Gut health

In April I had the opportunity to take a class from someone I have long admired and whose book, The New Wildcrafted Cuisine, I own: Pascal Baudar. Despite this admiration, it took me a while to [...]

It is spring and everything is coming up roses, including this pretty pink chia seed pudding I concocted! It is delicious, lightly sweet, loaded with antioxidants, fiber, and flavor. And it is [...]

Last month I spent a day in San Francisco at the 2017 Winter Fancy Food Show with fellow food bloggers Edie Eats and GiraSole Creation. During the four or so hours we were there I managed to [...]

Being a woman of a certain age (fine, it’s 52) who is dealing with certain hormonal fluctuations (thanks, perimenopause!), I began experimenting with herbs and potions to help stave off the [...]

So the (relatively) cool fall-like weather we’re experiencing this week in California is taking me back in time to my elementary school days and that time-honored tradition of the [...]

I have a confession to make: while I was in culinary school I had a spicy little fling with a Spaniard I met there. In the heady, early days of the romance, my love interest seemed to make [...]

A few weeks ago, the first little pickling cucumbers of the season appeared in my garden. I have been waiting (im)patiently for them since last December when I ate the last pickle from the [...]

I grow several varieties of lavender in my garden but my hands-down favorite is Lavandula agustafolia ‘Melissa’. It has pretty, pale pink flowers that sit at the end of long delicate stems. It is [...]

The list below includes a few of the things that I was pondering before I drifted  off to sleep one night a few weeks ago: What is growing in my garden and/or in season that I can ferment now? [...]

And so here we are again, looking at poop and the microbes that appear in it. As promised, I’m going share some details about my husband’s American Gut Project test results. But first a bit of [...]