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Food Fairy: Healthy winter flavors

by Special Contributor January 16, 2019

Happy New Year! Everyone has now vowed to eat only healthy food, and it’s all salad all the time. As always, that won’t last long — interesting salad takes time to prepare, and, more crucially, it’s not really salad season. There are no lovely tomatoes,…

Community, Consumption, Cool Solutions

Butternut Bisque with Pears and Onions

by Special Contributor October 31, 2018

By Julie Cross Serve this with garlic bread or cheese toast and a green salad. Ingredients: 3 cups pureed squash or pumpkin 6 cloves of garlic, peeled 3 cups vegetable broth 1 cup heavy cream (or substitute) ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon finely grated lemon…

Community, Consumption, Cool Solutions

How Eating Beans Instead of Beef Will Save Both You and the Planet

by Special Contributor November 15, 2017

By Susan Levin / AlterNet | June 6, 2017 To protect our warming planet, we must start taking animal products off our plates. As the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter, the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement drastically curbs international efforts to fight global…

Consumption

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe

by Cool Davis Staff November 8, 2017

From our friends at Plant Punk Kitchen Brussels sprouts come into season in the late fall and are said to be sweeter after the first frost. Perfect for holiday side dishes. Brussels sprouts seem to be a love or hate type of vegetable. I love them…

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Winter Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice (Vegan Recipe)

by Leslie Crenna October 13, 2017

Enjoy this vegan recipe from Plant Punk Kitchen! Winter squash make for warm fall eating. Most squash ripen well after summer is over, and the butternut squash season is at its best between late autumn and winter. For more Consumption Cool Solutions, visit our Cool Solutions page. INGREDIENTS:…

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Parvaneh Keivanfar of Butterfly Vegan with Cookies

Parvaneh Keivanfar and Alex Gray Share Eco Hero Award

by Special Contributor May 26, 2016

By Martha Quenon Meet Parvaneh of Butterfly Vegan Bakery and Alex Gray of Bicycle Barista who are partnered for a Cool Davis Eco Hero Award in the Consumption category. Parvaneh and Alex are also partnered personally through marriage and help in each other in both…

Consumption, Inspiration

Cool Davis Welcomes New Partner: Vegans of Davis

by Special Contributor March 19, 2015

By Judy Moores Before my interview with Lindsay Rubins of Vegans of Davis, I checked the on-line dictionary to be clear in my mind: “A vegan is someone who eats no animal products.” J: So, why, are you a vegan? L: In our world today,…

Coalition, Consumption

“What brings you to Soups & Stews?”

by Special Contributor January 27, 2015

(By Pachia Vang) It was the first question our instructor asked us and we, bright-eyed and food-curious students, had a variety of answers! From being new Davis residents keen to learn more about the local food co-op, to wanting new tips on how to jazz…

Coalition, Consumption

A Simple Meal

by Special Contributor September 7, 2013

When I was a kid we always had a garden growing. When it came time to pick tomatoes, my Dad would go out to the garden with a salt shaker in his back pocket. In the midst of the picking he would find one that looked especially good to him, sit down, split it open with his hands,

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