Recipes

Bells for breakfast

Gavin Buckley thinks outside the square. Over more than 30 years in the restaurant business, the Australian entrepreneur has proven he has his finger on the pulse.

Supremely grateful for this LA cafe

LOS ANGELES: “I am Awesome”, I unabashedly told the server, who with great sincerity nodded in agreement. “You will love that”, he enthused. “And I am Humble,” one of my dining friends countered.   “I am Vivacious !”  our friend chipped in. But it’s like that at Cafe Gratitude: Even before […]

Going crunk over Southern taste

Bianca Phillips has the passion of generations of Southern cooks in her blood.  With mama Delores and granny Ruth, she has successfully redefined and re-created the best, and homeliest dishes from her beloved childhood. Now we can all benefit from three generations of soul-warming country cooking as Bianca has compiled […]

Vegan cooking for carnivores

The title says it all. From chicken fried steak bites to cheesecake, it’s a book of look-alike food for vegans – “recipes so tasty you won’t miss the meat”. It could get tiresome except for the enthusiasm of  Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi who commissioned Roberto Martin as their […]

Reclaiming the family dinner

Authors Priscilla Timberlake and husband Lewis Freedman RD share their story of hosting community macrobiotic dinners since 1995 in one of the most endearing cookbooks you will ever read. More than a collection of recipes, the book serves up a monthly feast with 12 full dinner menus, each bursting with […]

New York: Candle 79 sets the gold standard

Candle 79 is no brown rice joint; it’s an elegant vegan restaurant that could give any meat-eating interloper a satisfying dining experience. Long considered one of the gold standards of American vegan cuisine, it’s highly regarded for its array of dishes and practice of marrying ingredients and techniques from diverse […]