Recipe for ginger-infused acorn squash and how to peel ginger root with a teaspoon

I learned this vegetarian recipe from a chef from Nepal. I learned it well over two months ago at culinary school (I’m a student) and wrote about it in my cooking school blog, but never got around to mentioning it here.
Until today.
And you’ve got to have this recipe. It takes the usual acorn squash and [...]

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Vegetarian Alice Waters Chez Panisse recipe

This is one of those classic salad recipes that’s a nice mix of unique and timeless.
And it is also a perfect vegetarian recipe to keep in your repertoire for unexpected guests that just happen to drop by at dinnertime (don’t they all)!Vegetarian recipe: Ruby Grapefruit, Avocado, and Spring Onion SaladFrom Chez Panisse Fruit by Alice [...]

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Twitter contest to win FREE cookbook!

I’m hosting a contest at my other blog (I also blog about the trials and tribulations of going to cooking school at CookingSchoolConfidential.com) to thank people for being so incredibly supportive and, of course, I include my Almost Vegetarian friends.
So …
If you want a chance to win a FREE cookbook, here’s what you do …Twitter [...]

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Recipe for delicious glazed carrots

This is a story about how I started with a kitchen disaster and ended with delicious glazed carrots.
How do I know they were delicious?
Everyone said so. Even my chef.The carrots, the culinary school, and the cooking studentLet me set the picture for you: It is a Tuesday, just like every other Tuesday at cooking school. [...]

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Using food for good

These are tough days for a lot of people, what with the withering economy and the lay-offs. But, in some ways, these are also bright days where people step up and help.
Now, this is a food blog, so you know the help that interests me the most is food-oriented. Such as Taste of the Nation.Taste [...]

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