Awake at the Whisk

A beautiful fall day calls for a beautiful fall meal. Enter: pumpkin black bean chili. Oh lordy, this is good! I haven’t cooked or blogged in quite a while. I’ve [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte...

Halloween is just around the corner, so it’s time to bring out pumpkins and decorations in orange and black. Want a dish you can feed your friends and family without [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other con...

Busy is the theme of my life these days. Yet, I never allow being busy to get in the way of a homemade meal—especially breakfast. On the weekends, no matter [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and...

September is Food Literacy Month! As the founder of Food Literacy Month, I’m busy, busy, busy planning events to celebrate. Here’s the line-up: Food Literacy Fair Oak Park Farmers Market,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

If I could only eat one type of cuisine for the rest of my life I would choose Southwest food largely because of salsa. Tangy, tomato-y, spicy—salsa makes everything taste [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, oth...

I fell in love with Ecuador in 2006. I was leading a group of big-hearted philanthropists on a tour to witness first-hand the results of a nonprofit microfinance and health [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, othe...

September is Food Literacy Month. The nonprofit I founded, California Food Literacy Center, is celebrating—and so am I! Last week, the California Senate declared the month Food Literacy Awareness... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...

I met Susan while giving a talk about food literacy at a women’s giving circle in Sacramento. I knew right away she was a kindred spirit. When she started talking [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conten...

Some things cause your heart to soften. One look and you melt into silly love. That’s what happened when I met Sylvester, the world’s friendliest kitty. It was 10 years [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, othe...

If you think you know what fruit pizza is, think again. This isn’t the ultra sweet stuff made from cookie dough. This is a pizza—four kinds of cheese, yeasted pizza [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other co...