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Vegan Kitchen: Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

This chocolate banana ice cream is delicious, healthy, and the perfect way to satisfy a sweet tooth. It has no dairy or refined sugar, and it’s super easy to make.

August 2, 2025 · 8 Comments

Video: Food for the Future

Food is culture, food is life — it’s part of who we are and the magic that binds us together. But here’s the twist: the way we eat is pushing … Continue reading

May 24, 2025 · 1 Comment

Vegan Kitchen: Southwest Kale Salad with Cumin-Tomato Dressing

Here’s a great tasting salad rich in antioxidants, protein and fiber. I serve this dish with a hearty bread and plant-based butter or nut spread.

April 5, 2025 · 15 Comments

Sandy Solomon: Making Soup

Who would have guessed before this year
how cheerful this simple chore would feel
now that the sick room’s silence starts
beyond the swinging kitchen door.

March 3, 2025 · 15 Comments

Vicky Bond: The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems

The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch in reckless fishing operations or lose their lives to the fishing industry’s widespread ocean pollution and habitat destruction, which is damaging our oceans beyond recovery.

December 19, 2024 · 5 Comments

Video: How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years

The consumption of blueberries and strawberries is associated with delayed cognitive aging by as much as 2.5 years—thought to be because of brain-localizing anthocyanin phytonutrients, as shown on functional MRI scans.

December 6, 2024 · 4 Comments

Michael Greger, MD: Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Frank about her work, food, and Native American cuisine. Read on and enjoy her recipe for Delicious Pinto Bean and Spinach Tacos.

November 28, 2024 · 8 Comments

Dr. Michael Greger: Health Benefits of Coffee

The Beverage Guidance Panel, assembled to provide recommendations on benefits and risks of various beverage categories, found tea and coffee—preferably without creamer or sweetener—tied as the number-two healthiest beverages, second … Continue reading

October 9, 2024 · 16 Comments

Marc Bekoff: Tasty Bacon or Fellow Being? The Paradox of How We Relate to the Intelligence and Emotions of Pigs

Every piece of bacon comes from a unique personality.

August 31, 2024 · 8 Comments

Video: No Vegans Allowed

This motel decided to ban vegans and their mighty libido.

August 3, 2024 · 8 Comments

Vegan Kitchen: Holy Guacamole!

The best sandwich I’ve ever eaten I bought at a food stand in the Austin airport years ago. A thin layer of guacamole on one thick slice of seed bread, a thin layer of humus on the other slice, and bean sprouts, chopped tomato and pepper relish in between. Since then, I’ve made variations on that sandwich many times.  

July 14, 2024 · 4 Comments

Vicky Bond: How Humans Get Sick From Other Animals

The growing emergence of diseases from animals suggests that we need to rethink our reliance on animals as a food source.

June 29, 2024 · 2 Comments

Elizabeth Henderson: The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to Shape the Future of U.S. Food and Agriculture

The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants to rid the USDA of sustainability, climate change mitigation, and racial equity.

June 18, 2024 · 6 Comments

Video: Mush Luv

Tony and Ajani, two mushroom foragers based in Minneapolis, spend the day foraging at a local park and musing on the power of nature.

June 8, 2024 · 8 Comments

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