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,…
Hold the Egg Salad (and Hold the Carbon, too, Please)
If you’ve got 10 minutes and a desire for no-cook food that’s easy to make without heating up the kitchen and uses ingredients that have a low impact on the environment – this Hold the Egg Creamy Tofu Salad made with firm tofu is just what you need in your life. You think it’s…
Bryant Terry: The Man Who Would be (Vegetable) King
Bryant Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef, cookbook author, food justice advocate, MoAD chef-in-residence, husband and father. His fifth book Vegetable Kingdom was named one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by outlets including Epicurious, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. But first, it had to earn the approval of his toughest critics,…
Going for the Gold Quinoa
The tropical flavors and layers of texture in this golden main course make your mouth happy, but there’s more than fun on the plate. Quinoa offers fiber and protein, turmeric and cumin are anti-inflammatory, mango and lime add a zip of vitamin C. It’s a delicious prescription to keep your immunity strong. Missed my World…
Warm Tofu and Mushroom Salad With Roasted Lemon Relish
Originally posted 07/20/2015 on for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Three dishes, two competing South Beach steak chefs, one hour, no meat — this was the challenge at last week’s Culinary Clash at Whole Foods in Coral Gables, Florida. At the top of the hour, the emcee revealed the secret…
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…
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…
