This was my first ever BlogHer conference to attend. It seemed appropriate for me to attend their Food conference and since it landed in Austin this year I was happy to be asked to speak. I gave a class on video equipment with my partner in crime Heather from Healthy Eating Starts Here. You can…
Every week is Hemp Week in my book! Hemp has been on the “IN” list for years. It’s one of the most well known “superfoods”. But for some reason I didn’t get on the hemp train until this year. I’ve had it in smoothies and dressings at restaurants, but didn’t start using it on the…
“Bringing people together isn’t a luxury, but rather an essential component to our spiritual well-being.” – Russell Simmons This quote pretty much sums up the past weekend for me. I need to connect with others who are like-minded and share (at least some of) the same values and ethics as me. It fuels, refreshes, inspires,…
March Cooking By Color – Orange I’m kind of in love with kabocha squash. I first learned about this hard-skinned squash in culinary school. Since macrobiotics is heavily influenced by Japanese foods we cooked kabocha in a number of different ways. Fried, steamed, pureed in soups, made into desserts, you name it. It’s naturally sweet…
March Cooking By Color – Orange Today’s recipe features the most orange fruit of them all: the orange! I really wanted to do a dessert for you because it’s been forever. Orange juice and zest really lends itself to cakes, cupcakes, muffins, pastries and desserts of any kind in my book. Many years ago rose…
February Cooking By Color – White, Brown, Black Terry Hope Romero’s new cookbook, Vegan Eats World, is one of the best cookbooks to come out recently. Being a world traveler I’m a big fan of a full color cookbook that features some of my favorite foods from across the globe. It’s almost like the noodle…