“Seeds are where it all begins,” as I write in Feeding the Hungry Ghost. “They’re superconcentrated sources of energy.” Are they ever. Incredible how something so tiny, smaller than a grain of rice, has the power to push up through the soil, emerge in daylight, and sprout. The basil, kale, mint, arugula, sorrel, peppers…
Sweet Potato Pie for Everyone
Creamy, comforting and above all sweet, sweet potato pie is more than dessert. Sweet potato pie is the taste of home, it’s its own love language, and a sweet symbol of Black pride, perfect for Martin Luther King Day. If your mother, auntie or gran makes it, you know it’s the best. But here’s the…
Christmas Gingerbread | Caribbean Gingerbread
Warm up with the tropical taste of Caribbean gingerbread.
Better on a Biscuit
Put the carb phobia aside and put a dreamy smile on your face. Think biscuits. Something about fresh, flaky biscuits, golden brown outside, tender inside and still hot from the oven, so the vegan butter melts right into them, pleases and comforts like nothing else. That’s why I always make them for Thanksgiving. With…
Apples Take The Cake
Pass on the pumpkin spice. This season, bite into something real. Autumn means fresh apples. Apples bring sweetness naturally, so they’re naturally a Rosh Hashanah favorite. We celebrate the Jewish new year with sweetness in the hope of a sweet year to come. In many Jewish families, this means apples and honey. My apple cake…
Summer Blueberry Loaf for a Sweet and Endless Summer
Eating seasonally has its rewards. Fresh blueberries are at their summer peak, so stock up and make a loaf of blueberry quick bread. Muffins are wonderful, but a quick bread loaf bursting with blueberries means you can cut the slices as skinny — or as generous — as you like. I make fruit-packed quick bread…
Summer Fruit Kuchen
Start the season sweet with summer fruit kuchen. Kuchen, German for cake, belongs to the family of cobblers, slumps, grunts, buckles, betties, and all those homey fruit and batter desserts with unlovely names. Here, the batter’s on the bottom, ripe seasonal fruit goes on the top, and you pop the whole thing into the oven,…
Year-End Special — Rosh Hashanah Apple Cake
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year starts today at sundown, and man, are we all ready for a new year, a fresh start. We observe Rosh Hashanah by tasting something sweet, to start the new year with sweetness. Traditionally, this means apples and honey. We’re keeping the tradition, keeping the apples, but losing the…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes — Rice Pudding and Other Surprises
If you are craving comfort foods, this creamy and velvety rice pudding may be just what you need. I don’t need to tell you the coronavirus has upended everything — everything, I hope, except your health and spirits. But it’s affecting everyone, including the fabulous person slated to be featured in today’s My Favorite People,…
Red Velvet Cake (Vegan Chocolate Beet Cake)
Two celebrations, one dessert — red velvet cake. This year, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, falls on the 19th, and Father’s Day on the 20th. Red velvet cake is a sweet Juneteenth tradition, and my father went for anything sweet. Enjoy a sweet taste of freedom this weekend, and check out the Netflix series, “High…
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