My friend Michelle finds prickly cactus pears at her farmer’s market, peels them, and infuses them in white tequila for a week. She uses the prickly-pear-infused tequila to make these kick-ass margaritas, which she served to our book club last year while playing Gerry Rafferty Radio on Pandora …and just like that our book club
my introduction to meditation Do you remember that powerful scene, in the movie What’s Love Got To Do With It? which chronicles Tina Turner’s life, that shows her introduction to meditation from a friend? I was intrigued with not only the beauty of this chanting meditation practice but how the movie posits Tina’s spiritual resurrection from defeated
I can’t stop eating the roasted garlic tahini dressing that Whole Foods uses at their salad bar. It’s made by Cindy’s Kitchen exclusively for Whole Foods. It’s the roasted garlic that imparts the concentrated flavor, which is really easy to do at home. I experimented and in my version, I used tamari instead of
I know mudslides I made and served thousands of frozen mudslides when I worked my way through college serving drinks and tending bar at Ballard’s on Block Island, Rhode Island. Ballard’s is a lobster house located right on the beach at the ferry landing. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, frozen mudslides were the
Garden Tour: 13 ideas to make the most of your patio My girlfriend Candy is a creative type with an eye for color and a green thumb. Not surprisingly, her patio space is a colorful cozy space that’s a feast for the eyes. Candy gave me a tour and shared lots of ideas for creating
I love a good crunchy Thai style salad with a sweet low carb peanut dressing. Some low-carb & Paleo purists are adamant about avoiding peanuts because the founder of the Paleo diet said so. But for me it’s personal decision based on how my body feels and runs after eating peanut butter, which is awesome. I
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