Plant-based foodie

Bake and Destroy if you dare

Smart, sassy, and colorful, this vegan chef has produced a book that is jammed with stories, opinions, clear directions, tips, tricks, and blessedly user-friendly, exotic-ingredient-free recipes.

Tradition lives on with La Chamba cookware

Everyone knows you can never have enough beautiful cookware. Everywhere I travel I always manage to find a new must-have gorgeous pot. Somehow even humble rice dishes take on a more exotic air served in the traditional manner. Well-known throughout Colombia with origins that can be traced back at least […]

Be bold in the kitchen

I don’t know when i went crazy for aprons but lately I’ve been appreciating the value of covering my clothes with something spatterproof. My latest cover-all is by Anna Chandler Designs and I feel uplifted just pulling this crisp cotton piece of modern art out of the drawer. Seriously, start your collection soon because aprons are IN.

REVIEW: Awesome and grateful

LOS ANGELES: “I am Awesome”, I unabashedly told the server, who with great sincerity nodded in agreement. “You will love that”, he enthused. “And I am Humble,” one of my dining friends countered.   “I am Vivacious !”  our friend chipped in. But it’s like that at Cafe Gratitude: Even before […]

Supremely grateful for this LA cafe

LOS ANGELES: “I am Awesome”, I unabashedly told the server, who with great sincerity nodded in agreement. “You will love that”, he enthused. “And I am Humble,” one of my dining friends countered.   “I am Vivacious !”  our friend chipped in. But it’s like that at Cafe Gratitude: Even before […]