Fit Fare

The city of Davis, where I live, is a small community of over 60,000 in Northern California. It’s not an overstatement to say that the Farmer’s Market is the most important community gathering spot in our town. Although we are a small town, the market is known as one of the most successful and well […]

When I was thinking of what to make for this month’s entry, it was the first of May. And when I think May, I think of Mother’s Day and my mother, who used to do a lot of cooking.
She often made this tropical fruit salad for my late father, who I would consider a Connecticut […]

I had the good fortune to visit Louisiana last week to attend my sister’s wedding in the French Quarter and spend some quality time in my home state. Whenever I visit I manage a five pound weight gain in less than a week. There is this compulsive desire to eat every […]

I must confess, my bar hopping days are neatly tucked away in my memories, and I now happily live a “health-nut” lifestyle. However, we all need some delicious bite-sized morsels to appease our starving dinner guests upon arrival; especially as the barbecue days of summer set in. My one unwavering rule when selecting […]

I don’t have many regrets about moving to the green mountain state of VT, but I do regret that Crispy Green isn’t sold here. One bite of the light, airy and sweet pineapple chunk assured me that despite the pristine mountain and lake views I’m surrounded by, I am missing out on the tastiest […]

Wedding Countdown: 99 days
This bride-to-be could not be happier! The majority of the wedding planning is done and I’ve managed to retain my sanity. Two weeks ago, I wrote about my new workout routine of weight lifting and cardio. I’ve been maintaining that routine for about a month now, and I can’t stop gushing about […]

The first time I tried Pacific Chai Latte, I was at my friend Cicy’s house.  As we chatted away about our lives, she casually asked me if I wanted a cup of tea.  I obliged, and soon there was a teacup sitting on the table waiting for me.  When I picked up the cup and […]

Thanks to modern technology, the processes by which even the simplest foods are made today tend to resemble industrial procedures instead of standard cookery. In countless factories across the country, questionable materials and chemicals are manufactured with the express purpose of being added into edibles, usually with little warning given to the consumer. Such practices […]

Chef Scott Uehlein believes that “healthy eating doesn’t mean you have to forgo flavor,” and that’s certainly a sentiment I can support. Chef Uehlein is the Corporate Chef at the exclusive Canyon Ranch Spa, and has recently created a spate of easy-to-prepare recipes for the Florida Department of Citrus.
To bring out enhanced taste in […]

After my first experience with The Complete Idiot’s Guides, I had planned to avoid this publisher at all costs.  Yet, something intrigued me about The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Juicing by Ellen Brown.  At first, I passed this title by, assuming that the purchase of an expensive juicer would be necessary.  However, when I took […]