Feed your family. Feed your soul.
As March unfolded, it brought with it a new term: social distancing. We’ve all experienced or participated in a form of social distancing. Whether due to an illness, loss of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job or an extreme parenting challenge. We can …read more
Last September, I met Jenny Rowland (Founder of Preserve-Health). As we talked about our mutual passion for health and wellbeing, I was impressed by her approach and dedication to wellness. Since, we are always looking for ways to inspire each of you to slow down and savor the …read more
As many of you know, as a young mother I was faced with some difficult years. Beyond a series of successive corporate moves for my husband, one of my children was diagnosed (at the age of 2) with a complicated speech and language disorder. At that time …read more
Habit: a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.
In early November, out of the blue I received a text from my dear friend, Susan asking me, “Do you want to go skiing next month?”
“I am constantly telling my own story to myself, and these days that’s about all the narrative flow I can handle.” ― Andrew Clements Last January, Steve and I decided to spend each Thursday night studying Buddhist philosophy with our friend, Carl Jerome. We spent the …read more
“Plant Based Eating – this is a movement, not a trend” – Michele Simon. Summer Fancy Food Show NYC, June 2019
If you follow our blog, you’ll know I was born in the 1960’s into a family where nightly meals were a ritual with music, conversation and candlelight – we did not dine and dash. Memories of those evenings always bring me back to a place …read more
At the start of each year I sketch out an editorial calendar. This month I had intended to write a post about going back to school, but my heart kept wandering back to the beginning of our spice journey and my beloved business partner, Jane.
On hot summer afternoons my mother would give me a nickel to get a treat and I would bike across the tracks to our favorite neighborhood ice cream parlor – Homer’s. Even today, whenever I dip my spoon into peach ice cream my mind travels back …read more
As I reflected on this month’s post, my mind wandered back to the past. A few years ago, I wrote about one of my favorite books “The Carrot Seed.”
As a teen in the late 1970’s living on the North Shore of Chicago – my days were a lot of “fun” — much to the consternation of my parents, especially my mother. She was “hands off” when it came to my academic performance, but …read more
