Archive for: March 2009

Grated Beet Salad: Color for a Cruel Month

I can’t believe how much of my life I wasted, hating beets. Oh and I did hate them—despised them, really. As recently as three years ago, if you had asked me I would have told you that beets were gross and icky and tasted like blood and dirt. Really. When… Read More

For Those of Us in Colder Climes

In the midst of a slow, Northwestern spring, when an unexpected opportunity arose to head out of town, I jumped at it. It didn’t matter that I had more work than I had time for, or that the house was a mess, or that Tuesday had found me mostly in… Read More

Pretty Pink Lentil Soup

By all accounts, and according to the Asian zodiac, 2008 was the year of the rat. In my private world, however, 2008 was the year of the lentil. You heard me right: the year of the lentil. Lentils helped me survive that long bleak winter last year, the one I… Read More

Curried Oatmeal with Caramelized Onions

Now that you have a pan of deeply caramelized onions, what do you do with them? Well, one of my favorite ways to eat them is for breakfast. Yep, savory breakfasts. Such an un-American thing. Before anyone accuses me of being unpatriotic, let me clarify. I mean no disrespect, but breakfasts… Read More

Bacon of the Vegetarian World

If there is one thing I’ve learned from writing a book about meat it’s that some people love bacon. THEY LOVE BACON. I realize using all caps is like yelling, but in this case it is called for—they like bacon that much. I’ve met people who consider themselves bacontarians—bacon is… Read More