, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Jews. We have gay neighbors, straight neighbors. 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…
Pumpkin Bread
Yum Pumpkin Bread I have tried so many pumpkin bread recipes, mine, other people’s, and have been disappointed with the results. Pumpkin’s quiet charms can become even more hushed when mixed in with batter. Pumpkin bread can be dry. Or soggy. Or heavy. Or oily. But rarely is it pumpkiny. So one day, I took…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Jamie Schler
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…
