What’s Not to Love About Paris?

I’m a city girl at heart. I love the sensory stimulation, the food, the pace … even the panic I feel when I find myself not at all sure how to find my way out of a confusing neighborhood or off a street that is blocked because a school has been evacuated due to a

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Grains Be GOOD!

Do you remember when whole grains were considered healthy? You’d walk into a really good bakery or step up to the wholesome breads booth at your local farmers market and say, “I’ll take the seven grain loaf.” And it would feel warm in the bag under your arm and you’d take it home and slice

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Not Your Grandma’s Cherry Pie

Let me begin by saying that I am NOT a pastry chef but I DO love pie and this summer I decided I was going to try my hand at pie making so that I could add a pie (or two, or three) to my luscious legacy project. (Which is growing by the way.) As

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Play: The Highest Form of Research (Einstein)

My study has taken on a whole new look and feel this summer. It started back in February when the person I hired to install some new bookshelves badly damaged my newly installed floors. I had to wait five months to get them replaced because my floor guy had moved on. Understandably. My books waited

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The 10-Minute Meal

It’s been a busy and flavorful summer. I’ve been entertaining my Eat Your Way to Gorgeous community with ‘gorgeous’ recipes and glowing tips for fresher more vibrant meals and they’ve been entertaining me with photos of their food forays. One gorgeous idea leads to another … and another … and another!   Is your mouth

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What’s She Reading? (summer ’15)

It’s summer! I don’t know about you but I think summer calls for more reading. PLEASURE reading. This past winter I had to pack many of my books in boxes while we installed wood flooring throughout the house and in my office/study. That project took much longer than we anticipated due to a crazy set

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Dear Dad … I Want to Remember

“He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” ~Clarence Budington Kelland The last full sentence I heard my dad say while he was still lucid was, “That’s okay. You can go now.” Trouble was, I had just arrived. All the way from Virginia. And even though I

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His & Hers (Parallel Play at the Table)

The other day I was having an email conversation with a client and I decided it really needed to be a blog post because the content was hilarious and I know it speaks to a universal struggle in the kitchen. How do we please EVERYONE? Most of you know my white-on-white stories because you have

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California Dreamin’ (Santa Barbara, CA)

My husband and I have a challenge when we travel. It’s food. For me, food is a HUGE part of the travel experience. I don’t even consider a destination if there isn’t an interesting food culture to explore; I like to eat my way through a city. On a recent trip I shared some of

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Panic Attack

art by Robin Moulyn: robinmoulynart.com Panic Attack I boarded that plane with trepidation just a few weeks after yet another plane made its untimely, tragic descent. This one at the hands of a pilot deciding to end his life, and with it, the lives of 149 innocent unsuspecting travelers. I look out the window gripping

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