January 1, 2025

Boring Plant-Based Dishes? ‘Not in My Kitchen!’

For more than 10 years, Chef Narisa James has “served” up highly stylized and trend-setting masterpieces to hundreds of guests who visit her at New York Vintners in the equally stylish and trendy TriBeCa neighborhood located in Downtown Manhattan.

As a Guyanese, NYC-born chef, Narisa does not do boring. It is not in her DNA. And there’s hardly any type of food that she can’t turn from drab to fab. So when DION asked: What can you do with Cauliflower? She replied: “What can’t you do?”

 

 

What can you do with Cauliflower? She replied: “What can’t you do?”

 

She says they are very versatile and easy to work with as an ingredient, side or main dish. Plus the mother of two says that when it comes to nutrition, cauliflower is bad ass. Cauliflower is high in vitamins C and K, a good source of folate, which supports cell growth and is ideal during pregnancy. It also happens to be fat-free and cholesterol free. 

When it comes to working with cauliflower, the chef has turned the cruciferous vegetable into gluten-free pizza crust. She has pickled them for antipasti spreads. She has turned them into vegan “chicken wings” and vegetarian schnitzel. And she has turned cauliflower into rice and used it in stir fry dishes. And now she is sharing with DION how to prepare a deliciously flavorful Cauliflower Steak with Chimichurri sauce. 

For more cooking and food styling ideas, visit the Chef on Instagram @chefnarisa.

SUBSCRIBE to the free Digital Flip version of DION for the Roasted Cauliflower Steak recipe and prep, as well as her Chimichurri recipe to finish it off.

 

 

 

 

 

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Charles Springfield is a certified sommelier, wine educator and book author in New York City. His mission is to help promote wine appreciation through education in the form of classes, events and various forms of media. He has been working in wine in NYC for the last 15 years. His first book, “The Less is More Approach to Wine,” works to deliver wine education in easy to understand and manageable servings. He wants to help wine lovers create a deeper, more personal relationship with wine. In the summer of 2020, Charles released a new book called “Maneuvering Rosé Wine With Style” focused on educating consumers about the rosé wine category and rosé styles from around the world. In January 2025, Charles became publisher and editor-in-chief of DION, a digital wine/lifestyle monthly magazine, centering stories on the Black community and marginalized cousin-communities. For more info, visit @thewinestylings and @dionwinelifemagazine on Instagram or at www.charlesspringfield.com.

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