Diwali, India’s Festival of Lights, starts Wednesday, but get a jump on the spice-scented celebration with Vegan Richa. Originally posted on 07/13/2015 for Huffington Post Indian Spice Meets American Speed in ‘Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen’ “I always wonder why people are not comfortable with Indian food,” frets Richa Hingle. “It’s so delicious.” It’s richly spiced,…
Curried Pumpkin Soup
Originally posted on 09/29/2014 for Huffington Post. Meatless Monday: The Seed of Something Great — Seed Food and Wine Festival Getting your Halloween game on? Pumpkins aren’t just for carving, they’re for eating, too. Here’s a curried pumpkin soup recipe from Mark Reinfeld (www.veganfusion.com). October kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month and the celebration’s happening in…
Dorm-Friendly Quick and Healthy Singapore Noodles
Originally posted on 11/21/2009 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Meatless Meals Make The Freshman 15 Old School Welcome, college freshmen. Your education begins today. What you learn in class matters of course, but the great thing about being a freshman is what you learn outside of it, by observation, by interaction, by trial and error….
Curried Spelt
Originally posted on 09/01/2014 for Huffington Post Happy Labor Day and welcome to Whole Grains Month and a big shout-out to the fab folks at the Whole Grains Council, a celebration of amaranth, barley, buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, rye, sorghum, spelt, teff, triticale and other whole grain wonders. They’re complex carbs for good energy, and offer…
Summer Grilling Special
Originally posted on 09/08/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Barbecue Guru Steven Raichlen Fires Up the Meatless Grill “You’ve got a fire, bed of blazing embers, a large hunk of red meat — those are thrilling to behold,” says grilling guru Steven Raichlen. “You get this incredible aroma of roasting flesh, smoke, it brings you…
Asian Rice Noodles With Chili, Mint and Lime
Posted originally on 09/03/2009 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Mint Condition Two weeks back, a friend and I were discussing fresh mint with the passion of true believers. This was made trickier by the fact we do not share a common language. But we bond over many things including an abiding appreciation of mint’s underrated…
Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah
Posted originally on 08/01/2011 for Huffington Post Ramadan And Compassion — We Are Like Family Ramadan began last night at sundown, so I wished my next door neighbors a heartfelt, but no doubt, badly pronounced Ramadan Mubarak — blessed Ramadan. They are Muslim, from, well, it doesn’t matter what country they’re from. Muslims make up…
TOFU SCRAMBLE & FIG WALNUT BREAD
By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on 05/16/2011 for Huffington Post Life, Death and What to Eat for Breakfast I recently gave a public talk on Living Green, Eating Green, which I fashioned to be a sort of meatlessness’ greatest hits — how being meatless is cool — Bill Clinton and Oprah are doing it, and it’s…
Still Life With Food
I always liked the idea of ceviche, fresh-as-hell seafood that “cooks” in its citrus marinade. It’s the fish part that lost me. Creating veggie ceviche had a bonus — a still life shot that had nothing to do with the photographer and everything to do with produce’s intrinsic beauty. Lovely round purple onion, green jalapeno,…
