Del Mar Fairgrounds 2014 Cooking Show Footage

Every week, starting this week, I will give you some footage from the Del Mar Fairgrounds this summer. I do Cooking Classes on an outdoor stage 4 times every summer (not selling a product – just me giving you what I know about Food and Nutrition), but this year? I bumped it up a notch by featuring other chefs, home … Read more

Style that table! Have some fun with vegetable edible art ideas from Chef Marian!

Quack, quack! It’s Vegetable edible art! How’s that for fun? lol You’ll see something like this at a hotel. But why can’t we just have fun with our food when we are entertaining at home? There’s no excuses these days. You can find it on YouTube! Or how about biodegradable bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet … Read more

Jazz up the meal with… Low cost heart healthy Vegetable Stuffing

Vegetable Stuffing. Healthy Stuffing. Sounds like an oxymoron. And I mean with more good stuff on!  I mean stuffing is bread, right? RIGHT CHEF! But it doesn’t have to be. Just like when I cook a pasta dish and no longer use as much pasta, purposefully the bread can be the ‘vehicle’ that binds and makes … Read more

The Trip to a Plant Based Lifestyle sounds easier than it is!

Straight out of the vegan mainstream google+ group comes this link to Kaiser’s recommendations to head yourself to a Plant Based Lifestyle. (See below for link after you’ve read this). But the Trip to a Plan Based Lifestyle sounds easier than it is! I would say it’s ‘well done’! Beautiful pictures, professionally captured. If nothing … Read more

Top 3 Trends in Food Summer 2014 from Chef Marian

The Specialty Food Association is a company created for anyone in the food biz. So you’ve got a food store? Or you’re just someone who likes to eat? I thought you might be interest in hearing about what is ‘trending’ and later I will give you more specifics about the Top 3 Trends in Food. “New … Read more

Summer Travels and Wine and Food Festival Listings from Chef Marian

As we turn the corner from July to August, we are reminded that we are still in the height of summer. It’s usually during the summer time that most of us travel. And what’s more fun than a Wine and Food Festival? And Wine and Food Festival Listings so that you know where and when … Read more

Surprising information from new documentary: Cowspiracy. A ‘must see’ from Chef Marian!

There is one single industry destroying the planet more than any other. But no one wants to talk about it. Cowspiracy. A new documentary. Good lead in?  YES CHEF! Glad you like it because it’s all true. Just like ‘Forks over Knives’ changed my life, so did this new documentary, “Cowspiracy”. New info without actually … Read more