Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos became vegan 25 years ago, when “all I could get was a salad,” she wrote in a text message. Now, she has a wealth of options from which to choose. Case in point: Maryland Vegan Restaurant Month started last weekend, showcasing plant-based meals at eateries in Baltimore and beyond. You can try curry mung bean
Continue reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — What St. Patrick’s Day meal would be complete without cabbage? We’re talking about solid green cabbage, part of the cruciferous family that also includes Savoy (curly leafed), red, Napa, bok choy and brussels sprouts. Green cabbage might have the stigma of being the ugly duckling of the vegetable world, but in the right hands, it shines.
Continue reading I attended culinary school in 2004 — a time when everyone had started talking about restaurants and taking pictures of their food. It was just as the celebrity chef phenomenon took off, and one of the first class discussions we had as a cohort of students was to tell everyone the reason we’d enrolled in culinary school. The majority of
Continue reading Before his start time for the Aramark Culinary Excellence (ACE) Competition, Elon’s Harvest Table Executive Chef Brandon Rudisill stood in front of his station anxiously awaiting to prepare the dish he’d be practicing for weeks. As the competition got underway, the nerves subsided and made room for more familiar and comfortable feelings — adrenaline and nostalgia. “I think that most
Continue reading BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Local chef Mike Eckles recently competed against 10 other chefs for $100,000 in “Pressure Cooker,” a Netflix cooking competition show. Eckles grew up in Bloomfield Hills and went to Lahser High School. Eckles was the runner-up in Netflix’s first season of “Pressure Cooker,” which aired in January. Throughout the course of the show, 11 chefs lived under
Continue reading Get ready for a special night of fine dining at Time Out Market Dubai. The food and cultural market that brings the city’s best chefs together under one roof is, for the first time, bringing together chefs from different Time Out Markets across the globe as part of the Chefs On Tour initiative. This new collaborative chef’s table dinner offers
Continue reading Harry Potter fans rejoice! Vegan butter beer is now available at Universal Studios in Orlando and Los Angeles Universal Studios has finally debuted vegan butter beer on menus in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The theme park has sold the fan-favourite drink for thirteen years but uses cow’s milk for its iconic whipped topping and in the soda base if ordered
Continue reading Special night on March 30, three celebrated chefs along with Ronnen and his team at Crossroads will create a five-course meal that showcases the best in plant-based cuisine to celebrate the role that Crossroads has played in carving out a space for vegan food at the fine-dining table. “We were thinking of a meaningful way to celebrate the 10-year mark
Continue reading ‘Nobody wants to work. They feel they are better off staying at home.’ Mr Mohamed runs the Day to Day convenience shop in Argyll Square and Chilli Grillz in George Street. He has battled with staffing issues in the shop for three years now. Iggy said: “Nobody wants to work. They feel they are better off staying at home. “I
Continue reading GENEVA — As a youngster, Tony Quartaro would visit his relatives in Geneva on holidays, where much of the time he’d hang out in his Grandma Joyce’s kitchen. That’s where his love affair with good food began. And, that passion spawned a cross-continental career as a chef and, most recently, Quartaro’s latest covid-inspired venture: the Chicago-based Gemma Foods, which sells
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