Chef’s Blog

Reasons to go Vegan
I love to think about all the reasons people should try being Vegan. Here are just a few of the reasons. I know there are at least 100 more! I can not think of any reason to be a meat-eater! Try some of the restaurants on this site, or in your neighborhood....
Converting Meat-lovers
Having been Vegan off and on for the last 30 years I am very interested in all the new Vegan restaurants that are popping up everywhere! Some of the culinary approaches are tiny portions that have beautiful presentations – maybe a sheet of nori, a few sprigs of...
Cooking with Kudzu Root Starch
The word “kudzu” comes from the Japanese word “kuzu” which means vine. Kudzu roots can be large and heavy, and can reach up to 8 feet and weigh 200 lbs. As a result, culling them into digestive form is laborious and expensive. That’s why the price is high in the...

Forks Over Knives — a Film About Two Doctors and the Plant-Based Eating Revolution
Learn more about their informative prospective
Trying Baba Again
Majadara Inspiration
Everyone Should Have Vegan Food in Their Kitchen!!
I wish Vegan food was in EVERYONE’s kitchen!!!!
Being Vegan with less oil!
Well I have been totally Vegan for about 3 days now! I mean on my new plan of losing weight enough to get into the little black dress! So that plan includes way way less oil. Especially olive oil! I love olive oil. I have been cooking with a cast iron skillet and...
I HAVE CHANGED
The other day I was thinking about how it is not a struggle for me to not eat flesh anymore. I think what happens is that if we go without meat and other flesh for long enough it seems totally weird to eat dead animals. I was watching Anthony Bourdain and he was...