Zen Basics: Instant Pot Whole Cooked Chicken
With our focus on the Mother energy and Yogini in May I considered what childhood meals still make my mouth water.
Tag: Zen Fundamentals
Winter Fancy Food Show 2018
We’re just coming out of the Specialty Food Association 3 day Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. A great show for us, and the highlight had to be when Meg received her Leadership Award from the Association. The recognition drew folks to our booth who …read more
Accidental Saints
Last January in an effort to try and bring a little Zen and balance to my life I signed up for a group called the “Brown Baggers” at my church. The group, spearheaded by a dear friend, Gretchen, met over lunch and was filled with …read more
10 Percent Happier
While we have promised not to share our personal political beliefs on our blog, I think it’s fair to say that the U.S. election scene has been fraught with challenges over the past year, and has caused many of us to more fully examine our …read more
Power of Vulnerability
“Is vulnerability the same as weakness? In our culture, we associate vulnerability with emotions we want to avoid such as fear, shame, and uncertainty. Yet we too often lose sight of the fact that vulnerability is also the birthplace of joy, belonging, creativity, authenticity, and …read more
A Garden Filled with Memories
I never imagined, 29 years after my mother ran the Show of Summer (now part of the American Flower Show) at the Chicago Botanic Garden, that I would be on the Esplanade with Jane running our own show – the zen of slow cooking – at their …read more
Slow Cooking 101
You can see by a picture of my 3 children taken 12 years ago that I didn’t have a lot of Zen in my life.
Stretching the Moment
When I was a child, August was one of my favorite months – those days of complete relaxation defined the meaning of summer. Camps were over, summer jobs ending, often there was a family road-trip vacation, and if not, simply day after day of complete …read more
