Five-time James Beard nominee, Lesbian, Mexican, vegan and above all chingona (rough translation — badass), Phoenix chef Silvana Salcido Esparza is not only a master interpreter of Mexican cuisine, she’s a social justice warrior. “I come from generations of advocates for those who cannot advocate for themselves,” she says. I had the pleasure of meeting…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Andrea Nguyen
You don’t need to be a pro to create authentic Viet dishes. James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and instructor Andrea Nguyen Nguyen isn’t. She’s been demystifying Viet cuisine with clarity, cheer and fabulous recipes since her 2006 cookbook Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. She does a deep dive into Vietnamese classics with books like Asian Tofu,…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Miyoko Schinner
“The way I work, I’m all in,” says Miyoko Schinner and let us say hallelujah. Dubbed a vegan revolutionary by UN Women, Miyoko is the author of four cookbooks including her most recent, The Homemade Vegan Pantry. She her husband Michael founded Rancho Compasión animal sanctuary. You probably know, though, her as the force of…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Linda Watson
As Hurricane Florence made landfall in the Carolinas, I contacted Cook for Good’s Linda Watson and urged her to stay safe. Her My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes guest post could wait for a better time. Linda came through anyway, despite rising flood waters, her local environmental advisory board meeting and hosting a screening of…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: The Vegan Mos
You have only to look at Michael Suchman and Ethan Ciment, the Vegan Mos, to see they’re an adorable pair. With their cookbook NYC Vegan, they offer veganized versions of the classic city eats you crave, from street meat (okay, it’s seasoned seitan) to black and white cookies. Like so many of us, they love…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Vegan Richa
These are rough days for the America I value and fight for, the one of compassion, inclusion and acceptance. We can — and must — resist and persist but then we have to refresh and nourish before going back into the fray. That’s why on the day Trump buddied up to Putin and aimed to…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby Don’t these two look like your besties, the couple you want to hang with? Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby are all that, plus the duo who made vegan fine dining a thing with Vedge, their landmark Philadelphia restaurant. Then they took it to the…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes — Your Face Here
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes — Your Face Here I had big plans for this month’s My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes. Hurricane Irma changed all that. Irma changed a lot of things for a lot of people. So did Maria and Harvey and the Mexico City earthquake and flooding and monsoons in Southeast…
My Favorite people, My Favorite Recipes: Maria Rodale
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: 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….
