Cooking

I feel like salads during a holiday meal are always the bridesmaid and never the bride. They’re usually an afterthought.  “Why would you want to waste valuable stomach space on a [...]

I should have titled this post “How to eat a pomegranate and not destroy your kitchen with red juice”.  Pomegranates are sweet and delicious, in season during the Fall and Winter [...]

The best part of Thanksgiving for me was always waking up early to help my mom make pumpkin pies. It was the first order of business for the day and always resulted in a taste test of our [...]

I’ve never felt in such good shape physically as  I do now.  I exercise consistently and I eat a healthy balance of foods.  There was a time however, about 15 years ago, where I felt like a [...]

Growing up and living in Los Angeles, I am definitely a warm weather lady.  Cold weather and I do not get along; however, if I have to experience cooler Fall/Winter weather, I will sacrifice so [...]

I asked myself the following question the other day: why are turkey meatballs called turkey MEATballs?  Why aren’t they called turkeyballs or poultryballs?  Perhaps proteinballs? Meatballs [...]

I’ve been hearing a lot of excuses lately from people I know as to why they don’t shop at a farmers’ market. Starting today, I’m going to give you reasons why you should [...]

We all go through phases in life where we overuse a word or phrase until it gets to a point where people start pointing it out and making fun of you. Apparently, I used to repeatedly exclaim, [...]