COOKING VIDEO: Delicious Homemade Falafel Recipe

      Editor’s note: We regret that the producer of this video has discontinued it. Although not a video, here is a delicious falafel recipe. If you can’t find a local restaurant selling delicious falafel sandwiches, here’s a video that shows how easy they are to make at home. And here’s a falafel recipe…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Lightlife

A couple of months ago, we received an invitation to two industry events on the same evening. One was for the Lightlife brand of vegan “meat” products. The other was to the opening of celebrity chef Todd English’s new restaurant. We made plans to stop by and taste Lightlife, a product line we’d never tried,…
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GOURMET GIFT: Fresh-Picked Avocados & Avocado Recipes

A fresh-picked, healthy gift.   Last month we wrote about California Avocados Direct, a business started by a fourth-generation California farm family. The plump Hass avocados are fresh-picked to order and shipped that day, along with a note from the farmer about when they’ll be at peak ripeness (in about 10 days, so there’s plenty…
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TOP PICK: Gourmet Vegan For Everyone, Plus Flexitarians, Pescatarians, & Others

Delicious Vegan Ginger Chicken. Photocourtesy Vegetarian Plus.   If you’re not already a flexitarian, pescatarian or vegetarian, a vegan diet may seem extreme. Give up all animal products, including dairy, eggs and honey? If that sounds like too much sacrifice, you should still consider choosing it for a day or two each week. It’s not…
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PRODUCT: Quinoa & Whole Grain Brown Rice

Absolutely delish: a mix of quinoa and brownrice, deftly seasoned. Photo courtesy SeedsOf Change.   The Uyuni Salt Flats of southeast Bolivia, high in the Andes Mountains, are best known for salt production. But quinoa has been cultivated there by the Incas for some 5,000 years. Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wa or KEE-noo-ah, is an exceptionally nutritious…
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