Over the past few years, grocery stores have been awash in new plant-based proteins. But some of the most reliable, nutritious options have been around for hundreds, even thousands, of years. I’m ...

This word once conjured up beige visions of heath food stores, with that medicinal smell of wellness. It also sparked bad food memories. Like a Christmas dinner I once spent in Sichuan, that was ...

More and more people are eating less and less meat, and there are lots more choices than ever before for vegetarians, vegans, and meat-reducers who want something plant-based but with the texture and ...

But first, what the heck is tempeh? Unlike tofu, which is made by curdling fresh, hot soy milk with a coagulant, tempeh is made by fermenting cooked soybeans with a mold. OK, so the two don't sound ...

Whether it's pan-fried or baked into crispy snacks, the Indonesian soybean cake called tempeh is catching on in America as an alternative to meat. For the residents of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, it ...

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Back in January, I was so bold as to issue a hopeful call that 2015 might be the Year of Tempeh. The reasons: a growing interest in plant-based eating and an also-growing realization that fermented ...

Tofu and tempeh are increasingly common sources of plant-based protein. Regardless of whether you’re vegetarian, they can be nutritious foods to include in your diet. While both of these soy-based ...