I don’t have much of a green thumb. I can grow things, but then I get bored or I forget about them. Quite callous that way, now I think about it. As soon as the plant starts to go awry, I walk away. Bren is all about nursing it and attending it. He can’t believe [...]
At the beginning of the year (side note: holy joe! This year has whizzed right by!), Bren and I went to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. One of the demos I knew I didn’t want to miss was of course, that handsome lad, Jamie Oliver. At first blush, Jamie’s boy-man appeal is apparent: [...]
If you’ve blessed me by coming to any of my cooking demos recently, then you may have heard me talking about how Indians, or at least the Indians in my family, often think that all good things, all civilized things, all things worth lauding… originated in India! Whether it’s the decimal point, the number zero, [...]
After a trip to the naturopath to figure out why the psoriasis on my shins won’t go away, I’m trying a month off dairy, gluten, almonds, kale, pineapple, brewers yeast (welp! No beer whatsoever!), navy beans and alfalfa sprouts. Yup, you heard me right. (Or I suppose more accurately, you *read* me right). Kale. Weird, [...]
It’s my mum’s birthday today (although as I write, it’s now tomorrow in India. Isn’t that wild?!) Happy birthday, mum! Thank you for carrying me so carefully for 9 months (all 10 pounds of me), for birthing me, feeding me, burping me, wiping my bum, stroking my head to sleep (which poor Bren still has [...]
I taped an episode of the Nate Berkus show a little while ago, and it aired on Monday! I can’t believe I just said that. Hilarious. Anyway, in case you missed it, because I’m so terrible about broadcasting these sorts of things AHEAD of time, here’s a nice chunk that the show kindly put on [...]
No, I’m not pregnant. Ha! But, for all of you who have been asking about re-runs of the show, you can now watch ‘em on COOKING CHANNEL! Isn’t that great news? It will start running this Saturday, the 1st of October, at 11am (ET). How many of you have Cooking Channel? Have you watched it? [...]
I am so annoyed right now. Last week, I watched an old YouTube video of mine (the roasted cauliflower steaks one) and noticed how much thinner I was. And in a healthy fashion, I found myself motivated to shed a few pounds, practice some self-control (I just finished a Beth Moore study on this subject, [...]
Bren and I went to the farmers market this week after what seemed like an eternity of eating out, impatiently prepared veggie burgers late at night and, gulp, lots of corn tortillas caressed with butter and salt. It was lovely to be back, walking past booths replete with huge bunches of leafy greens, beets the [...]
You know that ol’ adage about how you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family? Bren and I have so many good friends here in LA, that I often feel like they have been chosen for us, just like our families! One of them is Karen. You probably already know her, either [...]