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…
Down and Dirty Rice
It’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The city’s coming back in a beautiful way. Here’s a Meatless Monday honoring the spirit of New Orleans. Originally posted on 04/17/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Phat Tuesday They’re cooking up vats of gumbo right now in New Orleans, they’ve sold countless King Cakes…
Arugula Pasta with Salsa Cruda
Posted originally on 07/19/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Home Field Advantage Ben Hewitt is the author of The Town Food Saved and a farmer in Cabot, Vermont, population 1,000. I’m a food writer and sustainable food advocate in Miami, Florida, population 2.5 million. Neither of us, given our chosen professions, are exactly raking it…
Green and Saucy – Eating in Season
By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on April, 2014 for The Daily Basics When I was little, my parents took me to see Camelot — they probably couldn’t get a babysitter. I kept falling asleep. But I woke up to Queen Guinevere singing, “The Lusty Month of May.” I didn’t know what lusty meant, but I…
Filling Michael Pollan’s Prescription
A version of this post originally ran on November 10, 2014. For Huffington Post’s Meatless Monday In his 2008 book, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan gave us the prescription in seven words — “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It’s that simple. And that hard to do. I saw just how hard when…
