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Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with special times with family and friends. By New Year’s day I am ready for healthy food. The sweets and rich food, even when you try to watch it, can get the best of you. I find my body starts craving healthy and fresh. Today, I…
Lately I have been watching what I eat and even trying a great detox where I lost 11 pounds in a month. Two months later I still have the 16 pounds off! In the process I have been trying to identify healthy alternatives to the food I normally might gravitate too. When cooking is a…
Today we are talking about going back to school. Our guest is Karen Ehman who shares ways to open your home up to others and how to find time to eat with your family. Here are few ideas for first day of school: 1. Take a picture of your kids in the same place each…
I was so happy to see figs reappear recently. It was just a year ago that I discovered this luscious fruit. For the first fig recipe this year I went simple making a fig stuffed with goat cheese, sprinkled with bacon and finished with a drizzle of honey. Simple but so good. These Baked Figs…
This weekend seemed to go by in a blur. On Saturday we raised over $2300 at the National Food Blogger Bake Sale. Raising money to end childhood hunger, the bake sale was part of Share Our Strengths Great American Bake Sale. The Los Angeles salewas held at BLD restaurant and the place was jam packed…
I made these Rosemary Thyme Pita Chips for my Oscar party a few weeks ago. I saw the recipe on Food 52 and knew this would be a good one. The honey coated pita sprinkled with fresh herbs and sea salt makes for a crisp and tasty chip. You can play around with it….
Each month a group of my friends have been gathering to talk about social media. Each of us has projects we are working on. One designs clothes, another designs invitations, a few of us blog and one is in real estate. It has turned into a rich evening of sharing with friends. We hold each…
I’ve been serving up sweet after sweet here and thought it might be time to take a break from Holiday Baking. Today I am serving up a delicious Roasted Pepper Soup with Puff Pastry. Years ago I visited Domaine Chandon in Napa and had this amazing dinner that started with a Tomato Soup topped with…
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There is nothing better than gathering with those you love and sharing a wonderful meal. Family meals are a chance to deepen relationships and share our lives. Lingering around the table opens up opportunities to relax and talk. No one…
I have a passion for trying new recipes and updating recipes but at Thanksgiving there is one tradition that never gets updated – Chex Mix. As a little girl I would get to Aunt Ginny’s or my Grandparents and run to the living room to find the bowl full of Chex Mix. It is a…
It was the hottest week ever here in Southern California. Really it has never been hotter in California than earlier in the week. Did I mention my car air conditioning broke? It was 110 degrees. I was happy to jump a plane to New York and escape the heat. Yet, I still turned my oven…
Have you ever tasted something new and wondered how you could have missed out. That is how I felt about figs. I tasted one a few years ago but didn’t like it. On my recent trip to Napa I tasted Joanne’s brandied figs and fell in love. I have been missing out on a wonderfully…