Feeding the Hungry Ghost (35 page)

fruitcake,
191

ful,
76–79

mudammas,
77
,
78–79

funeral food,
174–76

G

Ganesh (Hindu deity),
154–55

gardening,
116–18

gefilte fish,
71–72

Genesis, Book of,
66–67
,
175

gentle nudges

ahimsa,
194

ancient grains,
91–92

balance,
154–58

baraka,
209–10
,
211

business plan, implementing,
17–19

comfort food redefinition,
79–81

cupboard stocking,
129–34

food diaries,
31

food habits, bad,
48–50

fresh vegetables,
144–45

gardening,
116–18

seasonality,
101–2

slow food,
181–82
,
184

ghosts,
161–62
,
168
,
178–79

hungry,
xix
,
150–51
,
153–54

Gibran, Kahlil,
189

ginger,
133

Glass, Philip,
156

goji berries

about,
158

steel-cut oats with,
158–59

grains

ancient,
91–92

barley and herb salad, Judeo-Christian biblical,
69–71

essential,
129–30

farrotto with greens, pine nuts, and currants,
92–94

Kamut for Mother Earth,
90–91

as livestock feed,
95–96

millet and greens for Marcella, Turkish,
29–30

refined,
92

whole grain pancakes,
24–25

See also
oats

grapefruit, pink, and fennel salad,
38–40

gratitude,
207–8

greens

baby, in roasted beet salad with chili-lime vinaigrette,
102–3

farrotto with greens, pine nuts, and currants,
92–94

gumbo z’herbes, CSA,
98–100

Kamut for Mother Earth,
90–91

steaming,
99–100

Turkish millet and, for Marcella,
29–30

winter, in Tuscan white beans and winter greens soup,
184–85

See also specific type of green

grief,
173–74

grilling,
106

guacamole,
28

gumbo z’herbes, CSA,
98–100

gursha
(Ethiopian hand-feeding custom),
xix

H

Haitian soupe joumou,
10–13

Halloween,
162–63

halvah,
27–28

hand-feeding,
xix

Hanukkah,
165
,
186
,
190–91

harira,
126–28

hazelnuts, in “We’ll always have Paris” wild mushroom salad,
201–3

hemp milk, in seed cake,
5–6

hemp seeds,
4

herbs, essential,
131–32

Hinduism,
188–90

Hippocrates,
146

hopping john,
14–17

hospitality,
65–66
,
209

hunger, deeper,
xvii
,
xxi
,
151–52
,
206–8

Hungry Ghost Festival (Hong Kong),
150–51

hungry ghost mood modifier,
152–53

Hurricane Andrew (1992),
135
,
137–42

I

ice cream,
50
,
79–80

Iftar,
121–22

impermanence,
205

India,
188–90

ingredients, essential,
129–34

Islam,
119–22

J

jalapeño chilies

African American sweet potato and peanut stew,
186–87

Haitian soupe joumou,
12–13

hopping john,
16–17

veggie bhaji,
197–98

West Indian mango madness,
186–87

jam, red onion,
63–64

Jaques, Florence Page,
23–24

jasmine,
113

Jeremiah, Book of,
105–6

jicama, in roasted beet salad with chili-lime vinaigrette,
102–3

Job, Book of,
110–11

John, Gospel of,
69

Joyce, James,
55

Judaism,
9
,
19–22
,
71–74
,
119
,
166

Judeo-Christian biblical barley and herb salad,
69–71

juice, calories from,
32

junk food,
139

K

kale

chips,
146–47

farrotto with greens, pine nuts, and currants,
92–94

with fennel, cranberries, and walnuts, Thanksgiving,
180–81

red lentil soup with Indian spices,
176–78

Tuscan white beans and winter greens soup,
184–85

Kamut for Mother Earth,
89–91

Kanner, Aaron,
57–59
,
173
,
179

Kanner, Ellen

childhood of,
xvii–xviii
,
19–24
,
25–29
,
57–61
,
86–87
,
106–7
,
108–9
,
144

family dinners,
57–62

friend’s death and,
170–73
,
178–79

garden of,
110
,
117–18
,
161

holidays as celebrated by,
162–63
,
165
,
178–80
,
191
,
198–99

in Hong Kong,
150

hunger experienced by,
151–52

during Hurricane Andrew (1992),
137–42

journalistic career of,
xviii

marriage of,
33–34
,
88
,
134–35
,
199

Moroccan trip of,
120–22
,
124–26

Paris anniversary trip of,
199–201
,
203–6

religious beliefs,
8–9
,
65–69

soda habit of,
31–33

in Tokyo,
88
,
134
,
147–48

as vegan,
65–69
,
71
,
144–45

volunteer efforts of,
9–11

Kanner, Marcella,
25–28
,
57–60
,
65
,
173
,
179

Keats, John,
116

Kwanzaa,
186
,
192

L

Lahey, Jim,
182

lavender

about,
54n

tea,
54

Lawrence, D. H.,
xv–xvi

Laws of Manu, The,
196

legumes, essential,
129

lemon(s)

amorous cardamom apple crumble,
47–48

broccoli with mint and,
145–46

harira,
127–28

hopping john,
16–17

Judeo-Christian biblical barley and herb salad,
69–71

Moroccan carrot salad,
107–8

pickles, Indian,
28

red lentil soup with Indian spices,
176–78

seed cake,
5–6

spring pea puree,
64–65

summer tomato salad with za’atar,
118–19

veggie bhaji,
197–98

when-all-else-fails pasta,
139–44

zucchini bread,
81–82

lemon(s), preserved

about,
212n

vegetable couscous with olives and,
211–13

lentil(s)

health benefits of,
41–42

soup, deep, basic comfort,
41–43

lentil(s), red

ful mudammas,
78–79

rice in the Sahara,
122–23

soup, with Indian spices,
176–78

limburger cheese,
28

lime(s)

chili-lime vinaigrette,
102–3

West Indian mango madness,
114–15

lobsters,
34

“Locksley Hall” (Tennyson),
51–52

lychees,
111
,
150

Lyon (France),
187–88

M

mac and cheese,
80

mango(es),
111–12

madness, West Indian,
114–15

peeling,
112–13

roasted beet salad with chili-lime vinaigrette,
102–3

Marc (author’s friend),
171–73
,
176

Marcel (author’s friend),
10–12

Marrakech (Morocco),
120–21

matzo,
73–76