Dinner with a side of life.
I am never ready for New Year’s Eve. One minute I am sampling a pumpkin pie/turkey sandwich combo just for the heck of it at the stroke of midnight and then next I am realizing I absolutely nothing to wear which turns out quite perfectly because I also have absolutely nowhere to go. It always …
Right around my early 20’s was when I first started to fall in love with food and cooking. At this time, I also began working with another colleague who I quickly discovered shared the same love for food and the adventure it offered. Although our careers were completely unrelated to anything culinary, we became fast …
Three days into my new mission to write more, share my food with people and pursue this so-called “calling”, everything came to a screeching halt. The inspiration was gone, the initial boost from the excitement of my friends had quieted and now it was just me. Just me, a blank page (a blank mind for …
Some of the best things in life are simple, but not easy. Honesty ranks among the most elusive. It’s easy to avoid being honest, without actually being dishonest or ever telling a lie. We’re not talking about people who are liars. Let’s assume we both agree that lying and being dishonest are bad things. At …
Me on Whole30: “Hey! I heard you might want to do Whole30 together!” Friend: “I have zero interest in doing Whole whatever that is.” Me: “So you’re saying there’s a chance…” And so it begins. So, what exactly IS Whole30? In a very concise version, Whole30 is designed to be a reset for your body. …
It’s Winter…it’s Spring… it’s Winter… Nobody knows! What I do know, is that the first day of Summer is the same amount of days away whether it’s sunny or snowing outside in the middle of April and if that’s the case, I am going to need a salad for dinner. If you’re like anything like …
Part IV of IV 2.14.2018 Risk management: I love it, made a career out of it, I obsess over it. I love the process of weighing the good and the bad, making lists of pros and cons, balancing the amount of risk warranted for any desired result. I love the decisiveness it provides when all …
Part III of IV 2.14.2017 Somewhere in the middle of my 20’s, when life began to settle, I set my heart’s compass to find love, to get married and to have a family. One piece of advice I was given was to make a list of things I wanted in a husband but make five …
Part II of IV 2.14.2016 To the Woman You End up With: When he has something to say, listen. Stop what you’re doing, give him your full attention and listen to him with your eyes. What he shares is special and if you show him it’s important to you, he’ll keep sharing. Bake for him. …
Part I of IV 2.14.2015 This is a true story. It’s a love story. It may just be the truest story of the truest love. Although it isn’t finished, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve to be told. It starts with a man; he was handsome, strong, smart and always the calm for everyone. He …