My 2025 Circle of Influence
Plus lessons from a year when things finally aligned
Illuminate Food
This is a newsletter about food and the planet, including how cooking is a radical solution to climate change. I share essays, news, and approachable and flexible plant-based recipes.
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Beans, the Food System… and Something New?
I need your vote! Plus my bean-forward Gift Guide 🎁
I Went Viral Talking About Beans 🫘
What does it say about social media + 5 recipes
5 Easy Ways to Eat More Beans
Recipes that will make you love beans 💖
Fully Booked ⭐
the last piece of my personal puzzle
No More Recipe Overwhelm ✨
plus a new job and matcha ice cream cones
Wine is Food 🍷
and my best friend knows a lot about it
3 Easy Salads for the End of Summer ☀️
Plus a dinner party menu and the meaning of life
Making America Healthy or Paranoid?
Plus the best summer pasta sauce of your life 🍅
Doom Thinking 🪞
Conspiracies, a COVID movie, and an all-white town