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Since I can’t eat milk, I’m always trying to come up with lovely desserts that don’t call for milk products. I often fantasize about milk-free dessert inventions when I’m out at a great restaurant and I can’t eat any of their desserts because they’re all full of milk. (Oh, right there’s sorbet. I am so tired…

While I was at UCLA to give a talk, Norton Wise took me to a fabulous restaurant, and because of something on the menu featuring beets, we got to talking beets. He then gave me this recipe, which I love. Even people who aren’t wild about beets are wild about these beets. If you don’t want to…

I call this recipe “Aron’s dowry,” since my mate came with it and I so love it. When I met Aron, his family had remaining just a little bit of spectacular balsamic vinegar that Aron’s grandfather had made years before by accident. (He had meant to make wine.) It was unbelievable vinegar – so good…

I invented this one day in the way I usually invent recipes – by looking at what I had in the fridge and thinking about what might taste good together. I had leftover roast chicken and leftover cranberry sauce from a traditional chicken dinner, and I also happened to have some fresh dill in the…

This recipe goes out to Dan and Danny. These are super easy – so easy our son ate these for breakfast every morning for years! Below, I provide the recipe for a big batch. The mixed batter will keep in the frig for about 5 days, so you can cook them as you go, day…

Those who know me know I love to cook and to eat. Few things make me happier than starting a big pot of soup, or lying in the tub reading a cookbook. There’s a reason I spent three years designing our kitchen in East Lansing! Here’s the during and after images from that 2005 renovation: So,…

This page provides links to items that may be of use to people who have invited me to speak or are considering doing so. Cick on the item you need: one-page bio one-page bio with summary c.v. attached current speaking topics high resolution headshots and book cover images

Use the download link below to obtain a one-page bio (useful for things like speaking invitations).

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If you’d like to invite me to speak, please use my contact page. I’m always tailor my talks to suit audiences, but if you’d like a sense of what I’m generally speaking on right now, here is a sample: The Excesses of Our Successes: Challenges to free speech and open inquiry have become everyday affairs on…