Black Bean and Swiss Chard Burger with Pickled Beets and Smoked Gouda
23 Mar 2013

Black Bean and Swiss Chard Burger with Pickled Beets and Smoked Gouda

by | posted in: Beans, Recipes, vegetarian | 4

I have been seriously craving hamburgers lately. Not the cutely compressed, miniature snack-cum-calorie-whoppers wrapped in grease-blotched paper, but the mean, towering, impressive type stuffed with fixins’ that might come with a steak knife at the side. Oddly, though, I was craving the whole big sandwich affair more so than meat, and wondered if that could be sated without.

Check Out Vegetopolis at Pig Island This Saturday
28 Aug 2012

Check Out Vegetopolis at Pig Island This Saturday

by | posted in: Demos & Workshops, Events, My Events, NYC Events | 2

I had a special request for the organizers of Pig Island, which is holding its third annual event this Saturday on Governors Island: “Can I do a vegetarian-only tent at the festival?” It was absurd, unlikely, and frankly, bewildering given that this is an event to celebrate whole pigs from local farms, which twenty-five of the best city’s chefs carve up and portion into unique tasting bites to serve to the crowds. But they said, “Sure!” And I’m very proud … Read More