New 6 Week Filmed Series in Encinitas, (San Diego) called Food for Thought!

Special Invitation to my Favorite Foodies! I have created, for your personal pleasure, a terrific 6 Week Series in Encinitas with a fabulous panel of experts on various topics….. at Jamroc 101 (yeah mon!) in Encinitas. Sunday: 5:30pm-7:30pm – enjoy a special ‘tasters plate’ of authentic Caribbean food plus a soda FREE (with paid ticket). Happy Hour … Read more

Making Raw Crackers – SuperFood Recipes!

Superfood Recipes -Making Raw Crackers For a very long time (it feels like forever), I have enjoyed the friendship of a girlfriend named Zuni up in Lagunitas (near San Francisco). I used to import and design clothing from Bali and she was in her ‘dying to go to Bali’ beginnings…. and I shared my experiences … Read more

Vegan Lasagna

There’s hope Virginia! The kids will grow up, move away and have their new boyfriends…..with their OWN kitchens, and when things are important enough it will be “Mom…you really need to show me how to do this”. That’s what happened this week, when my daughter’s Vegan boyfriend was coming to dinner and she wanted to … Read more

Time to stand up for GMO Labeling!

I always talk about this…. how recently it seems that we are reading that most breadcrumbs are back into hydrogenated oil (something our bodies don’t process) because they think we’ve somehow forgotten it’s not good for us…. Either that, or perhaps they think we’re no longer reading labels. Which brings me to the topic of … Read more

6 week Summer Series requiring Experts and Restaurants with private rooms.

mm@ChefMarian.com I have a new Summer Series that I am doing with San Diego Foodies called Food &…… (topic), gathering a panel of experts or people with knowledge in their field to discuss some of the issues (some say do it this way, others say do it that way) along with food I prepare or … Read more

Leftover Sunday

  So, last night we decided to put together appetizers and pair that with wine. Nice light dinner, then a movie in front of a rip roaring fireplace. One of the things I decided to do was take my original polenta and add parmesan/gouda/sun dried tomato (as a coating). Mmmmm.   So here we are … Read more