Last night, about a dozen of us met up at Finch’s Bistro & Wine Bar in La Jolla to hear Sacha Boutros sing. Sacha is a song bird. The way I would describe her is: She’s the real deal. You watch her sing, you hear her sing, you listen to her entertain, and it’s totally … Read more
Why…. tell me why I am constantly called to by Sugar! Mmmmmm…. doesn’t that look good…. And think of all the commercials on TV, radio, in print…. all telling you to buy sugar. Then there’s ‘hidden’ sugar…. things you never expect sugar to be in, but it just is. Do you want to know why that … Read more
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
Talk about your favorite Garden Cafe? It’s called Stratford Court Cafe in the center of Del Mar (west side of the street, within site from Camino Del Mar). And here’s the Stratford Court Cafe Review… just to give you a ‘heads up’. I went to their ‘about’ page, hoping to learn more about the family … Read more
Fair Recipes. Well, you know there are almost 300 blogs on here and I’ve worked on stage at The Fair 4 times this summer, 4 times last. So that’s at least 8 days worth of healthy recipes. And we’re not counting holiday food here! lol But of course, there’s more. Way more! If you were … Read more
According to The Specialty Food News, which does articles for people in the food industry, Frozen Food is on the decline! “Frozen meal sales dropped 3 percent to $8.92 billion from 2009 through 2013, according to data from Euromonitor International”. I personally think there are 3 factors: We have become a ‘foodie’ nation, and it’s now … Read more
Sorry it’s taken a couple of days, but there were other blogs in me that needed to be said. As promised, here are the Foods That Fight Cancer notes. Isn’t that cool? When you come to one of my Cooking Classes you never have to scramble to write notes cause here they are? YES CHEF! … Read more
Congratulations to Mark Bittman and the article about his soups written in the New York Times. Here…. take a look at the pix: So I recently needed to cook soup for a client without salt. Whoooot? Yes. But you know there are other things like Caramelized onions done in a balsamic glaze (to give you … Read more
Sometimes things and people get in the way of you Living your BEST life! And what do we do? What’s the knee jerk reaction? We take it personally. When in fact, everyone I mean evreee one is here to teach us something. What a great adventure life becomes when you see it that way. We look … Read more
Free Chef Marian Cooking Class for you? You bet! Saturday June 14th at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Unlike some of the other Chefs cooking and selling their wares, I am on the Main Stage Outdoors teaching you once again that Food is Your Best Medicine! I will be teaching/cooking 4 times this summer and each time … Read more
