Who Grows Our Food — Margie Pikarsky, Bee Heaven Farm Originally posted for Huffington Post on 3/21/2016 An earlier version of this post originally ran on July 16, 2012. It’s part of the occasional Meatless Monday series Who Grows Our Food, which takes a close look at some of the people, so often unsung, who give us the food…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Carolina Molea
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…
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…
Happy Cow Vegan Ice Cream
John Robbins’ New Revolution for a New America Originally Posted on 06/10/2013 for Huffington Post. John Robbins published “Diet for a New America,” his landmark work addressing animal rights, factory farming and the connection between what we eat with how we feel 25 years ago. He’s since gone on to found EarthSave International and has written…
Chocolate Chip Rice Treats. Happy Mother’s Day
Meatless Monday: Ms. Porter’s School For MILFs Originally posted on 05/05/2014 for Huffington Post Bling and flowers are always appreciated at Mother’s Day, but what moms really want is to be reminded of the MILFs they are. Okay, there’s that word. Call it female energy, connecting with your womanliness or owning your sexuality, “The MILF…
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…
Malabi — Rose-Scented Almond Milk Pudding
I wrote this Meatless Monday post earlier this year after the Pulse shootings in Orlando. Since then, there have been more gun deaths and bombings than I care to count. Today, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, I call upon us all to start sweet, start fresh, start again and start together. Originally posted on 06/27/2016…
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…
