Tag Archives: vegan

Your Bagel Is but a Sad Simulacrum

There’s no such thing as a decent bagel in California:  My East Coast best friend never tires of schooling me about America’s woeful delusions regarding this much-beloved breakfast staple. Apparently, what most of us are eating is in fact not … Continue reading

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Score a Snacky Sum’n Sum’n

It’s a simple sensibility about the building blocks of any meal (or snack). Hungry? Toss in one of each: Fat. Protein. Carbohydrate. The trinity of good grub. A 250-calorie cracker “snack pack” does not a nutritious nibble make!! I’m talking real food, y’all. Continue reading

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Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual

Rule #14: Eat foods that you can picture growing in nature. “Read the ingredients on a package of Pringles or vegan cream cheese (just because it says ‘vegan,’ doesn’t make it better for you!) and imagine what those ingredients look … Continue reading

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Cooking Show | Roasted Cauliflower & Potato with Fresh Herbs

It’s finally here! The VIDEO COOKING SHOW dish on intuitive eating, intuitive cooking, and some of my favorite crucifers and tubers! Big love and thanks to my collaborator Ellen Roggeman, cameraman Jason Ditzian, and music by Charming Hostess.

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Breakfast Salad | Lucious Leafy Greens and Badass Beta-Carotenes

I tossed some other goodies from the farm, including spring-sweet carrots that tasted somehow—I don’t quite know any other way to say it—virginal. (“The best carrot I’ve ever eaten in my whole life!” Jason said.) Continue reading

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Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual

These items don’t deserve to be called food–I call them edible foodlike substances. They’re highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients derived from cory and soy that no normal person keeps in the pantry… Continue reading

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Peep Show! | Video

Hey, lovers. Consider these pictures a sweet teaser for the soon-to-be-released, first-ever Eating with Abs cooking show! Coming atcha next week, with chills, spills, and…cauliflower. A cruciferous-vegetable must-see! With Ellen Roggeman of Radical Radish as my cuisine queen and kitchen … Continue reading

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Apples Gone Awry! Sriracha!

Thai Sriracha is de rigueur with a certain young-and-urban American set, favored as an “Asian ketchup.” This moniker might be tasteless, but this everyday delicacy certainly is not. It’s everything that you never realized you were missing. Continue reading

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Cameron Stone Dishes on Chard Chips | Contributing Columnist

One night, I had to do something with my chard leaves before they spoiled and I was NOT in the mood for another salad with steamed veggies. All I really wanted was some salt and BITE. Continue reading

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2011 New Year’s Resolutions | Don’t be stupid….

It takes less than two minutes to prepare homemade dressings and sauces. Everybody should do it. Why? The process is fun and empowering–you’ll never have to buy off-the-shelf again! It also sounds really impressive–whether you’re serving it up for your significant other or at a fabulous dinner party with friends. Continue reading

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