There are many footprints in the sand. Indeed, it’s a veritable highway of puffer jackets and in my blissful state I take it all in.

Voila, quick and easy, the perfect loaf for people like me who can’t live without daily bread.

Even as an ardent eggplant devotee, I’m the first to admit that if overcooked, undercooked or just cooked devoid of other flavors, they are comparable to chewing a rubbery old football!

“I could cook with you but I’d have to kill you”.

She was a farmer’s wife, a home cook on a daily mission to feed her large family with whatever she had available at the time.  Little did she know, she was teaching me the most wonderful ways in which food can bring people together to show love, acceptance and gratitude.

I am embarking on a new project to kick off 2019! That’s what happens when you drink your third double-shot too close to bedtime!

It was my usual frenzied-fridge-forage (glass of red wine in hand) that inspired this accidentally awesome fusion…

I am in a state of mild euphoria when planning any foodie soiree - it's right up my 'gravel driveway' (or down as the case may be) and it's common for such a task to be taken on in a caffeine-fueled frenzy with a pile of favorite food-stained cookbooks and my trusty notebook. 

Don't you just love those days when you almost trip over your ambition with youthful enthusiasm on the way to the loo! 

Recently I have been privileged to attend a couple of speaking engagements in our amazing little rural community where some incredibly inspiring women have told their stories.