If I say barley, you probably say mushroom. I love mushroom barley soup, and I make a damn good one . But barley, an ancient whole grain, has applications far beyond mushroom barley soup. I’ve been on a bit of a barley binge lately, riffing on it with different spices, different vegetables. This recipe for…
NO POWER? NO PROBLEM. BULGUR WITH KALE AND SPICED CHICKPEAS
Bulgur with Kale and Spiced Chickpeas is the perfect post-hurricane food during power outages. This hearty recipe needs no cooking and no refrigeration. It’s conscious cookery at its finest. If you’ve just been hammered by a hurricane, you probably don’t care about that, you’re more interested in getting something to eat. Bulgur with kale and…
Sofkee
Exclusive! I’m excited to share this sofkee recipe from Miami Vegan, perfect for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by enjoying corn, one of the Magic Eight crops Indigenous Americans gifted to the world. The wonderful thing is that fresh corn, for all its juiciness, dries beautifully, then lasts indefinitely. Then it can be…
Creamy, Comforting Belila
Two ancient foods of the Middle East come together in one creamy comforting bowl. It’s belila, a porridge of barley and dates that’ll up your breakfast game, get you revved about September, Whole Grains Month, and best of all, offer a sweet way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah celebrations start…
Mushroom Étouffée, or How to Do Without Truffles
If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.” Colete With food prices what they are, I’m doing without truffles, too. But I won’t do without mushrooms, and neither should you. Mushrooms are where the culinary and curative meet. They’re umami, satisfying, and there are a lot of them, well over 10,000 varieties….
Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah
Across the Middle East, Iftar, the Ramadan break fast after sunset, often features olives and dates, two natural restoratives. In this Iftar Quinoa, olives and dates come together with quinoa for a filling salad topped with a dusting of dukkah, a heady, heavenly blend of nuts, seeds and spices. Ramadan begins Saturday at sundown, and…
Mamaliga
Exclusive! I’m excited to share this Sofkee recipe from Miami Vegan. Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by enjoying corn, one of the Magic Eight crops Indigenous Americans gifted to the world. (The other seven, btw, are tomatoes, chiles, squash, beans, cacao, vanilla and potatoes). You may know it as polenta; you may know it as grits….
Dirty Rice | Mardi Gras Memory
One summer many years ago, my father had some work around New Orleans and not much money, so he brought my mother and me along and turned it into a holiday. We stayed in what must have been the French Quarter, in a smallish room with wood-slatted shuttered windows opening out onto a narrow balcony….
Miami Flavors – Sofkee
Exclusive! I’m excited to share this Sofkee recipe from Miami Vegan. Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by enjoying corn, one of the Magic Eight crops Indigenous Americans gifted to the world. (The other seven, btw, are tomatoes, chiles, squash, beans, cacao, vanilla and potatoes). You may know it as polenta; you may know it as grits….
Down and Dirty Rice
New Orleans has its own cuisine shaped by what grows there, but also by the people who live there. Dirty rice is as old as the city itself and was a dish invented in the kitchens of resourceful cooks to avoid waste and turn less desirable ingredients into something amazing. It’s a dish that satisfies…
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