I think I am a masochist.  I have been fasting for two days now, only drinking orange juice and fresh fruit smoothie in the morning. Having fasted before, I know that the first two days are the hardest, after which the hunger pains go away and you get in the groove. So what does a […]

Day four of the great Atlanta snow in. The fridge scavenger hunt continues… Objective: quick dinner after a long day of work Found: a frozen clump of sweet Italian sausage, shallots, five red potatoes, a few squashes, shredded cheddar I can’t call the concoction below a Shepherd’s Pie, because according to Wikipedia, it usually involves […]

We are snowed in. Yes, you are not mistaken, we, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, have been snowed in for three days now. Businesses are closed, schools are closed; parents are going crazy from sudden onslaught of parental duties; kids are going crazy because they have run out of things to do. Suddenly, six inches […]

My husband signed me up for a series of yoga classes called “Wellness for the Holidays”. The classes are featuring some yoga basics and complementing foods, appropriate for the current weather and designed to offset the gastronomical damages of the “Bermuda Triangle of a food junkie” – Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This soup was featured […]