Food for the Ravenous Soul
What better way to celebrate Memorial Day weekend than by honoring our troops and helping to raise money to support them? For all of my South Florida readers, Whole Foods (my Happy Place) and Forgotten Soldiers Outreach (that does incredible work!) are hosting a Memorial Day Weekend Cookout Event that is raising money for our [...] Read more »
South Beach on Sunday morning has a silence that is golden or perhaps reminiscent of a ghost town. Tourists and late-night partiers are still snoozing while the residents are heading to a relaxing yoga class or paddle boarding on the early morning bay. It’s a great time to walk the beach or wander through the [...] Read more »
I had the extreme privilege of being invited by The Hungry Goddess to participate in the Foods from Chile event hosted by MIO in Washington DC on November 15th, 2012 with Chefs Mikel Zulueta & Giovanna Huyke. I was welcomed with a glass of Ventisquero Quelat Pinot Noir by Jacob the Sommelier from Wines of [...] Read more »
Followers of the Hungry Goddess have been treated to peeks into the Foods from Chile launch that happened on November 15 all across the country. Beverly, the Healthy Goddess and I worked intensively on this amazing project for several weeks and had an absolute blast! It was my honor to develop some of the recipes, [...] Read more »
I recently had the great honor of being able to attend an event called the Italian Culinary Experience. The fantastic wine company Zonin has teamed up with Miami Culinary Institute at Miami-Dade College and some AMAZING top-notch Italian chefs in Miami to create the “Italian Culinary Experience”. This is a monthly event in which one [...] Read more »
The Healthy Goddess and I have been working day and night (and I mean that literally) to pull together 10 super amazing house dinners in 5 cities to highlight the Foods from Chile launch on November 15. These blogger underground dinners are being held at homes by Food Blogger/Food Writers/Chefs/Lifestyle Experts & Enthusiastic Entertainers and [...] Read more »
Since my birthday celebration, we have been eating. A LOT. There is usually a weekly rush for recipes and prep for the site but this month has been about eating out. A LOT. I am not whining … more like looking back in awe. It has been an eating marathon and I wanted to share [...] Read more »
Chef Todd English cooked my birthday dinner. At Soho Beach House in Miami. I am still swooning just a bit. Now, before you think that Chef Todd English came all the way from Boston JUST to cook me dinner, let me explain. Our marvelous friends at Chile Olive Oil hosted a fantastic evening of food [...] Read more »
I knew I was in the right place when I walked into Yardbird Southern Table & Bar for a Saturday Brunch when I saw the chalk pig over the kitchen: Yardbird delivered Pork and a fabulous brunch all served with a genuine smile from our server, Fran. She was the icing on our Southern cake [...] Read more »
A week ago this morning, we were entering Georgia’s Union with growling tummies and expectations of Chef Nate Martin’s Organic Soul Food Southern style. Both the growling tummies and our expectations were met and even improved upon and we had the pleasure of meeting Chef Nate who was already in the kitchen despite running late [...] Read more »