In honor of National Heart Health Month, I hope you will take a moment and think about your ticker. Think about how much money you spend on food that gunks it up. And how much money you’d spend on surgeries to ungunk it. And how cheap a bag of beans …
I’m getting into this little habit of trying to post a recipe for each holiday, but President’s Day had me stumped until …
Tonight will be the last of a series of sessions about plant-based cooking I’ve been conducting at one of our great local …
Yep. I agree. Uh huh. Yep, yep, that is right. You are correct. Yes, organic food is more expensive than non-. Yes, …
I don’t know exactly what happens to Phil when the San Francisco 49ers are in the play-offs. I can only quote myself …
My wonderful and hardworking book manager came up with this great list of things friends and family and fans of Blue Moon Vegetarian can …
Some time back, early in the production of Blue Moon Vegetarian, I had queried New York Times best-selling author Caroline Leavitt about …
Brunch Florentine began as a newspaper recipe full of sausage and beef. One of my readers has told me she is making …
Right now, tonight, I have nothing really to talk about. I’m at the end of a long, fun, busy string of months. …
I love the word bloodroot. Coming from a poet, that is likely not surprising, considering its mournfully assonant trail of O’s. This …
It seems right to take a moment to honor and thank all who have worked so hard to make my year so …
I am a morning grump. There. I said it. It’s hard for me to bounce out of bed and start slaying dragons. …
I live in a remote area of southeast Washington State near where Idaho, Washington, and Oregon intersect, and where people are passionate …
I don’t know how cold it is where you live, but where I live it is 20 degrees below normal for this …
I never in my wild imaginings pictured a day when I’d be telling my readers about my own set of recipe cards, …
Despite the fact that I come from people who did not eat meat every day, let alone every meal, I think most …
Dove Creek began its public life as a radio broadcast on KRFP 98.5 fm in Moscow, Idaho. The producer, a woman with …
It’s a part of conversation around the university where I teach this time of year, and I’m sure around every American workplace, as …
I’ve always loved those cookbook sections that tell you how to stock your kitchen pantry. They make it look and sound like …
Lest you thought we somehow magically gave up eating burgers once we switched to a plant-based diet, here is proof that just …
As we get closer to the release date for Blue Moon Vegetarian and things get not only more exciting but a little …
Since Phil not only had a Mexican grandfather but a Swedish great-great-grandmother who cooked for a wealthy Mexican family and was known for her marvelous Tex-Mex cooking, and …
Last night was a night that called for soup. Sunday. After a weekend of reading student essays for me. One of painting the …
From the back cover: Part memoir, part cookbook, and part health-and-nutrition how-to, Blue Moon Vegetarian chronicles Kentucky-born former nurse Paula Marie Coomer …
This handy-dandy protein chart is automatically sent to folks who subscribe to my website, but since I don’t want to exclude anyone, …
I talk a lot about hemp protein. I believe we could heal the planet if everyone ate 2 tbsp. of hemp seed …
If you are thinking about embarking on a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, you are fooling yourself: you aren’t thinking about it; some …
Former President Clinton has been in the news lately for his vegan diet. You only have to look at him to know …
MIGHTY FINE TACO SALAD 2 cups dried kidney beans 2 quarts filtered water 1 cup uncooked basmati rice 1-1/2 cups water 2 …
As we wind down the weeks toward the Nov. 20 release of Blue Moon Vegetarian, it seemed like a good idea to …
This “land of the lost” squash plant began emerging from our compost pile about a month ago. The leaves are as large …
Persimmon red and polar bear white. Polar bear white for the cabinets, the island, and the wainscoting, which on one wall goes …
How do you get your protein? People always ask me that question. It’s never how do you get enough Vitamin C? Or …
I met Bob Evans at “Jazz at the Lake” at Wallowa Lake, Oregon, in 1990, and we remained friends and correspondents until …
The version of Phil’s Daily Hemp Shake that appears in Blue Moon Vegetarian uses dairy products instead of coconut milk kefir and yogurt and …
FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNINGS OF A MANUSCRIPT FOR BLUE MOON GLUTEN-FREE VEGAN Sometimes I worry about myself the tiniest bit. Besides Blue Moon …
The best places on earth are independent bookstores. The Globe in Seattle, Book People in Moscow, Idaho, . . . and BOOKS, too! …
In her fabulous memoir, Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch describes two essential life elements: a tribe and a twin. What follows are members of …
Dove Creek began its public life as a radio broadcast on KRFP 98.5 fm in Moscow, Idaho. The producer, a woman with …
