My top ten favorite cooking items and little treats that make life easier and more joyful.

So how do you make your house feel festive, cozy, and full of holiday cheer without the risk of dinner turning into a fistful of cookie dough?!  Try a simmer pot. 

We’re still getting basketfuls of tomatoes in California, so I wanted to share a few of my favorite tips for processing and using this fruit.

Earlier in the summer I was recruited by The Stylist LA and Wine Country Colbert Group to host an intimate dinner party at a beautiful home in Sonoma for some of the ladies from The Bachelor

Yesterday, I received an email that a podcast I was interviewed for, Discover Your Talent Do What You Love, had just been published.  Here’s the scenario that played out in my head: