[april]If you’re a food enthusiast like me and even if you’re not but you have been anywhere in the lifestyle news spectrum lately – like the second hour of the Today Show – you most likely have heard the lectures on family dining including that from a new book The … Read More
I could rename this health nut bar for my sister, Leslie, who gave me this recipe and whose cholesterol and waist measure 24 and 23 respectively, but I feel way too sassy when I saysah-wag. Named swag not for confident strides taken from having made the perfect treat, but for … Read More
Persimmon was more a color to me and not a food I prepared or paid attention until I received two persimmons from the farm. I am the first to admit that my family lives in a fresh food rut. Carrots, green beans, broccoli, strawberries, bananas and the like keep working … Read More
Getting real food on the table isn’t our only challenge. How we speak about food to our families is just as important as how we prepare it. We are up against the billion dollar packaged and fast food marketing budgets. You don’t see anyone making a song and dance number … Read More
When cold rainy days happen to Southern California, it might as well be the Canadian Rockies in January. This is our cold season, the trigger that brings out Uggs, woolen coats, and scarves and gives us a long overdue excuse to stay inside. We had two days of California winter … Read More