Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year starts today at sundown, and man, are we all ready for a new year, a fresh start. We observe Rosh Hashanah by tasting something sweet, to start the new year with sweetness. Traditionally, this means apples and honey. We’re keeping the tradition, keeping the apples, but losing the…
Sexy Summer Salads and The Chef’s Garden
Green, garlicky ramps, luscious, earthy morels, and delicate, herbaceous fiddlehead ferns sing of spring. But Miami produce they ain’t. This goodness comes from The Chef’s Garden, one of three fabulous sponsors of this Wednesday’s Sexy Summer Salads class with Chef Taffy Elrod and me. Photo by Yossey Arefi and Michelle Demuth-Bibb Chef Elrod and…
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…
Calabacitas | Cinco de Mayo During Coronavirus
Calabacitas–roughly translated as “zucchini” is a hearty, vegetarian Mexican dish that is intensely satisfying. Serve it alone as a side or add rice and tortillas to make it a meal. We see — or want to see — glimmerings of hope, of life after Covid-19, of a return to normal life. But honey, I think…
Pappa Al Pomodoro: A New Life for Old Bread | Conscious Cookery Day 6
Pappa Al Pomodoro is a soup for everyone made with old bread and bursting with flavor. This soup is a great way to reduce waste and increase consciousness. Before Covid-19 changed our world, many Americans were avidly anti-bread, following Paleo, Keto and gluten-free diets. Sheltering in place has brought out everyone’s inner baker. It’s as…
Conscious Cuisine – Class and Lunch with Ellen Kanner – March 21
Saturday, March 21, please join me for here in Miami for my class and lunch, “Plant-based Pintxos.” Come and taste what happens when conscious cuisine meets the sultry flavors of Spain. Look, Ma, no Jamon. Ham may be Spain’s national dish, but ham isn’t the only song Spain can sing. Many traditional Basque and Spanish…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes – Joe Yonan
Impeachment acquittal, Trump’s State of the Union address, don’t get me started. What’s really exciting in DC these days isn’t happening on Capitol Hill, it’s happening at the Washington Post. Food editor Joe Yonan has fallen for beans. His new cookbook Cool Beans is a veritable love letter to legumes. This post contains affiliate links….
Cauliflower Pasta
A New Year’s Resolution of Biblical Proportions Originally posted on 03/18/2010 for Huffington Post It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Make caring for the earth one of your new year’s resolutions. In the beginning, the Bible says, God created the heaven and the earth. And it was good. Really good. Earth’s natural bounty blew us…
Fasolia Gigante Soup with Spinach
I love soup, I love Love Soup and I love its author, Anna Thomas. Her book Vegan, Vegetarian, Omnivore comes out next month. Bet you love it, too. Originally posted on 10/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Love by the Ladleful With “Love Soup” Author Anna Thomas I’m a believer in soup, but “Love Soup” author…
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….
