Returning food to the sacred
Our first ever Food Practice Calendar! I’m so excited. I wanted to create something for my kitchen that rounded out the Food Practice experience. A visual that would be a reminder of the intentions I wanted to hold while preparing food for my little family. I think you’ll love it as much as I do. […]
I posted this picture on Instagram the other day and it went to both my Twitter and Facebook feed. Almost immediately I got this comment from Vincent Mina of Maui Aloha Aina: “Yea baby I can feel the heat” When Jon and I saw the comment, we instantly started laughing. The heat and spice of […]
“Then I asked the Roshi if he had any advice for me as the cook. His answer was straightforward and down-to-earth: ‘When you wash the rice, wash the rice; when you cut the carrots, cut the carrots; when you stir the soup, stir the soup.’ ‘Ok,’ I decided, ‘I’ll make those words my life.’ They […]
Snacking has always been something I do on the run or while doing something else. Typically, I’ll be between meals, at my desk working and a little pang hits my tummy. In truth, it’s some of the most unconscious eating I do. I’ll just nosh while working. It’s not even about what I’m eating or […]
I’ve been back on the mainland, all over California, for the last month. My reasons for coming here were about the launch of this book that I did the photography for, and am co creating the online magazine for. (so much more on this later!) As you know though, I’m from California, and have […]
A list of what stands out and I can remember: Idyllwild San Francisco Maui Pennsylvania Joshua Tree Slow Food Maui Food Swaps Belly Dancers Pregnancy Books Baby Food Books Amazing friends Kula Fields Moving Art Show Cafe Aroma WordCamp x 2 Bertha May, the Jeep Skype 2 year Dread-iversary 8 year love-iversary Frittatas Gluten Free […]
We sit at the end of 2011, and I love the feeling that this time is a natural pause. We sit back and take an inhale, grateful for another year lived, hopeful for what is to come. Despite all the articles written about how e never follow through with resolutions created at this time of […]
It’s been a busy food year around these parts. New state, new home, new kitchen. There has been quite a bit of travel, loads of restaurants and a cook book photographed and scheduled to be released next year. I’ve joined Slow Food Maui, and have begun to finally pull together a plan for a book […]
In the 8 years, Jon and I have been together, this Thanksgiving was the first one we spent alone. Just he and I, in our new home in Maui. He had mentioned being a bit disappointed that we were in fact going to be alone, and both of us realized that our friends, the ones […]
