IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD Podcast

Simon Lester, Pascha Chocolate, a REAL Favorite!

Simon Lester, Pascha Chocolate

Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Simon Lester, Pascha Chocolate, a REAL Favorite! Simon Lester is an Entrepreneurial CEO & strategist who focuses on consumer facing industries & investment opportunities. He founded PASCHA born from a desire to create the simplest, purest and most delicious chocolate, without any of the additives or ingredients that might trigger allergic reactions for those with food allergies or intolerances. More at PaschaChocolate.com.…

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Vlad Grinberg and Rory Lutz, Vegan Food, Community and Comedy

Vlad Grinberg, Organic Grills and Rory Lutz

Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Vlad Grinberg and Rory Lutz, Vegan Food, Community and Comedy Vlad Grinberg. Vlad opened Organic Grill in 2000, one of the first organic restaurants in New York City. Rory Lutz. Rory is the founder and host of The Laughing Pad and cofounder and cohost of @laststopcomedy.     Comedy Kitchen at the Organic Grill, April 17, 8pm. GET TICKETS Comics will be…

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Mel Weinstein, Lessons in Chemistry

Mel Weinstein, Lessons in Chemistry

Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Mel Weinstein, Lessons in Chemistry Mel Weinstein is a retired chemist currently living in Central Illinois. During the course of his professional career, he has taught chemistry at the community college level, spent 20 years as an analytical chemist in a research center for a multinational food ingredients manufacturer, studied food science, and pursued a lifelong interest in examining the ingredients in…

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Emma Schwarz, International Vegan Film Festival

International Vegan Film Festival, Emma Schwarz

Emma Schwarz, International Vegan Film Festival Emma Schwarz is an award-winning filmmaker, animal photographer, author, and dedicated vegan activist. Since becoming vegan in 2017, she has committed herself to using art as activism to advocate for the animals, the planet, and a more sustainable future for humanity. In addition to her role at the International Vegan Film Festival, Emma is the Co-Founder of Veganography, a film production and media company dedicated to creating content which inspires the public to embrace…

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Breakfast Dishes

Fluffy Pancakes

Heart Pancakes

When using wheat flour, we love Einkorn. Considered one of the oldest grains known in the history of agriculture, we think it’s the most delicious in all kinds of baked goods. Einkorn also is the only wheat known to not have been hybridized. Ingredients: 1 cup flour: we use 1/2 cup organic white Einkorn and 1/2 cup organic whole wheat Einkorn flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1 cup unsweetened plant milk: we use organic soy milk made with only soy…

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Baked Florentine Scramble

Creamy tofu with spinach, vegan

This dish is super easy and the results are spectacular. This dish goes great with traditional brunch fare like toast and home fries and I also love it served with warm corn tortillas and guacamole, and/or as a filling for a breakfast burrito, you decide what works best for you. Note: I use sprouted extra firm tofu because it has a softer consistency than other extra firm tofu and sprouted is always best. Ingredients 15.5 oz Sprouted Tofu Extra Firm…

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Lentil Crêpes and Waffles – vegan, gluten-free

  We love pancakes, crêpes and waffles and we have lots of recipes for them here at REAL. Recently after interviewing Chef Ramses Bravo about his cookbook Bravo Express, I learned that crêpes can be made with just lentils and water. We make crêpes from raw Buckwheat and water, as well as with Garbanzo Bean flour and water. But lentils? This I had to try.   Ramses Bravo’s recipe consists of soaking red or yellow split lentils for one hour,…

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Blueberry Better-Than-Bran Muffins, Vegan, Gluten-Free, SOS-Free

This is a hearty muffin recipe. This recipe does not use an All Purpose Gluten-Free Flour that typically contains starches. Instead, only whole grains are used along with a little Garbanzo Bean Flour. Ingredients: 1 cup Rolled Oats or Steel Cut Oats (or Oat flour) 3/4 cup Millet (or Millet Flour) 1/4 Flax Seeds (or Flax Meal) 1/4 cup Garbanzo Bean Flour 2 teaspoons Baking Powder 1/4 cup Walnuts 3/4 cup Dried Apricots or other dried fruit 1 cup Unsweetened…

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