Garbanzos with Spinach and "Betta Feta"

This recipe comes from Jo Stepaniak, who published a flurry of vegan cookbooks in the 1990s and early 2000s, including Ecological Cooking: Recipes to Save the Planet in 1992. I guess there are some things we’ve known for a long time!

Stepaniak’s The Uncheese Cookbook was an instant classic and a valued guide for those who wanted recipes for the food that’s notoriously hardest to give up. This hugely innovative book underwent a revision on its 10th anniversary, but in many cases I still go to the recipe in the original book, like this one for a piquant and satisfying lemony chickpea stew. I am making it this evening, with some kale from my friend Amie Hamlin’s veganic garden! (Amie is Executive Director of the Coalition for Healthy School Food.) Enjoy!