Cooking & Enjoying Delicious, Healthy Meals

I grew up in a family of food fanatics, outstanding cooks, and passionate, overindulging eaters - and growing up in Granny's kitchen, it was impossible not to fall in love with food!

Cooking and enjoying delicious, nutritious meals is essential to a healthy body, mind and spirit - and that's why I want to share with you tips, techniques and tricks from my experiences as a professional chef, recipe developer and private chef.

Latest Five Blog Posts

Don’t Burst All Your Bubbles

Find out what Stanford and my favorite food chemist Harold McGee discovered about keeping your bubbly to retain its effervescence longer after the bottle is opened…

Chipotle Chili in Adobo

Chipotle is a jalapeno all grown-up, ripened, smoked, and slightly shriveled. You can buy them dried, but I prefer the canned chipotle in a spiced tomato sauce called adobo. It’s the secret to my spicy lime mayo – a delight for anyone who appreciates the heat, depth, and tang that chilies bring to the meal.

Decadent 100 Calorie Snacks

Healthy snacks under 100 calories have been the topic of morning TV segments, in blogs and in magazines, but I find that some of those snacks mentioned don’t satisfy me when I’m really hungry before meal time. So here are some ideas for snacking on real foods that are under 100 calories each!

How to Appease a Sweet Tooth

You shouldn’t feel guilty for craving sweets! It’s a natural, biological urge to crave sugar since it’s the fastest form of fuel for the body. But as lives become more sedentary and processed foods have less of the nutrients we need, limiting sugar becomes more and more important to maintain a healthy weight and a healthy body. I’ll show you some easy ways to do it.

Eat with Your Eyes

While I was searching for nutritional info for cracker packets, I came across these hilarious pewter snack crackers and pretzels – reminding me that there are many ways to appreciate food beyond eating it!

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