Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an American vegan chef, cookbook author, former host of the vegan community access cooking show ''

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'', and restaurateur.

Early life and education

Raised in Brooklyn,

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, 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

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of Manhattan in the late 1980s, embracing first a vegetarian diet, then veganism. She also volunteered with

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. an

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organization that provides free vegan meals to the homeless and needy.

Career

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

''Post Punk Kitchen''

The inspiration to create her own cooking show, the ''

,'' came while watching the Food Network and wondering to herself why there were no vegan shows.Moskowitz, Isa Chandra.''Vegan With a Vengeance''. Marlowe & Company, 2005, p. 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".

Restaurants

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.Post Punk Kitchen's Isa Chandra Moskowitz Talks Opening Modern Love in Brooklyn
/ref> Her first restaurant, Modern Love, opened in Omaha in 2014 and a second location opened in Brooklyn in 2016.

Cookbooks

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. In 2023, ''

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'' listed both ''Veganomicon'' and ''Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week'' as 16 best vegan cookbooks for the year, and also named ''Isa Does It'' as one of “The 18 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal." VegNews listed ''Veganomicon,'' ''Super fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook,'' ''Vegan Brunch,'' ''Isa Does It,'' and ''I Can Cook Vegan'' as "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024. *''Vegan with a Vengeance''. 2005. *''Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World'', with Terry Hope Romero. 2006. *''Veganomicon'', with Terry Hope Romero. 2007. *''Vegan Brunch''. 2009. *''Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar'', with Terry Hope Romero. 2009. *''Appetite for Reduction''. 2010. *''Vegan Pie in the Sky''. 2011. * *''Vegan with a Vengeance, 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock''. 2015. *''The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion''. 2016. *''I Can Cook Vegan''. 2019. *

Activism

Moskowitz is a vocal opponent of "humane meat", promoting animal rights through what she calls "Culinary Activism" or "Baketivism": After the

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, Moskowitz posted on her blog a call for vegans to host bake sales in their home cities to fundraise for relief which resulted in over $75,000 being raised.

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