The Blooming Platter Cookbook:
A Harvest of Seasonal Vegan Recipes 
Betsy’s first book is a celebration of the seasons, featuring a wide range of accessible and elegant vegan recipes for the home cook. Spanning regional American favorites and global cuisines, these 175 recipes and 8 pages of color photos feature all the essential goodness that fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs bring to your table, all year ‘round.
Available on Amazon.
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What’s “The Platter”?
The Blooming Platter offers a growing collection of recipes for creative appetizers, beverages, snacks, soups, salads, sides and entrees with a tendency toward ethnic fusion dishes, lightened-up comfort foods and updated classics with a twist. A baker since childhood, I also include a burgeoning selection of dessert recipes that will tempt even the staunchest dairy-lover. Here's to compassionate plant-based cooking and eating!
~Betsy DiJulio
About Betsy DiJulio
When Betsy—an award-winning art teacher and practicing artist—is not teaching, making art, reading, writing, or walking her new dogs, Patsy and Urban, she can often be found in downward dog on her yoga mat.
And after that? A little food, a little more wine, and a lot of communing with friends, family, and students (well, no wine for her students).
In addition to authoring The Blooming Platter Cookbook, Betsy is a regular contributor, columnist, or featured writer for:
- SchoolArts
- Coastal Virginia Magazine
- VEER
- The Virginian-Pilot
- Alimentum
Look for the occasional link here on her website.
Besides art and cooking, Betsy admits to being a little obsessed with:
-Anything eco- or animal-friendly
-Artisanal and small business ventures
-Day hiking
-Consignment fashion
-Design in its many forms, especially interiors and landscapes
Did someone say mid-century modern?
Blooming Blogroll
Today was a rare three dog morning at our house. I had gotten up to make Vegan Banana-Walnut Pancakes, and my place was quickly taken by our 11-year old Auzzie mix, Miss Pyttle. The pair ‘o Danes are always on the bed (even if it means that Joe or I is in the guest room), but Pyttle is usually sleeping outside the door at the top of the stairs where she can keep an ear out in all directions. So, I couldn’t resist recording–and sharing–this photo.
March 6, 2010 at 4:55 pm
AWWW! Miss Pyttle is too cute. Our dog Bonnie sleeps in the guest room, but in the morning she keeps her ears open for a chance to get in our bed.
March 6, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Isn't she? I love the name Bonnie for a dog. What kind is she?
March 6, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Oh my. They are such big wonderful babies aren't they? So cute!
March 7, 2010 at 12:25 am
She is still ethereally beautiful. And I love how Miss Minnie has her head resting against Joe. It's love …
And speaking of Joe, he reminds me so much of his dad. I remember meeting him once or twice at the art center. Tell Joe I said hello.
Love ya!
svh
March 7, 2010 at 8:44 am
Thanks, Kris. You said it: "wonderful babies." And, fortunately, they never really grow up regardless of their age.
March 7, 2010 at 8:48 am
svh~you have always been the one to appreciate Miss P's extraordinary presence. Don't you love how the Divine Miss M's one eye is looking up over Joe's leg? She is quite the snuggler. Oh, and you said it: you should see the photo of Tony that is on the front of the memorial booklet Terri Ann made. It was him at Joe's age now and just uncanny in the resemblance. Always makes me emotional. I will certainly tell J hello. He asks after you from time to time. oxo bgd
March 7, 2010 at 10:06 am
Adorable! Thanks for sharing.
March 7, 2010 at 10:52 am
Thanks for taking the time to comment!