So unexpected (plus a recipe)

Me? Write a cookbook? Well, after deciding a meal my husband made was too pretty to eat and took out my new studio lights to take pictures - I was hooked. I have awakened a new passion the past few days to design recipes and artistically and visually capture the love I have for food, [...]

Think fast – and lose weight?

There's a new buzz word that I've been seeing popping up on the internet in the diet world lately: Intermittent fasting. It's everywhere. There is a website dedicated to fasting here, TED Talks on the subject, and event a BBC documentary - all touting the health benefits of this uncomfortable practice, including weight loss. Cultures around [...]

Cha-cha-cha-Chia Seeds

So - it's now been over a week since I've incorporated these tiny, nutty-flavored seeds into my daily diet. While lauded as one of the world's best "super foods" (cape not included), I cannot say that I have personally noticed any particular improvement nor any discomfort in having included them into my daily culinary routine. They are [...]

Reinvigorating your healthy New Year’s resolution

By Lindsey Gemme We’re one month into the new year already. So how’s that New Year's resolution coming along? Let me guess—and stop me if you've heard this before—“I'm going to start exercising more, eating better, and lose 'x-amount' of pounds in 2012”? I thought so. Those professions of personal betterment are in the top [...]