Isa Chandra Moskowitz

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 SideofManhattan in the late 1980s, embracing first a vegetarian diet, then veganism.^[1] She also volunteered with Food Not Bombs.^[2]ananarchist organization that provides free vegan meals to the homeless and needy.

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.^[3] 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".^[3]

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.^[4][5][6] Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week was named one of the best 16 cookbooks for 2023 by Food & Wine,^[7]

Her first restaurant, Modern Love, opened in Omaha in 2014^[8] and a second location opened in Brooklyn in 2016.^[9]

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.^[10][11][12]

Moskowitz is a vocal opponent of "humane meat",^[13] promoting animal rights through what she calls "Culinary Activism" or "Baketivism":^[14][15]

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^[16] which resulted in over $75,000 being raised.^[15]

Cookbooks

• 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.^[17]

Articles

• 10 Essential Pantry Staples, According to Chefs, Vegetarian Times, May 17, 2022.
• Don’t fear the vegan at your Thanksgiving table, CNN, November 21, 2014.

• Animal rights and punk subculture

• Official website
• Isa Chandra Moskowitz - CNBC Make It