The Future of Protein is Plants Originally posted on 10/02/2017 for Huffington Post The Lunar New Year started on January 25, with Spring Festival celebrations lasting through tomorrow. Welcome to the Year of the Rat. This is actually supposed to be a good thing — the rat is fast-thinking, stable and attracts good fortune. Eating tofu…
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…
Ful Mudammas
Ful For Love Originally posted on 02/14/2011 for Huffington Post Falling in love is a little like a political uprising. It means allowing change to enter your life, seeing possibility where none existed before. In both cases, it’s about hope. Today, Valentine’s Day, the celebration of love, comes at a pivotal moment for Egypt, which…
Japanese Miso Stew
Junk Food Rat Race Originally posted on 03/18/2010 at the Huffington Post Miso stew may not sound as festive as say, Christmas cookies, but the holidays offer plenty of opportunities for indulgence. Like my panforte recipe. What you need is real nourishment and this easy, Asian dish delivers. Drop the Twinkie, junkie. Just in time for…
Modern Msickquatash — Limas, Squash and Caramelized Leeks
History Lesson Originally posted for Huffington Post on 03/18/2010 With frantic schedules, fast food and frozen entrees, Thanksgiving may be the one day of the year we return to the kitchen. And in so doing, we return to ourselves. We connect with the people who matter in our lives by inviting them to our table for a…
Ital Vital Farmers Market Caribbean Stew
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…
