About Ruth

Ruth standing next to her small garden.

Welcome to Sinful Kitchen

Vegan Recipes for Everyone!

Hi, I’m Ruth, a vegan with decades of cooking and restaurant experience. I started this blog to share my love of food with others and to help people make delicious vegan Mediterranean recipes at home.

All of my recipes are tested and retested in my home kitchen before publishing. In some of my photos, you might see my favorite testers: my beagles. Although I never take their scarfing as an endorsement….

My Food Background

I grew up with a single mom in Denver, Colorado. While my mom was a great cook, she rarely had time in the kitchen. When she did cook, it was often Lebanese or Mediterranean inspired.

Since she didn’t have much time to cook, my sister and I often made our own meals. That’s when I discovered how much I loved being in the kitchen and creating recipes.

My knowledge of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foods expanded when I backpacked in the region for several months. I tried as many different vegan and vegetarian recipes as I could. In the decades since, I have worked at mastering that style of cooking.

2 year old Ruth with Chocolate all over face

Readers Favorite Recipes

What You Will Find on Sinful Kitchen


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I consider myself a vegan and a plant-based blogger. I am vegan because I am dedicated to protecting animals by avoiding products made from or tested on them, and I am plant-based because I am committed to creating whole-food recipes.

What You Will Not Find On My Blog

  • Recipes made with animal products, except a few old vegetarian recipes.
  • Advice, it’s not what I am about.
  • Judgment (did I mention I am happily married to a carnivore?)
  • Julia Child recipes, with the exception of one vegetarian quiche recipe, although she is the GOAT in my book!
Ruth holding a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Finally…

When not cooking or baking, I have this thing for rescuing beagles. I am partial to the oldies.

Lucy the beagle staring at the camera.

Lucy

Rescued at 6

Hank the beagle staring at the camera.

Hankie-Poo

Rescued at 5

Ellie the beagle looking off to the side.

Ellie

Rescued at 1

Dolly the beagle staring at the camera.

Dolly

Rescued at 10

Buddy the beagle on a bed.

Buddy

Rescued at 13

June Bug resting on a shoe.

Juni

Rescued at 4

“You don’t need to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces,
Just good, recipes from fresh
ingredients.”
Julia child