These carnitas-style oyster mushrooms are one of my favorite things to cook. I grew up eating carnitas – it was a fixture at family gatherings, slow-cooked until tender, crisped up in the pan, served in warm tortillas with everything on the side. When I became vegetarian at eleven, that dish […]

These vegan refried black beans started as a question I couldn’t stop thinking about. Growing up, refried beans in my family meant pinto or white beans – that’s just how it was done. The recipe was passed down, cooked the same way every time, and it was good. Really good. […]

This avocado tomatillo salsa verde is the green sauce I make more than anything else in my kitchen. It comes together in 20 minutes, requires almost no technique, and makes everything it touches taste more alive. I started making it mild – no serranos – because my five year old […]

This vegan cashew crema is one of the most useful things I keep in my fridge. Sour cream shows up at the table in a lot of my cooking – tacos, pozole, burritos, sopes, you name it. It’s one of those ingredients that doesn’t demand attention but does a lot […]