Our top vegetarian recipes (oh hey， Earth Day)

With a crash course on plants and our fave NA beer.

Food52 sent this email to their subscribers on April 21, 2024.

Good Morning. Tomorrow’s Earth Day. To celebrate, I’m reducing my carbon footprint through the following measures:\xa0

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1. Only flying private.Since I’m banned from most airlines after implementingthe snacking recommendations from this old Food52 article(see: tuna sandwich), won’t fly Boeing, and can’t afford to fly private—I expect my transit emissions to plummet.\xa0

2. Cooking more Lucas Sin recipes.My goal is to eat less meat but consume more flavor—and when it comes to developing deep flavor in vegetables and tofu, few chefs top Lucas. Here arenine of his best recipes(I especially lovethe tofuandstir-fried greens).

3. Responsibly Drinking More Mezcal.A theory: The more often I make thisMezcal Amaro cocktailfor friends, the more likely my peers will want to hang in my backyard for the night instead of ubering to every bar in and around town. So, technically speaking, that’s an emissions reduction.\xa0

There’s no right way to eat greener—your food induced carbon footprint will always depend on location, lifestyle, and more factors than we could begin to count.However,generally speaking, eating more vegetable-forward meals should help reduce your environmental impact. Here areour 52 best vegetarian recipes:

Crispy Yangyeom Chickpeas With Caramelized Honey

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Ovenly’s Secretly Vegan Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies\xa0

Turmeric-Roasted Cauliflower With Pistachio Gremolata\xa0

Marcella Hazan’s White Bean Soup With Garlic And Parsley

Taxes might be over, but Test Kitchen director and Food52 environmental ombudsman Alison Buford Bruns isn’t done with auditing, as this week she set out toinvestigate just how green the Food52 team is.

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If you want your home to becomevisuallygreener, watch ourmost recent episode ofThat’s Cool. Who Made It?A crash course on houseplants shot in the verdant showroom ofNYC’s premier botanic design company, the video’s packed with beautiful plants and horticultural insights. Watch ithere.\xa0

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Next week we’ll reach Round 3 of the Tournament of Salads—and we’d love help deciding which contenders will make the Super [Salad] Bowl. See who’s left in the game andsign up to be a judge.

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And looking further ahead, on May 2nd we’re hosting a Taco Night at Food52 HQ with special guest Bricia Lopez. She’ll be making tacos and salads from her cookbookAsada,as well as leading a salsa-making demo. You can sign uphere.\xa0

Earlier this week, nonalcoholic beer company Athletic Brewing becameone of the 10 largest craft breweries in the United States. Whenour team tasted 31 nonalcoholic beers, we loved Athletic but it wasn’t our top choice.\xa0

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That spot was reserved forBrooklyn Brewery Special Effects, which commanded tasting notes like “good bite,” “HELL YEAH,” and “deep fake—I wouldn’t know it was NA.”