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Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Moskowitz in Omaha, Nebraska, 2010
Born (1973-02-03) February 3, 1973 (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Culinary career
Cooking styleVegan
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
  • VegNews Veggie Award: Favorite Cookbook Author (2007–10)

Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an American vegan chef, cookbook author, former host of the vegan community access cooking show Post Punk Kitchen, and restaurateur.

Early life and education

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Raised in Brooklyn, New York, and having dropped out of The High School of Music & Art, where she majored in fine art, Moskowitz found herself drawn toward the punk rock scene of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the late 1980s, embracing first a vegetarian diet, then veganism.[1] She also volunteered with Food Not Bombs.[2] an anarchist organization that provides free vegan meals to the homeless and needy.

Career

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In 2023, Tasting Table named Moskowitz as one of the “21 Plant-Based Chefs You Need To Know,”[3] and VegNews listed her as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food."[4]

Post Punk Kitchen

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The inspiration to create her own cooking show, the Post Punk Kitchen, came while watching the Food Network and wondering to herself why there were no vegan shows.[5] According to Moskowitz, the show used the title The Post Punk Kitchen to signify the feeling of being "older and facing the conundrum of growing up and making compromises that their eighteen-year-old selves might hate them for".[5]

Restaurants

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In April 2008, she relocated from New York to Portland, Oregon, then to Omaha, Nebraska. Her restaurant, Modern Love, has locations in Omaha and Brooklyn.[6][7][8] Her first restaurant, Modern Love, opened in Omaha in 2014[9] and a second location opened in Brooklyn in 2016.[10]

Cookbooks

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The success of The Post Punk Kitchen led to the compilation of a cookbook, Vegan with a Vengeance, in late 2005, and a number of additional cookbooks over the years.[11][12][13]

In 2024, Food & Wine included both Veganomicon and Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week in their list of "the 20 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal" in 2024.[14]

VegNews listed Veganomicon,[15] Super fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook,[16] Vegan Brunch,[17] Isa Does It,[17] and I Can Cook Vegan[18] as "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024.

  • Vegan with a Vengeance. 2005. ISBN 1-56924-358-1
  • Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, with Terry Hope Romero. 2006. ISBN 1-56924-273-9
  • Veganomicon, with Terry Hope Romero. 2007. ISBN 1-56924-264-X
  • Vegan Brunch. 2009. ISBN 0-7382-1272-5
  • Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, with Terry Hope Romero. 2009. ISBN 1-60094-048-X
  • Appetite for Reduction. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60094-049-1
  • Vegan Pie in the Sky. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7382-1274-6
  • Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week. Little, Brown. 2013. ISBN 978-0-316-22190-0.
  • Vegan with a Vengeance, 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock. 2015. ISBN 978-0738218335
  • The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion. 2016. ISBN 978-0-316-22189-4
  • I Can Cook Vegan. 2019. ISBN 978-1419732416
  • Fake Meat: Real Food For Vegan Appetites. Abrams. 2023. ISBN 978-1419747458.[19]

Activism

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Moskowitz at a Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti event

Moskowitz is a vocal opponent of "humane meat",[20] promoting animal rights through what she calls "Culinary Activism" or "Baketivism":[21][22]

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Moskowitz posted on her blog a call for vegans to host bake sales in their home cities to fundraise for relief[23] which resulted in over $75,000 being raised.[22]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Moskin, Julia (2007-01-24). "Strict Vegan Ethics, Frosted With Hedonism". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  2. ^ "Vegan Baking & Vegan Cooking". Post Punk Kitchen. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  3. ^ Kot, Anna (2023-06-02). "21 Plant-Based Chefs You Need To Know". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  4. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (July 27, 2023). "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Moskowitz, Isa Chandra.Vegan With a Vengeance. Marlowe & Company, 2005, p. 3.
  6. ^ Post Punk Kitchen's Isa Chandra Moskowitz Talks Opening Modern Love in Brooklyn
  7. ^ Chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz Makes Vegan Work, from Omaha to Brooklyn
  8. ^ Brooklyn’s Modern Love Brings Vegan Punk Ethos to the Table
  9. ^ Baker, Lindsey Anne (2014-12-03). "Modern Love". Omaha Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  10. ^ Lynch, Scott (2016-10-11). "Williamsburg Gets A Vegan Restaurant For Grown-Ups With Modern Love" (article). Quick Bites. Gothamist. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  11. ^ Kramer, Rachel (2005-11-03). "Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Creator, Post Punk Kitchen, Author, Vegan With a Vengeance". Gothamist. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  12. ^ All Hail the Vegan Queen
  13. ^ "Secrets of the Ultimate Vegan Cookbook". NPR. Archived from the original on 2022-07-26.
  14. ^ Makhijani, Pooja (2024-08-22). "The 20 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal". Food & Wine. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  15. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time (1-24)". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  16. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time (25-49)". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  17. ^ a b Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time (50-74)". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  18. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  19. ^ NEW RELEASES IN LIFESTYLE BOOKS: WINTER 2023
  20. ^ Moskowitz, Isa Chandra (2007-05-14). "It's Wrong to Kill Meat-Eaters". Jewcy.com. Retrieved 2011-05-09.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ Moskowitz, Isa Chandra (June–July 2007). "Vegan Culinary Activism in 10 Yummy Steps". Satya. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  22. ^ a b Castoria, Elizabeth. "Vegan MoFo Returns". Vegnews.com. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  23. ^ "Vegan Bake Sales For Haiti". Post Punk Kitchen. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
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