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It came to me in a vision on the way to Zumba this morning. As I made my way into the gym prepared to shake my groove thang (yes, I said it) for the last time this year, it dawned on me... the very best way to ring in 2012... Cheese ball!I know it's...

A few weeks ago I received an email from The Grange restaurant in downtown Sacramento asking me to participate in a soup contest. Of course I was super excited and responded immediately with a “Yes!” The second I sent my email off a mean little voice

WELL HELLO!  I’M STILL ALIVE!  Man, last week was a doozy.  It’s been a trial.  I get these weird migraines and they’ve been getting worser and worser and worsest.  I was prescribed some new preventative medication but they warned me that it was likely to make me a little loopy and to start taking...

I spent Friday cooking like a madwoman; after all, we were having the Pope over for dinner...okay, not THE Pope. But rather, Mr. S.'s buddy who's surname is Pope, but it does sound pretty neat to say that we're dining with the Pope, doesn't it? His hol...

My life has been missing something and I can’t quite put my finger on it…. Could it be adventure? No, I have plenty of that going on over here! Having three boys on three separate soccer teams and getting them

In the kitchen time again! I am so very eager for Autumn to arrive. Today I even had my manicurist paint my nails in a lovely shade of deep, dark wine...a color I normally reserve for the cooler months. I wish to wear my sweaters, coats, laced up oxford shoes and of course my hats...

There aren't many people that I know that don't watch True Blood, the campy HBO vampire show based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series. Although I may not always get to watch it on Sunday nights, Mr. S. and I DVR it and try to keep abreast on the happ...

A few things happened on the way to this salad. 1)  We picked our first tomatoes from the garden.  2)  I picked up my “pork share”, which included 2 slabs of unsliced bacon.  3)  I was in possession of a day-old end of a loaf of Pugliese bread.  4)  And lastly, and this should...

Sadly my boys summer vacation is coming to an end in less than three weeks. I feel like someone has been pressing the fast forward button on our time together and our days with them is slipping through my fingers

Spend one day in our office and you’re sure to hear a reference to “Cecily and her crazy caveman diet.” It’s true. For the past year (maybe even two now), I’ve been an off-and-on follower of the Paleo Diet. Without boring you with the details, Paleo is essentially a very “clean” diet of lean...