Casual Kitchen

"No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people." --William Howard Ta...

You could easily pay $9.00 for an appetizer-size serving of this delicious soup in some trendy Manhattan restaurant. It would probably arriv...

There was something else that grabbed me about Jason Lusk's recent study on food spending: the allegedly lower carbon footprint of eatin...

Jayson Lusk wrote recently about a recent study he published examining whether or not vegetarians spend less on food : "This issue is...

I knew somebody, a vegan, who agonized over each bottle of wine he drank. Or maybe I should say didn't drink, for reasons we'll see...

Readers, a quick reminder: during the month of May I’ll be featuring articles from Casual Kitchen’s archives. Enjoy! As always, I welcome yo...

I can't believe how easy this recipe is. I really can’t. It doesn't seem possible that a recipe could have this few ingredients, c...

Why would a meat eater, when going out to eat with vegetarian friends, choose to order vegetarian food if s/he could have ordered meat at th...

This White Bean Spread is so laughably easy I feel like a complete doofus for waiting so long to write about it. This recipe is as simple as...

This is one of the easiest dishes in the entire history of Casual Kitchen. It takes just 15 minutes to prepare, and with its simple and sup...

This could be one of the best dishes we've made all summer. It's hilariously easy, it's laughably cheap, it has a distinctive an...

This striking Moroccan carrot salad recipe is real crowd-pleaser, it sets a new world record for laughable cheapness , and you can make it i...

After writing my rabidly positive review of The Mindful Carnivore, I asked author Tovar Cerulli to recommend a few readable and accessib...

"Oh, in my most righteous vegan phase, I had been certain that hunting, like other forms of animal murder, was wrong." Let me sa...

I have mixed feelings about the "pink slime" controversy, especially after learning of last week's bankruptcy filing of AFA fo...

From a recent reader comment on my Why I'm a Part-Time Vegetarian post: There's never anything wrong with what or how you eat, ...

This hilariously cheap and laughably easy recipe was a great antidote for us after a huge, meat-heavy meal the prior day. It's stunningl...