A moist take on fruitcake
Fruity, nutty, festive. This delicious, yet simple, apple fruitcake makes a wonderful lunch or dinner dessert. I often serve the firm cake as a sweet addition to a savory brunch....
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Eggless latkes still hold together
Potatoes, onions and olive oil, which we store year-round, are all harvested in the late fall. This is quite convenient since potato latkes (pancakes) use all three ingredients and are...
Pate all dressed up for holiday season
Move over goose and liver pate. Vegetable pate tops this holiday season with festive seasonings and a colorful presentation. A reader named Asia, who often ate at my deli, asked...
Make your own nut butters
Have you noticed the prices of raw-nut butters? Wow! I've started grinding my own delicious butters. All you need is a food processor. The only trick is to begin by...
An edible rainbow
They say you eat with your eyes as much as your palate. Fun, easy-to-read and visually exciting "Color Me Vegan" (Fair Winds, $19.99), by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, plays on that concept...
Tasty red pepper sauce cheers array of entrees
I love red pepper sauce. Because I find it so tasty, I've recommended it as an accompaniment for several of the recipes in this column, such as millet loaf and...
Trading convenience for flavorful polenta
My first encounter with polenta was with one of those easy-to-use plastic tubes. I opened the tube, sliced the polenta, and pan-fried the rounds in some olive oil. Effortless. Delicious....
Lentil-spud burgers
"Vegetarian is like raising a kid Mennonite," Victoria Moran once said to me. "It's difficult but not that different. Raising your kid vegan is like being Amish. A totally different...
Doubly refreshing
Nothing says sunny weather and refreshing treat like watermelon. With 92 percent water and a little sugar, watermelon hits the spot on super-hot days. Through the centuries, farmers and backyard...
Crispy, colorful eggplant towers that need no frying
I love the taste of fried eggplant in recipes, but I don't like what the usual ingredients — oil for frying and eggs with cholesterol — can do to my...