10 p.m. EST tonight is the deadline for you to enter The Blooming Platter’s and the Jazzy Vegetarian’s joint Sizzlin’ Summer Seasonal Cookbook Giveaway!
Three lucky winners will be chosen to win one of the following: BOTH cookbooks plus the “Better Days” CD by Laura Theodore, aka The Jazzy Vegetarian; Laura’s cookbook and CD; or Laura’s cookbook.
Simply follow THIS LINK to toss your hat in the ring.
Good luck!
Don’t miss this opportunity to win one of six Vegan Heritage Press titles by Amber Shea Crawley, Bryanna Clark Grogan, Tamsin Noyes, Jon Robertson, Robin Robertson, and yours truly!
Three books will be given away and to make sure you are in the running, just follow THIS LINK and then follow the easy instructions.
May the best–okay, just the luckiest–vegans win!
I have teamed up with the effervescent Laura Theodore, aka “The Jazzy Vegetarian,” of Public TV and blog radio fame to offer a sizzlin’ summer give-away!
We think it is THE vegan give-away of the summer!
Laura and I both brake for farmer’s markets. Since our seasonal approaches to vegan cooking are so splendidly simpatico, we decided to join forces and offer our wonderful readers, viewers, listeners, and supporters the chance to win one of three prizes.
The prizes include various tantalizing combinations of The Blooming Platter Cookbook: A Harvest of Seasonal Vegan Recipes by yours truly, Jazzy Vegetarian: Lively Vegan Cuisine That’s Easy and Delicious by Laura, and a CD entitled “Better Days” also by the multi-talented Theodore, who is an acclaimed jazz singer.
For contest rules, a bit more “flavor,” and to enter just follow this link.
Good luck!
It’s such an honor when Nava Atlas, noted vegan cookbook author, blogger and artist, embraces a cookbook as she did The Blooming Platter Cookbook: A Harvest of Seasonal Vegan Recipes again in today’s VegKitchen Newsletter, also choosing my Angel Hair Pasta with Chard and Bell Peppers as her Recipe of the Week.
Just follow the link to this recipe which Nava calls “beautiful and nutritious” because, now that warm weather is here again–at least for many of us–chard will be showing up in gardens and farm markets across the country. And, as Nava also says, this dish is at least as good if not better the next day…thanks so much, Nava for your ongoing support!
If you don’t already receive the VegKitchen Newsletter, you will want to. Just click HERE to subscribe.
And be sure to heck out one of Nava’s latest projects: the Vegan Minute Channel on YouTube.
Last week, as you may have read in an earlier post, I had the distinct honor of being a featured guest on Laura Theodore’s Jazzy Vegetarian radio show. Too fun!
During our email correspondence following the lively interview–Laura has energy to burn!–she asked if she could post the recipe I shared on air on her blog. I didn’t even have to think about that…the answer was, of course, “Are you kidding? Absolutely!” You can find my easy and beautiful spring recipe for Fresh Pea and Tarragon Hummus from The Blooming Platter Cookbook right HERE.
Check out the Jazzy Vegetarian blog, radio and TV shows, recipes and more. Plus “JV” is also on FB…I hope everyone will “lick” it or “like” it…your choice!
Thanks again, Laura!
What a fun 25 minute break from my already fun drawing and painting class! Today I was the invited guest of the inimitable and accomplished Laura Theodore and Jazzy Vegetarian on Blog Talk Radio, and you can read all about it HERE. What an honor!
While my dear friend and colleague David Prescott worked with my class–he is our choral director, but has a great ear AND eye–I slipped down the hall into an administrator’s office for the live phone interview.
The articulate and engaging Laura Theodore is the most energetic and delightful host. Her advance preparation and her wealth of knowledge (as a vegan chef, T.V. and radio host, AND award-winning jazz singer/actor) made the interview flow naturally and conversationally. She moves with ease between a range of topics, manages the time perfectly, and exudes warmth, vibrancy and charm.
And you can catch her and The Jazzy Vegetarian later this month on Create, an invaluable public television network for, well, creative people and those who aspire to be.
Thanks to Laura for all her generous praise for The Blooming Platter Cookbook, including its “beauty”! (To an art teacher, that’s no small thing!) High praise from anyone fills me with gratitude, but when it comes from someone like her, it has the added bonus of the stamp of approval from a talented and influential professional in the field. Best wishes to her in all her jazzy endeavors!
Recently I was thrilled to learn that The Blooming Platter Cookbook was glowingly reviewed by Wendy Petty “a card-carrying carnivore” on Zester Daily: The Culture of Food and Drink. What an honor!
Be sure to follow the link above to read the entire review in which she writes: “Seasonal and accessible The Blooming Platter Cookbook by Betsy DiJulio artfully takes advantage of the seasonal cuisine trend.” Thank you, Wendy!
Petty is a forager, photographer, and wild foods consultant, and you won’t want to miss her blog Hunger and Thirst, even though she openly professes not to be a vegan. If this that she wrote in a piece about Violet Cardamom Water doesn’t make you want to seek her out, nothing will: “If you think that foragers are just a bunch of hippies tripping through the forest, let me set you straight. A forager’s world is full of mysteries, classified information, and confidences…” It’s a fascinating world and I’m happy to let Petty by my virtual guide.
As a foodie, you’ll want to also check out Zester Daily who describes their online publication thusly: “Founded in 2009 by veteran journalist Corie Brown, Zester Daily is an award-winning online publication produced by an international collection of experienced journalists, food writers and wine experts.
Committed to excellent reporting and writing, Zester contributors follow their instincts and interests as they travel the globe in search of stories that matter to our food-obsessed culture. Whether it is wild mushroom foraging, profiles of innovative young chefs, shopping Chiang Mai’s food markets, or tasting the current vintage of California olive oil, Zester’s stories are always entertaining, informed and accessible.
Zester seeks to engage food and drink enthusiasts in the kind of spirited, intelligent dialogue critical to establishing a more delicious, sustainable and just food culture. A team of seven editors supports more than 50 contributors producing breaking news, feature articles, editorials, cartoons and videos. The weekly Zester Daily Soapbox is a provocative, and often controversial, opinion piece written by an outside author or industry leader.”
When I got home from school today, I was delighted to find a message from JL letting me know that her review of The Blooming Platter Cookbook (TBPC)was live.
So, it’s my pleasure to direct you to her review at “JL Goes Vegan: Food and Fitness with a side of Kale.”
It sounds like she thinks that TBPC ranks right up there with her beloved kale…well, almost.
Enjoy her review as well as her back story–it appears that she successfully changed just about everything in her life “post-40”–along with her entire blog. Plus, right now you can get in on her OXO Dressing Shaker Giveaway!
Thank you, JL!
Before the last of the winter pears are gone, I bet you might like to bake some up in this special pie from The Blooming Platter Cookbook: A Harvest of Seasonal Vegan Recipes.
It was recently published by the good folks at One Green Planet and you can access itby clicking HERE.
Its crust has a secret ingredient–now known to be healthy–that yields a perfect flaky, yet tender, crust that’s a cinch even for novice bakers to manage. And you won’t have to wait very long to have this beautyon the table because of my stove top pre-cooking method.
Make it a la mode: As a bonus, you can also access my Cinnamon Stick-Vanilla Bean Ice Cream recipe which was created especially for this pie, but is delicious on its own.
Thanks to Team One Green Planet! Enjoy, everyone!
