Wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day brings good luck, they say, but to get the whole Irish experience, eat green, too. Wild greens like dandelion and nettles have been Irish mainstays for centuries. What, did you think the ancient Celts celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with green beer and Lucky Charms? Wild greens are just that,…
Vegan of the Month – Animal Right Activist Jaya Bhumitra
Compassion Over Killing‘s Jaya Bhumitra won’t take animal abuse lying down. She’s been getting up before dawn to train for the Palos Verdes half marathon this Saturday. Bhumitra is running 13.1 miles to raise money on behalf of the 9 billion animals killed annually for food in this country. She’s also doing it in memory…
Spice Me Up Holiday Rum Cake
Originally posted on12/23/2013 for Huffington Post. Time to get your Christmas on with the Caribbean cake. If the idea of anything other than a white Christmas seems strange, spend Christmas in the islands — they love it there, decorating lavishly, yet tropically, playing their own Christmas carols, more than we have by a mile, all with an…
