Feed your family. Feed your soul.
Our last, but by no means least shout out this month goes to Patty Charhut and her son Nick, with a posthumous recognition to Patty’s mom Suzanne Wilson Sheehan. It’s another family affair and reflects how our business is committed to not only being “nourishing” …read more
Thursday last while Meg was airborne to Mumbai I caught a ride on the tailwind of her flight, to England. Meg’s trip is a long anticipated retreat in Pune in India with Frances Murchison of Mindfully Fed, and also a spice information gathering mission. My …read more
This week Meg and I are tipping our hats to Claudia Pannell of the Pannell Advisory Group for her unrelenting support, gentle coaching and patience in crafting our business plan.
Following on from our introduction to the New Year post Namaste, this week we are honoring our friend Susan Kelsey at the City of Lake Forest Business Accelerator.
This year in our Chicago home we’re celebrating with my temporarily transplanted Mother-In-Law, who at the age of 83 “never thought I would ever come to America, it’s marvellous.”
As the festivities envelope us I’m looking forward to Grandma arriving from England to stay and it’s a joy for my girls to have an overdue two weeks of unrestricted access. With Grandma life is different, and pleasingly so. We often find ourselves sitting down …read more
Some months ago our friend Susan Kelsey, the city’s Economic Development Coordinator who started the incubator program in Lake Forest, knowing that we were trying hard to emulsify our zen spice and blog concepts, urged us to ‘get moving” on our product in time for the Lake …read more
For the final Veterans Cookbook recipe of the month we’ve elaborated on a Chile Verde by Diane Mercier to incorporate some of those leftovers from a traditional Thanksgiving Turkey dinner.
As the mom of 6 and 4 year old daughters, the prospect of hurriedly sending my girls away into the care of folks I don’t know and have never met, and without immediate means available to contact them, is terrifying.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been keenly testing recipes from The American Veterans Cookbook in order to give a shout out to the culinary contributors who kindly shared their favorites. 50% of author royalties are donated directly to the Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation.
As part of our October mission to cook and share good wholesome soups, a crucial element in the recipe selection has been the emphasis on our “no added nasties” philosophy.
For our second post during Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’ve noted a series of time saving techniques to make your recovery easier.
