Soup’s On for National Soup Month

matzo ball soup

By Chef Linda January is National Soup Month, and for good reason! Soup is the perfect meal this time of year; it’s warm when the weather is cold, it’s often filled with healthy, immunity-boosting ingredients, and it’s a dish that can be doubled (or tripled!) and frozen, making meal-time a breeze on a busy weeknight. Up here … Read more

Mangia! Italian Food Goes Vegan

If there’s a food you love, there’s probably a holiday that honors it. National Italian Food Day, for example, is celebrated this month! (As if we needed more reasons to enjoy some of the most delicious and comforting foods we know.) As I think about the days set aside to celebrate foods like grilled cheese, donuts, sticky … Read more

Ethnic Cuisine Class: Indian Food

Ethnic Cuisine Class: Indian Food Indian food isn’t always on the radar screen when you’re thinking of what to make for dinner. Maybe it’s because we assume ethnic cuisines are best eaten out. Unfamiliar ingredients and techniques can scare away the best of us, but sometimes creating an unusual and unexpected dinner at home can be just as … Read more

Cooking Class: Vegan Family Meals

Vegan Meals for the Whole Family I hear from people all the time that one of the biggest challenges to eating vegan is that family members are often not on the same page. Mom might want to adopt a plant-based diet and cook vegan family meals, but Dad and the kids are sticking to their guns … Read more

Ethnic Cuisine Class: Chinese Favorites

Scallion Pancakes

Compassionate Cuisine Cooking Class: Chinese Favorites One of the great joys of being a vegan chef and working at a teaching sanctuary is that not only do I get to create and cook wonderful, compassionate food…I get to teach other people how to do the same. Ethnic cuisine continues to be one of our most popular series … Read more