MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Carolina Molea Mon Dieu, the winner of Miami’s best croissant contest is L’Artisane Bakery, the brand-new Surfside shop helmed by my brilliant vegan friend Carolina Molea. That’s right, vegan croissants, flaky on the outside, light as air on the inside, buttery beyond belief (yet butterless) and voted Miami’s best…
Red Velvet Cake (Vegan Chocolate Beet Cake)
Marla Rose Takes it to the (Vegan) Street Originally posted for Huffington Post on 3/7/2016 Here’s your easy answer for sweet Easter treat. In 1998, the internet was in its infancy and vegan was not yet cool. Yet Marla Rose and husband John Beske saw tremendous potential for both. So Rose, a writer and Beske, a graphics…
Seed Cake
Spring Awakening Originally posted for Huffington Post on 3/30/2015 I’d intended to make this post about Passover and Easter, the two holidays that bookend this weekend. 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 warbling and trilling ……
Spice Me Up Holiday Rum Cake
Meatless Monday Spice Me up for Christmas Originally posted for Huffington Post on 12/19/2016 Fruitcake fans — and I know I’m not alone — it’s time to macerate your fruit for holiday rum cake. If the idea of anything other than a white Christmas seems strange, spend Christmas in the islands — they love it there, decorating…
Apricot Frangipane Tart
“And so we came forth again to see the stars” My husband and I ran away to the Florida Keys last weekend for some much-needed R&R. We go to be with the water, the pelicans and my other waterbird friends, the sunsets and the quiet. These things feed us. So does something else, something I…
Buckwheat and Almond Tea Cake recipe and Whole Grains Sampling Day
Sample the Value Add for Whole Grains Sampling Day Omnivores, let’s put a couple of tired myths out of their misery — 1) Vegans get plenty of protein from plants. 2) We eat more than lettuce (hell, wouldn’t you?). That’s why we’re excited about Whole Grains Sampling Day on Wednesday, March 29th. Whole grains pack a…
Desserts can have a place in a healthful diet by Fran Costigan
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: FRAN COSTIGAN When I first interviewed Fran Costigan, for Huffington Post. I knew she was: A classically-trained pastry chef (butter, white sugar, eggs, dairy, all that) The doyenne of vegan desserts — real ones you’d actually want to eat. She baked Rip Esselstyn’s wedding cake, okay? A force of nature, a high-energy New…
Seed Cake – Inspired by Literature
Originally posted on 06/16/2014 for Huffington Post Inspired By Literature — Bloomsday Turns 90 “Don’t eat a beefsteak. If you do the eyes of that cow will pursue you through all eternity.” This isn’t me talking or even PETA‘s latest ad campaign. The line comes from James Joyce’s 1922 classic, “Ulysses.” “Ulysses” takes place in…
Summer Berry Pudding
Summer Fling I love seasonal produce. Any season. It’s the most delicious way I know of being in the moment. And summer produce is the easiest to love. Sweet corn, curvy eggplant, luscious mangoes, creamy avocados, ripe berries. What I don’t love — food waste. And honey, there’s a lot of it. We waste up…
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…
