Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an American vegan chef, cookbook author, former host of the vegan community access cooking show Post Punk Kitchen, and former restaurateur.

Early life Moskowitz was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She majored in fine art at the High School of Music & Art, but eventually dropped out. She also volunteered with Food Not Bombs.

Career Post Punk Kitchen

The Post Punk Kitchen began as a vegan cooking show that aired on Brooklyn and Manhattan public-access television cable TV from 2003 to 2004, and later became a recipe website.

Cookbooks

The success of The Post Punk Kitchen led her to become a cookbook author, beginning in 2005 with her first cookbook Vegan with a Vengeance.

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.

The 29-Minute Vegan: Real Food, Real Vibes, Anytime. 2026.

Foreword

Restaurants For over a decade, Moskowitz ran an independent restaurant chain, Modern Love (2014-2025). Her first restaurant opened in Omaha, Nebraska in 2014 and closed in 2024. and closed in 2025. promoting animal rights through what she calls "Culinary Activism" or "Baketivism":

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 which resulted in over $75,000 being raised. and VegNews listed her as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food."

In 2024, Food & Wine included both Veganomicon and Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week in their list of "the 20 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal" in 2024. VegNews listed Veganomicon, Super fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook, Vegan Brunch, and I Can Cook Vegan as "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024.

+ Year Awards and Honors Event 2020 Favorite Vegan Chef: Chloe Coscarelli & Isa Chandra Moskowitz (tie) VegNews: 2020 Veggie Awards 2012 Reader Picks: Favorite Cookbook Author – GOLD – Isa Chandra Moskowitz VegNews: 2012 Veggie Awards 2011 Reader Picks: People & Media – Favorite Cookbook Authors: Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero VegNews: 2011 Veggie Awards 2010 Reader Picks: Favorite Cookbook Author: Isa Chandra Moskowitz VegNews: 2010 Veggie Awards 2009 Reader Picks: Favorite Cookbook Authors: Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero VegNews: 2009 Veggie Awards 2008 Post Punk Kitchen Blog VegNews: 2008 VegBloggy Awards