When Robin Robertson made the decision to go vegan in the late 1980s, it was not easy. Believe me, I know as I went vegan in the 80s, and I remember. There were sticks of really icky hydrogenated margarine where I worked as a pastry chef, and soy milk – which was not good tasting at – was the only […]
Surviving the Holidays with Heather and Jenny from Spork Foods
This month, I am so pleased to introduce Heather Bell and Jenny Engle who are the Spork Food sisters. Heather and Jenny live in LA and I am in NYC, but we run into each other regularly at food shows and other events, as the sisters are food ambassadors for several of my favorite food companies. If you […]
A Very Vegan Halloween with Kathy Hester
While I was thinking about who to ask to participate in my Fabulous Women in Food guest post series, Kathy Hester immediately came to mind for October. Kathy published her Halloween-themed e-book The Ghoulish Gourmet last year, and she’s an expert on making deliciously frightful vegan Halloween dishes. For the last 10 years, Kathy’s thrown a multi-course vegan gothic Halloween dinner […]
Ellen Kanner Breaks out the Beans to Celebrate the International Year of Pulses
Ellen Kanner is the award-winning author of Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner. She is also Huffington Post’s Meatless Monday blogger, a Miami Herald syndicated columnist, and a recipe developer for numerous publications. With her personal food consulting service Veg Therapy, she helps people make more conscious food choices, and as […]