I’m Kate, a plant-based (and fungi-based) chef in the Hudson Valley. I use this newsletter to write about food and health — where health encompasses nutrition, mental balance in a destabilizing world, and the resilience of our communities.

Sunday letters are usually personal essays or interviews with people who cook about ingredients they use, and Fridays are subscriber-only recipes — often vegan, always vegetarian.

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I’m a plant-based chef in the Hudson Valley, and I write about cooking as a form of creative expression and a way to connect with our communities and ecosystems. I send out biweekly essays and interviews as well as recipes for paid subscribers.

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Kate is a Brooklyn-based chef and cooking teacher, who loves to work with vegetables and mushrooms in fun and weird ways. Her goal is to help people of all ages learn to trust their own tastes in the kitchen and express themselves through cooking.