Eater talks to food writer Alicia Kennedy about her new book, toggling between vegan and vegetarian diets, and what it really means to cook plant-based meals.
Frances Moore Lappé is the author of nineteen books, beginning with the acclaimed "Diet for a Small Planet." Most recently she is the co-author, with Adam Eichen, of the new book, "Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want." Among her numerous previous books are "EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want" (Nation Books) and "Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life." She is co-founder of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Small Planet Institute.
I was intimidated the first time I sat down to eat at Moosewood. The restaurant, founded in 1973 in Ithaca, N.Y., by a collective of like-minded friends, was one of the country’s first to champion veg.
Our daily food choices have an enormous impact on both our health and the environment. The good news is that there is power in those choices. In a world where many things seem out of our control, how we choose to nourish our bodies three times a day.