Warm up with the tropical taste of Caribbean gingerbread.
Curried Caribbean Pumpkin Dip
For Women’s History Month, meet Tambra Raye Stevenson, a woman making history. She’s founder and CEO of WANDA Women and Girls Advancing Nutrition, Diet and Agriculture, dedicated to making food accessible, affordable, equitable and culturally appropriate for all. Tambra and I are both members of Les Dames d’Escoffier and Oldways advisors, on top of which Tambra…
Start the Year of the Tiger with a Roar
It’s New Year’s Eve! Again! The Lunar New Year begins tomorrow, ushering in the Year of the Water Tiger. The celebration runs for two weeks. and it starts tonight, with a family feast, sometimes called a reunion dinner. I’m no expert on Lunar New Year festivities, but I know red and gold are lucky colors,…
Shaved Brussels Sprout Slaw
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…
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….
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…
The Beet Goes On (Gingered Beets and Beet Greens)
By Ellen Kanner A version of this post originally ran on March 11, 2011. For Huffington Post’s Meatless Monday Some people believe in abundance, that the universe will provide. Others believe in scarcity, that there’s not enough to go around. I seem to be bi. I am dazzled by the benevolence and bounty in nature….
Summer Surprised Us
“Summer surprised us,” writes T.S. Eliot. The phrase comes early in “The Wasteland’ and it surprises the reader, too, already so lost in the poem’s rich layers as to be startled by these five simple syllables that come in the seventh line. Summer always surprises me, especially September, which I still associate with fall, with…
