Vegetarian food has a bad rap. Most meat eaters turn up their nose at the sound of it, assuming that it will either be a soy-laden meal...

Beans are too good and too varied to ignore. And there is one cooking technique you might have overlooked.

Compared to more elegant offerings, the lowly potato seems wretchedly unsophisticated in the produce aisle. But hailing from deep within...

If you're lucky enough to live in sunnier climes, you'll find plenty of local greens, including kale, at your market. And those of us in...

Every Monday.  New Orleans families serve red beans and rice for dinner.  This is my Grandma's recipe © 1945, when she probably started...

Thanksgiving may be the loveliest of our national holidays, but it has a dark side that haunts me every year: turkeys, 40 million of them,...

Winter squashes are one of my favorite foods. Here is a quick rundown of my "Squash 101" lecture.

Given the chance to thrive, "food" animals exhibit virtually every emotion and many behaviors some of us humans consider "ours" alone:...

This is a perfect recipe for Meatless Monday or any night of the week you want to go vegetarian.

"Vegetarian" doesn't have to be code for "If you eat this, you will be hungry in two hours." From mushroom crostini to grilled eggplant...

Its pretty great having chefs as friends, but when they make house calls, well, that's off the charts. Last week, Daniel and Mirra, the...

When I go to Mexico to visit my old friend, Cristina, I like to help her milk goats, eat the cheese she makes from those goats, and wander...