miso soup

zen vegetarian cooking , by soei yoneda, contemplates a cuisine that is so absolute i find it to be abstract. shōjin cooking was developed ...

croutons

it isn't hard to add dimension to a dish without making it overly fussy or excessively complicated. old bread cut it into cubes, then s...

best homemade pasta ever, made with semolina and durum flour

i was standing in the flour aisle of my neighborhood market, doll's, reading labels like i always do. the shelves are probably about six...

vegetarian clam sauce

early in my years as a vegetarian, i came up with this recipe to mimic my real clam sauce recipe. i'm sure it must have been out of des...

cantaloupe, cucumber and jicama salad

my craze with food began around 1970 with the first of 40 years of trips to visit friends and family in and around san francisco. it coincid...