With Thanksgiving less than 2 weeks away, now is a great time to do a test-run of any recipes you would like to include on your holiday menu, but have never made before.  I will not actually be cooking this week because my husband and I will be following the Fasting Mimicking Diet, a 5-day fast with ...

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I have already cooked 4 turkeys this week and I am cooking 5-6 next week and 4-5 the week after - and that's all before my own Thanksgiving holiday!  I have a lot of experience cooking turkeys and Thanksgiving recipes, in general.  If I am an expert in one thing, it's pulling off a delicious and ...

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This was a great week!  I was in NY for a few days and spent some time with my family.  I also cooked the chipotle turkey chili from my cookbook in an Instagram Live at The Feed Feed.  You can find that footage here if you missed it. And, I taped a fantastic segment with one of my faves, Rachael ...

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Happy weekend!  I have a busy schedule in the next week.  If you are in the El Segundo area on Saturday (Oct 20th), please come say hello while I do a cooking demo and sign books at the annual El Segundo Public Library Author Fair.  I'm up at 2:00 pm.  I'll be in NYC for most of next week.  Tune ...

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As many of you know, my husband adopted a plant-based diet a year ago.  He was the biggest carnivore, cheese and ice cream eater who I never thought in a MILLION years would give up animal products.  He happened to watch a documentary about people going plant-based and weaning off their medications, ...

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My younger daughter just came home for the weekend.  It's fall break and I am so excited to have her with us for a few days.  She's been cooking in her apartment at school but has already announced that she is so happy that I will be cooking all her meals for the next few days!  LOL.  It's nice to ...

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  Good gracious, it's already October on Monday!  If you've struggled getting back into a cooking routine, start small.  Commit to cooking one or two days a week.   I've said it before and I'll say it again - we have to cook from scratch as much as possible with unrefined foods if we want to ...

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What a week! It was all good stuff, as they say, but I am sure happy it's the weekend.  Between the Jewish holiday I hosted for 26 very hungry people + 2 local tv segments that will air next week + my segment on Hallmark's Home & Family (which you can catch here) + 2 cooking classes, I am toast! ...

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I have another busy week this week.  I am taping a couple segments with KABC Los Angeles on Monday and then on Tuesday I am taping Hallmark's Home & Family Show.  I believe that airs the next day, Wednesday, September 19th.  Yom Kippur is Wednesday and that's one of the holidays I always host. ...

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I have done this before where I forget about the first night of Rosh Hashana when posting my dinner planner because it's not a holiday I host. Ooops!  I do host a luncheon after services on the first day of the holiday which is this Monday.  I always do a 3-4 basic roast chickens with some room ...

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Labor Day Weekend is the last hurrah.  My son starts school on Tuesday so we're all sneaking away to Park City, Utah for a quick family getaway.  I think he's actually ready to get back to school and a routine.  And so am I.  My teaching schedule is already full for Septmeber and I'm back at it next ...

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