My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Maria Rodale Rodale “recognizes the connection between our personal health and that of the planet, between one’s physical, spiritual, and emotional health, between individuals and communities.” It’s more than a mission statement for CEO Maria Rodale — it’s how she lives. She grew up on one of the country’s…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Paula Wolfert
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: PAULA WOLFERT I’ve never had the honor of cooking with Paula Wolfert, whom I credit in Feeding the Hungry Ghost, but it feels like I have. She’s practically a cult for me and legions of others. I first discovered Paula in an issue of Food and Wine when I was…
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Stefan Uch
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Stefan Uch Crackerman, aka Stefan Uch, is an artisanal baker, a Michelin-starred chef and my friend. When we get together — never as often as we’d like — we talk less about business than we do books and Buddhism. Neither of us is particularly Zen, but hey, it’s about…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: DAVID LEITE
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: DAVID LEITE At my very-first IACP conference, I met this great, gregarious guy who seemed to know everyone and have the skinny on everything. Because he does. David Leite (Portuguese for milk, rhymes with eat) curates the award-winning culinary clearinghouse Leite’s Culinaria, which he founded in 1999, before blogs were…
My favorite people, my Favorite Recipes: Sharon Palmer
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Sharon Palmer Blonde, brainy, beautiful, passionate and plant-based —Sharon Palmer is all these things and more — including a registered dietician, The Plant-Powered Diet author and the force behind the blog Sharon Palmer: The Plant-Powered Dietician. Sharon brings her nutrition chops to Oldways’ Vegetarian Network, where we both serve as advisors….
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Yotam Ottolenghi
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Yotam Ottolenghi A few years ago, I had the opportunity to interview someone on whom I had a culinary crush. By that time, more than a few people felt that way about Yotam Ottolenghi, the innovative, exuberant Israeli chef who brought his bold flavors to London. We feverishly exchanged…
Mexican cuisine and Grandma’s kitchen by Eddie Garza
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes – Eddie Garza So many yummy vegan things are happenings in Miami, including the arrival of one of our newest residents, Eddie Garza. Eddie’s been king of Latino TV these days, and with reason — he takes the Mexican dishes we all love and gives them the vegan makeover…
Guest post by Steve Sando from Rancho Gordo
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes, Steve Sando from Rancho Gordo While 2016 has been challenging in many ways, it’s also, happily, been the International Year of Pulses (that’s dried beans). Long before the UN declared pulses worthy of their own year, Steve Sando was promoting them. For over a decade, Steve, CEO of Rancho…
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…
Desserts can have a place in a healthful diet by Fran Costigan
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: FRAN COSTIGAN When I first interviewed Fran Costigan, for Huffington Post. I knew she was: A classically-trained pastry chef (butter, white sugar, eggs, dairy, all that) The doyenne of vegan desserts — real ones you’d actually want to eat. She baked Rip Esselstyn’s wedding cake, okay? A force of nature, a high-energy New…
