Tofu on Shine

The Best Gifts for Serious Carnivores

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Get juicy and give the gift of real or referenced meat this holiday season. If you have folks in your life who consider bacon next to godliness, scoff at the idea of a salad, or prefer their steak with a side of more steak, serve them up any one of these meat-tastic gifts and…

User post: 3 Easy Ways to Cook Lowfat

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Healthy techniques to slash calories without cutting flavor

Selecting wholesome, nutritious foods is the first step to creating a healthy, lowfat meal. But ingredients are just part of the process. The preparation and cooking techniques you use to turn those ingredients into a meal are…

User post: Picnic Fare: Cool Ginger Sesame Soba

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It almost makes this Tuesday after a long Memorial Day weekend more bearable that here in my neighborhood, a gray screen has been pulled over the sky and little brown leaves are scurrying around in tornado fashion when the wind blows. This couldn’t be more unlike the three previous…

23 delicious vegetarian dishes

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Vegetarians do not all subscribe to the same eating philosophy. They range from vegans, who eschew consumption of all animals and animal by-products (including honey, eggs, and dairy), to pescetarians, who eat fish and shellfish but no meat or poultry. And then there is the…

User post: Weekend Cooking | Grilled Tofu with Asiago & Pesto

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A lot of people have an odd attitude about tofu, particularly men who are big meat eaters. The irony is that tofu is like an innocent bystander in the culinary world - glibly taking on the flavor and texture of whatever you're making. So if you work a slice or two of tofu into a…

Vegan with Soul and in the Tropics: Two Cookbooks (and Recipes!)

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As a former quasi-vegetarian, I never quite got the hang of consuming processed meat…

A sweet alternative

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It’s sugaring season in Vermont and here at the heart of Maple Syrup nation my neighbors are tapping the trees, pulling out 40 gallons of sap to boil down to one gallon of syrup. While most people just use maple syrup on pancakes, I find its sweet, earthy flavor pairs well with all sorts of foods. Here are a few of my favorite recipes using maple syrup...

How Many Second Chances Does a Yucky Ingredient Get?

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A lot of good eating happens when you give a dish a second chance.

Take …

Would you eat George Clooney tofu?

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PETA, the animal-rights group we want to like, but sometimes goes a little too far for their own good, has come up with another hair-brained scheme. George Clooney tofu. You’ll recall that recently they suggested Ben & Jerry’s use human breast milk for their ice cream, so consider that as…

Tofu-phobic? This Tofu Parmigiana will change your mind!

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This recipe for Tofu Parmigiana is so delicious that one of our tasters, who’s a big meat eater and not so into tofu, kept coming back for seconds every time we made it. He said he would even make it at home. Our art director, who doesn’t really cook, tried the recipe at home and said it turned out perfectly. Try it for yourself or try another of our healthy tofu recipes. You’ll start to love the stuff too.