Your Health as you age! Thoughts are the Rage!
The flu and you! It trashes your health. We all, or most of us have that relationship with flu every year, every two or three years? Yes? YES CHEF! Well, I am just coming off a bout with the flu myself, still coughing. I was reading an article on MindBodyGreen about trusting your own body to … Read more
Read MoreYour Metabolism & Immune System Changes
I was at a supermarket yesterday and one of our expert cheese stockers told me “Your metabolism & immune system changes every 7 years”. He chimed in after the expert behind the cheese counter confidentially told me that “your taste buds change every 3 months”. Does being an expert in cheese make you an expert in Metabolism, … Read more
Read MoreSpice Blog 2014: Get the flavor you can savor!
There are so many opportunities to take what you already have in your pantry and play. Spice Blog 2014 today is just about that: What to mix, rub and blend together to get the flavor you can savor. Yesterday’s blog was vegan, so let’s start with our beef eaters today. How about taking some grass … Read more
Read MoreHot Topic Sizzle: Announcing a New Sugar for 2015
I have really come to enjoy my weekly Hot Topic Sizzle and this week features a New Sugar. As someone in the food/food & wine industry, with a great blog and several companies to my name I have people emailing me for attention to their products. And there are some products that are upcoming worth … Read more
Read MoreKashi Brand takes a big hit, genetically speaking…
Remember the story from The Green Grocer, who posted a sign about Kashi (a company whose PR makes them sound safe and sane)? NO CHEF! Yes! If you missed it, here’s what it said: “You might be wondering where your favorite Kashi cereals have gone. It has recently come to our attention that 100% of … Read more
Read MoreI want more from Cooking Shows and Movies
I see things through different eyes than most people, especially when it comes to Cooking Shows and Movies. In the last couple of years, as Chefs have become the craze…. and locally people consider me to be a ‘Celebrity Chef’, I have come to realize my lot in life is to guide people into a … Read more
Read MoreSan Diego Foodies goes to The Marine Room
San Diego Foodies got to enjoy Restaurant Week at The Marine Room. And a big thank you goes out to Chef Bernard who came back to the table over and over to answer questions about recipes and the food. There were 6 people… and here’s what they ate: Salmon, shrimp & dessert! Didn’t get pix … Read more
Read MoreHot Topic Sizzle: The Plastic Bag Issue heats up!
The Plastic Bag Issue? I welcome new legislation! Don’t you? YES CHEF! The LA Times reports that “Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown …. plans to sign a law that would make California the first state to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags”. “I probably will sign it, yes,” Brown said during the televised debate. “ … Read more
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