Around our house, summer dinner is often a big, hearty salad. I love that salads can be easy to throw together and light on the stomach when it’s hot out. I have collected some of my favorite... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  Tucked in a quiet little Berkeley neighborhood just blocks from the bay, Sanctuary Bistro is an oasis. Chef Barry Horton’s passion for exquisitely prepared, delicious plant based, gluten free... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I am doing things a little differently this week. I am excited to bring you a “Shooting the Kitchen” style post featuring The Stanford Inn and The Ravens Restaurant in Mendocino, CA. I am... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Contest is now closed. Enter to win two boxes of Pashen Raw Bars! Instructions at the end of the post. I love when magic happens. A chance meeting in the grocery store line turns into friends for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Enter to win “How Not to Die” by Michael Greger, MD. The best resource on how to use a plant based diet to fight the top 15 life-shortening killers. THE RULES TO ENTER ARE AT THE END OF THE POST.I have been a fan of Dr. Michael Greger for years. His site, NutritionFacts.Org is my top “go to” for information on nutrition and health. To date, there are 1,965...

We have a winner! Dabney was picked by our random number generator! Congratulations, Dabney!Now for the rest of you. Something magical always happens when I have a giveaway. I like to ask a question that needs to be answered to enter. For this contest, the question was to write about something that inspires you. I picked this because I was inspired...