Therapeutic chef

Well, that was a long hiatus, wasn’t it? I have a good excuse. Really. Here it is: I’ve been moving. Since my last post? No, but it certainly feels like it. Moving is physically, [...]

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 [...]

Sometimes there’s nothing better for dinner than breakfast. It feels a little decadent, a tad indulgent and super comforting. But apart from good old bacon and eggs, the trouble with most [...]

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 [...]

For three years I’ve had a little Calamondin citrus tree growing in a pot in my backyard. This year was the first that it bore any fruit and was the first time I had an opportunity to taste [...]

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? [...]

It’s early December 2015 and I’m reeling from the most recent series of mass shootings, the embarrassing, horrifying shit show that is our electoral process, recent stories of police brutality, [...]