Compassion Over Killing‘s Jaya Bhumitra won’t take animal abuse lying down. She’s been getting up before dawn to train for the Palos Verdes half marathon this Saturday. Bhumitra is running 13.1 miles to raise money on behalf of the 9 billion animals killed annually for food in this country. She’s also doing it in memory…
Manhattan Millet Cakes and the Veganuary pledge
Originally posted on 01/05/2015 for Huffington Post. Kickstarting Veganuary We’re a few days into the new year, the time we’re most likely to resolve to make positive changes. So how’s it going so far? Is that resolution to eat better is starting to crumble? No worries, we’re here to help. By we, I mean all…
First Fruits of the Harvest
Originally Posted on 12/30/2013 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: First Fruits of the Harvest As they say in Swahili, “Habari gani?” This translates into a combination of “How are you?” and “What’s shakin’?” It’s about the limits of my Swahili, but it’s useful now, being the traditional greeting at Kwanzaa. Any holiday that takes its…
Zero Waste Chard With Beets and Beet Greens
originally posted on 12/02/2013 for Huffington Post Give Back, Don’t Throw Out Monday after Thanksgiving you may be at the point where you can’t look a holiday leftover in the eye. But before you pitch those potatoes, stop and consider they’ll be joining an estimated 36 billion tons of annual American food waste. Meanwhile, according…
Lentil Puree with Wilted Greens
I am on my way to Boston to attend Oldways conference Finding Common Ground. I love Oldways for combining old school traditional cuisines with new science. Plus, they rebuilt the pyramid. Originally posted on 11/18/2013 for Huffington Post Oldways, New Vegetarian and Vegan Diet Pyramid The old ways are new again — and even more…
Masala Lentils (Sabut Masoor)
Diwali, India’s Festival of Lights, starts Wednesday, but get a jump on the spice-scented celebration with Vegan Richa. Originally posted on 07/13/2015 for Huffington Post Indian Spice Meets American Speed in ‘Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen’ “I always wonder why people are not comfortable with Indian food,” frets Richa Hingle. “It’s so delicious.” It’s richly spiced,…
Pasta with Pesto di Trapani
Originally posted on 10/12/2015 for the Huffington Post Moving Mountains — Reducing Waste With “The Kitchen Ecosystem” We waste a mountain of food in this country, institutionally and individually. The Obama administration has pledged to cut food waste in half. Good for the government, but what about you? Given the magnitude of the problem, how…
Black Beans and Kale Save the World
Originally posted on 09/30/2013 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Eating to Save the World World Vegetarian Day was October 1, but we keep the party going all month long — October is Vegetarian Awareness Month. Just in time, too, because honey, people need some of both. As a lead-up to World Vegetarian Day, I spoke…
Curried Spelt
Originally posted on 09/01/2014 for Huffington Post Happy Labor Day and welcome to Whole Grains Month and a big shout-out to the fab folks at the Whole Grains Council, a celebration of amaranth, barley, buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, rye, sorghum, spelt, teff, triticale and other whole grain wonders. They’re complex carbs for good energy, and offer…
Cowpeas with Za’atar
Originally posted on 07/11/2011 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Jack and the GMO Beanstalk Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. Jack came from a hard-up family, but he considered himself a savvy, enterprising lad. To prove it, he went to the market, worked a deal and ran home to show his…
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