I like a clean house. I just don’t like cleaning it. But I do it, anyway. This past week, though, I’ve been in a cleaning frenzy, a scrub-the-grout, tidy-the-drawers kind of cleaning. I think I’m trying to scour away 2021 and usher in a shiny new year full of possibilities. Hope it works. I’m also…
Speed Sabzi (Vegan Ghormeh Sabzi)
Ghormeh Sabzi is a well-loved Irani herb stew. This vegan version is loaded with black eyed peas rather than beef or lamb. Hajji Bektash Veli, my favorite thirteenth century Iranian mystic believed, as I do, that divine spirit, universal life force exists in all things natural — just not in plain sight. “For one who…
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…
BEAN AND FENNEL STEW
Posted originally on 01/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday in the City of Pleasant Living To start the new year off right, a true story in which the seemingly impossible comes to pass — and in my ‘hood, of all places. Sprawling Miami-Dade County may be best known for Miami, where I live, but it…
Lovely for Lent Black-Eyed Peas With Fennel and Kale
Some people (and you know who you are) do not share recipes. It’s time to give, darlings. Wouldn’t you rather be known as a big-hearted person who shares the wealth? And even if you write out your prized recipe in painstaking detail, your friend’s version will come out different. Different stove, different cookware,…
