Alan Roettinger doesn’t make bland food. He strives for extraordinary and his Shaved Brussels Sprout Slaw is no exception. This is one outrageously delectable hot-sweet-sour-pungent-creamy tangle of crunchiness and color. Originally posted on HuffPost 10/07/2013. In a world of meh, Alan Roettinger goes for extraordinary. “I want to make extraordinary food accessible to the average…
Social Justice with Urban Oasis Project | Sweet Potato Salad
Social justice is making news now, and the whole world is paying attention. Attention is great. Action is better. We all need to pursue social justice every day and support our own communities as a way of life. I am excited to see so many local businesses and organizations creatively seeking ways to do just…
Mango Pulp Fiction – Naked Mango Salad
I wrote this many years ago, in the rich, riotous throes of Miami mango season, long before Covid-19 altered life for all of us. Even in these dark, uncertain days, it’s mango season once again. Savor the sweetness and believe in the bright, sunny days to come. I’d intended a loftier, more literary tone and…
Get More Whole Grains Into Your Life
If you’re like me, you keep wondering what you can do to protect yourself from the coronavirus — and ensuing craziness. Wash your hands. Hydrate. Avoid crowds. Load up on hand sanitizer (if you can get it). And eat whole grains. Wednesday is Whole Grains Sampling Day, your friendly reminder from the Whole Grains Council…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes – The Incomparable José Andrés
As you’re reading this, I’m on my way back from Spain, birthplace of the great chef with the great big heart, José Andrés. No, I haven’t been hanging with José (if only). In addition to overseeing his 30+ restaurants, Andrés has been busy cooking up some comfort for Puerto Rico’s earthquake victims. This is not…
Seven Sacred Foods Salad
Three Holidays, One Umoja Recipe I had Chanukah in mind with this recipe, which I demoed yesterday at Temple Solel’s first-ever Jewish Vegetarian Food Festival, but it would be happy to be on anyone’s holiday table. With Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa all clustered together in the same week, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our cultural…
Beet, Celery and Arugula Salad With Brazil Nuts
Salad Days Originally posted on 05/01/2017 for Huffington Post In Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra recalls “my salad days,” when she was young and exuberant. Bring your most exuberant self to May — 31 whole days devoted to salad. My maternal grandfather approached salad exuberantly. Freewheeling in life and in the kitchen, his idea of…
All-Green Spring Slaw
Earth Day With Eco-Chef Bryant Terry Originally posted for Huffington Post on 4/20/2015 Earth Day just tastes better with self-described eco-chef Bryant Terry in the kitchen. “I started calling myself an eco-chef in 2002,” says the author of the cookbook Afro-Vegan. “I knew I wanted to commit to healthy food and sustainability issues, helping people to…
Flageolets and Dandelion (Flageolets avec Pis-en-lit)
St. Patrick’s Day bonus post — let’s hear it for the eating of the green. Nothing sings of spring like flageolets. Even their name sounds like birdsong. Basically immature kidney beans, flageolets have a mild, satisfying flavor and luscious, creamy texture. Pale and green, they look like candy and are chic as only the French…
Panzanella
Fire and Rain Originally posted for Huffington Post on 09/19/2011 Twenty-two-acre Kingsbury Farm serves Warren, Vermont, a population of under 2,000. Johnson’s Backyard Garden is 200 acres, but as they say, everything’s bigger in Texas, including this organic farm which serves Austin, a population of roughly 800,000. The two farms are 2,000 miles apart, but both farmers use sustainable practices, and…
