In his poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) wrote, “Had we but world enough and time/My vegetable love would grow/Vast as empires and more slow.” By this, he meant in a perfect world, we’d have the luxury of time and a love that would grow exponentially, organically, unfolding and revealing itself…
Earth Day Tibetan Stew
Earth Day Looks at Forty Originally posted for Huffington Post on 6/19/2010 Earth Day’s Pushing 50 –Your Food Choices Can Help Keep Her — and You — Vibrant and Healthy This Thursday, April 22, marks the fortieth annual Earth Day. Forty, as you know, is the new thirty, so Earth Day is sleek, chic and fun but…
Gomen Wat (Ethiopian Collard Stew)
Tales from the (Vegetarian) Flavor Bible Originally posted for Huffington Post on 4/03/2017 Food luminaries Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg wrote the book on flavor. Twice. First with “The Flavor Bible” in 2008 and now with “The Vegetarian Flavor Bible,” born out the award-winning duo’s decision to go meatless. Page and her husband live in a foodie world where…
Japanese Miso Stew
Junk Food Rat Race Originally posted on 03/18/2010 at the Huffington Post Drop the Twinkie, junkie. Findings from your pals at Scripps Research Institute: Junk food is addictive. Really addictive — as addictive as heroin. The paper, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, details what happened when lab rats were given…
City of South Miami Beans With Fennel
Originally posted on 01/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday in the City of Pleasant Living This rather fabulous black-eyed peas with fennel is just the ticket for Wednesday, Global Pulse Day, a world-wide celebration of dried beans. Enjoy it wherever you are, even if you’re not in the City of Pleasant Living. To start the new…
Gomen Wat (Ethiopian Collard Stew)
Originally posted 01/26/2015 for Huffington Post Tales From the (Vegetarian Flavor) Bible Food luminaries Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg wrote the book on flavor. Twice. First with “The Flavor Bible” in 2008 and now with “The Vegetarian Flavor Bible,” born out the award-winning duo’s decision to go meatless. Page and her husband live in a foodie…
Feeling Pressure for the Holidays? by The Veggie Queen
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Jill Nussinow Among Jill Nussinow’s day jobs, she’s a registered dietitian, culinary instructor, author of cookbooks including The New Fast Food and pressure cooker pro. First and foremost, though, she is queen — the Veggie Queen. Your inspired source for plant-based eating, Jill combines a royal love of produce…
Earth Day Tibetan Stew
April 22 marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. Originally posted on 06/19/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Earth Day Looks at Forty Forty, as you know, is the new thirty, so Earth Day is sleek, chic and fun but more sophisticated than it was in its earliest incarnations. The advent of the internet and…
Gumbo Z’herbes – Mardi Gras’ Afterparty
Originally posted on 02/27/2012 for Huffington Post It’s not only Meatless Monday, it’s Occupy Our Food Supply Day, so get involved. The ingredient in the secret sauce for making real food safe and accessible to all is you. On Ash Wednesday last week, New Orleans sanitation workers held their noses and hosed down Bourbon Street,…
Vegan of the Month – Animal Right Activist Jaya Bhumitra
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…
