salt

I feel like tackling the topic of salt today. Lower sodium diets, low salt, reduced sodium, etc. What does it all mean? Is salt sodium and is sodium salt? What’s the deal? Let’s start… Read More →

what’s in season

hello all! i hope that you and your family made it through hurricane sandy safely. my family has been keeping friends and family warm these past few days until their power returns and… Read More →

the future of food

check this out: deborah koons garcia is making her documentary, “the future of food”, FREE to view until the november 6th election (when california votes on prop 37)! i watched it last night… Read More →

to label or not to label

you may or may have not heard that california is gearing up to vote on proposition 37, which would require manufacturers to clearly label all food and food products that contain genetically modified… Read More →

kale and cherry tomatoes

what you’ll need: olive oil 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 bunch kale, destemmed and chopped into large pieces handful cherry tomatoes, halved salt pepper how to make it: add oil to coat… Read More →

chew on this…

A poster from the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration during World War I, circa 1914-1918. So true! source: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/05/american-food-posters-from-world-war-i-and-ii/

happy st. patty’s day!

Tonight, my friend Sara and I whipped up some cupcakes in honor of St. Patty’s Day (and in honor of our tastebuds). Dark chocolate Guinness with Bailey’s buttercream frosting. I was feeling inspired… Read More →

in boca al lupo!

Today, my dear friend Tahnee is moving from the Finnish Arctic to beautiful Switzerland! I want to wish her all the best as she begins her new job (yeah, girl!) and a new… Read More →

leap year latte

happy leap year, folks! i plan on getting in an extra latte this year.  i mean, why not, right!? what extra will you get in?

first president chicken nugget

This cracked me up and I had to share…a woman in Dakota has been secretly hiding a chicken McNugget that looks like George Washington in her freezer for 3 years! And if you… Read More →