Chef’s Tips & Thanksgiving Inspiration

There are so many ways to go this Thanksgiving from vegan eating too heavy cream and bacon fat. And every year we choose a different path. You can find so many recipes online and I’ve even given my Chef Marian Foodies Community three pages worth, for a healthier slant on this holiday. But I think … Read more

Table of Four – Shabu Works, Mira Mesa Blvd.

If you like Hot Pot, then I will send you to Shabu Work, Mira Mesa Blvd. Now, as Foodies (San Diego Foodies and Carlsbad Foodies) we have reviewed many…. I mean MANY Hot Pot Restaurants. I am always comparing them to the one I went to in San Francisco, and nothing until now has even … Read more

Chef Marian Kitchen Confident Founding Membership is LIVE for this week only

I cannot tell you how excited I am, to have launched my Founding Membership for Chef Marian Kichen Confident. It’s live, meaning you can have access to it and join for this week only. The doors close midnight April 19, 2024 and they won’t open again until the end of the year (for another week). … Read more

Bob Moore dies at 94 years young

  I could not let another day go by without mentioning that Bob Moore, creator of Bob’s Red Mill has passed. In doing some research, I find myself watching Sunday Morning, to get his history and I dabble into their company website to get more info about his life. From my point of view, they … Read more

Catania, La Jolla Table of 6 – Review

Every year we come to Catania, not for Italian Food, but for real, authentic, creative recipes, amazing cocktails and a really good wine list. We start with our favorite appetizer that is always consistently good, their Cauliflower. Everyone at the table loves it. Kathe says: “The cauliflower is good side by side with the duck … Read more

Apeel? What’s it all about?

Apeel is a new ‘invisible spray on coating’. According to Cornacopia.org is “an extra ‘peel’ of protection made by adding another layer of what naturally exists on the fruits and veggies already.” Organipeel, an Apeel product that’s meant for organic food, is registered with the EPA as a pesticide (a fungicide, specifically). They are saying … Read more