Have you ever even seen a celery root? Celery root was completely new to me prior to this recipe. It is also called “celeriac” in the States. I happened upon celery root while reading My Paris Kitchen by David Leibovitz (a great Parisian-focused cookbook written by an […]

Summertime means peaches! Peaches galore. I’ve seen peaches exploding all over the place from Georgia, where I live, to Sonoma and Napa counties, California, where I just visited.  I’ll be doing some entire posts on the gorgeous food possibilities in California, but for now, let’s […]

If you haven’t yet tasted freshly toasted nuts from your own kitchen, now is the time! I use freshly toasted nuts and seeds in nearly all of my recipes. Why? Because: They are so tasty They are really good for you (healthy fats, antioxidants, phytonutrients, […]

Just about everything I read about French women and their nutrition involves plenty of herbal teas or tisanes. A tisane simply refers to an herbal or fruit mixture that is steeped in hot water to make a tasty, soothing, or comforting beverage. You can buy […]

Confession: I’ve never been one for green beans. Then I ventured down this path of whole-food, plant-based vegan eating and really decided to take another run at just about every vegetable. This health pathway is about finding abundance, options, and infinite variations. Plus, green beans […]

Ready For Some Kitchen Art? My first foray into using beets was not pretty. Actually, it was beautiful… but in the wrong way. Let me explain. At the time, Ryan and I were living in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego (where we lived […]