Kale has taken centre stage in the green leafy vegetable aisle at my local grocers. It's touted as a super food and rightly so! Kale is packed with anti-oxidants and anti -inflammatory properties according to my friend and chef Andrew Muto. I tried to serve it to my family the other night replacing … [Read more...]
Three Lunches in Italy
You know, I never thought I would love Italy so much. When I was in high school, I had a lot of Italian friends, and I thought I had a reasonably good grasp of the culture and cuisine of that country from having dined in countless downstairs kitchens, drinking homemade wine out of juice glasses or … [Read more...]
Yo-Yo, See-Saw…Call it What You Like: I’m Along for the Ride
If you've been following my progress for a while, you'll know that I originally lost fifty pounds. Then I sort of evened out, and found a good groove. Then, slowly, more and more came creeping back. Until I was back up to 188 and really needed to drop a good twenty pounds. And so I re-joined Weight … [Read more...]