20 Chefs Loving Plant-Forward Indulgence This Valentine’s Day
Dear Friend,
Greetings from Baltimore!
Valentine’s Day can be a time to celebrate all kinds of love and friendship. As many eaters around the world gear up to prepare a special meal to celebrate the holiday and share with loved ones, many are turning to some of the most innovative ingredients on the planet—plants. Ingenious chefs, from Boston to Ghana, are teaching us to be inventive by using familiar cooking techniques on overlooked fruits and vegetables—to create inventive and indulgent meals to impress.
Instead of a beef steak for a meaningful dinner, try chef Daisuke Nomura’s onion steak. Tal Ronnen, who has cooked for the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, inventively swaps in fresh produce for his recipe for artichoke "oysters" with tomato bearnaise and kelp caviar. And if you’re feeling ambitious, chef Jody Adams offers a few recipes for vegetable-forward, scratch-made pasta dishes.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Food Tank is highlighting 20 chefs with delicious plant-based recipes you can try at home: Alice Waters, Ana Sortun, Chloe Coscarelli, Christina Arokiasamy, Daisuke Nomura, Dan Barber, Deborah Madison, Derek and Chad Sarno, Erik Oberholtzer, Hari Pulapaka, Jody Adams, Joe Yonan, John Fraser, José Andrés, Makini Howell, Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby, Romy Gill, Selassie Atadika, Stéphanie Audet, and Tal Ronnen.
Read more about the chefs—and find their recipes—by CLICKING HERE.
How do you take sustainability into account when planning for special occasions? Email me at danielle@foodtank.com to share with us!
Sincerely,
Danielle Nierenberg
Dear Dave,
My husband and I are on Baby Step 3b, and we’re saving for a house. We’re out of debt and both of us make good money, plus we each have 20-year level term life insurance policies with coverage equaling 10 times our individual incomes. We also have an emergency fund equal to six months of expenses. I recently received a promotion at work, with a subsequent raise of $10,000. Should I update my life insurance policy to reflect this new income?
Maria
Dear Maria,
I think you’re okay right now. I’d evaluate it, and maybe update the amount every three or four years. But as you get out of debt and build wealth, and as the kids get older, the real question to ask yourselves is how much less life insurance do you need?
As your income increases and you get in better and better financial shape, it’s not going to be necessary to have 10 to 12 times your income wrapped up in life insurance policies. That’s just a starting point.
Would your husband and any kids be well taken care of based on your current life insurance amount? Would you and any kids be okay based on his life insurance? If the answer to both questions is yes, you’re good!
—Dave
(Bill dispute)
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Dear Dave,
My wife and I put her two adult kids on our cell phone plan a few years ago. We thought there would be no problem, since they were both paying their own bills. After my wife and I split up a couple of years later, we made sure everything was current, cancelled service with that company, and we all went to different providers. A debt collector called me last week saying I owed $4,000 on 19 different devices. When I called our old provider, they said I owed $4,000 on nine devices. I asked for a current, itemized statement of the devices that were still out and the bill. So far, I haven’t heard anything back. What do you think I should do?
Bob
Dear Bob,
Just keep on tearing into them. This thing won’t go away until you get everything completely rooted out. If you ignore it, chances are it’ll bite you on things like your credit bureau report. You might even find yourself the subject of some vague lawsuit years from now.
Considering the numbers you gave me, and what you know happened with the account and the devices, it sounds like someone on their end made a clerical error. More than likely, this is a case of typical incompetence on the part of a cell phone company.
You may have an uphill battle ahead of you, but I’d keep on shoveling until the barn gets clean. Stay on top of it, and don’t let them push you into giving them money if they can’t prove they’re right. You may have to hire an attorney at some point to sue them and clear your name, but hopefully it won’t come to that.
—Dave
* Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 16 million listeners each week on 600 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.
