Some things seem too decadent, too cumbersome, and too indulgent to be easy. And that’s just how it should seem when you serve easy, breezy strawberry crepes on Valentine’s Day in the morning before you send your loved ones off into the world to be among the people who love … Read More
[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
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
Let’s take a lesson out of the Mary Poppins handbook, only instead of spoonful we’ll go with sprinkle and instead of medicine we’ll go with cucumbers. A hint, and we mean a hint, of sugar in a salad or onbitter leafy greens will better balance the flavor for those young … Read More