When I was offered an opportunity to review the book “Viva Vegan!: 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers” by Terry Hope Romero I was intrigued. Knowing latino cuisine as I do, the thought of a vegan adaptation of this heavily pork laden foodway boggled my mind. You can see from the...

[Follow this link for a recipe for Whole Wheat Cheddar Cheese Kefir Irish Soda Bread] St. Patrick’s day is almost here and I feel like I am getting whiplash with how fast this year is passing already! The stores put out St Patrick’s day decorations right after Christmas so by now, all that Chinese import...

BlogHer has teamed up with Kelly Ripa and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund to bring us a fun way to raise money for this important cause. You can design a virtual cake and Electrolux will donate $1 to the fund! In addition, Electrolux is donating $100 to OCRF for every new range sold this month....

[This was cross posted at my raw food blog Raw+Simple] I had an opportunity to dive into the book, written by by Mark Reinfeld, Bo Rinaldi, and Jennifer Murray, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw. I had not previously read one of these Idiot’s Guides but I found that they use uncomplicated first person language that...

Does the idea of mixing pomegranate juice with iced coffee make your eyes bug out like the cute little lamby slippers above? POM has done this craaazy thing with their POM iced coffees. .. (click for more)...

(This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Samsung Home Appliances) [This contest is now CLOSED. Please click here to see who the winner was.] At the end of this post I will share with you how you can win a $200 gift certificate from BestBuy! You will see that you’ve got 8 chances to win that...

Some time ago I reviewed a cookbook called “Tassajara Cookbook: Lunches, Picnics, and Appetizers” by Karla Oliveira where I covered Tassajara, a magical mountain retreat for the San Francisco Zen Center. Today’s review covers the related book Tassajara Dinners & Desserts by Dale and Melissa Kent, a beautiful and delicious cookbook that shares simple go-to vegetarian...

In concert with the Can Around the Nation canning event this weekend (see this post for more details Join the Canvolution!) in Somerville, MA where I will be teaching pressure canning, I am sharing a review of a cookbook I received on putting up food! The cookbook is called Putting Up: A Seasonal Guide to Canning...

I recently received a case of really cute 8 ounce POM pomegranate juices sent to me by the kind people at POM Wonderful. Pomegranates are the mythical or iconic symbol of fertility…… To read more of this review, please visit the Papaya Ice Cream with POM syrup...

Goat Cheese by Maggie Foard (published by Gibbs Smith in July 1, 2008) is a delightful cookbook that explores a range of ways for using goats milk cheeses. You may remember that we have our own herd of 18 LaMancha dairy goats and that we milk 7 does on a daily basis (we are up to...