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VEGAN ARMENIAN LAHMACUN RECIPE From Kourt’s Incredible Spread If you’ve never heard of lahmacun, yes, you have. Almost every culture has a hearty, delicious flatbread of some sort, and lahmacun (or lahmajo) is that in Armenia. Kourt shared a few snippets from her stunning vegan spread, and we had to know the recipe to just one of those healthy, spiced, comfy-cozy,

Laila Gohar Show-stopping food artist and feast curator Dalí may have turned food into art with his Les Diners de Gala parties but Egyptian-born, New-York based Laila Gohar is busy blurring the lines between food, art, fashion and design with surreal edible installations that resemble what may have happened had Lewis Carroll ever met Escoffier at the court of Louis XIV. A chair

For some, the most unpleasant part of any meal out is when it comes time to tip. Suddenly a number of questions arise: What’s a fair amount to leave? Am I tipping based on the total before or after tax? Why does Canada have such a rampant tipping culture? What’s on the menu of upscale plant-based food at Folke? The

Fish Fry Friday is all anyone can talk about right now, but for those with dietary restrictions, enjoying this Lenten meal is not as easy as heading to the closest local pub. Luckily, as dietary needs are becoming more prevalent, so are the amount of bars and restaurants accommodating these needs. If you’re craving a taste of that good ol’

There are a lot of ways to be vegan, and none of them are wrong. While steamed veggie bowls, fruit and Smoothies greens-packed salads might lean more towards the whole, unprocessed food end of the spectrum, elsewhere there exists beautiful, indulgent delights like Buffalo seitan wings, (most) French fries, Oreos, and nachos with non-dairy cheese and sour cream (all incredible culinary

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

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.

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

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

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