On my last morning on Maui, I did what I do best here at home: I foraged. We arrived home from Hana, the rainforested eastern side of the island, to find a huge branch from the avocado tree had fallen, bringing… read more
This baby is everything you need to take a breath, relax, soothe your mind and your body, and nourish your organs. Spinach gives you a vital green kick. Ginger soothes the belly. Lime perks up every other flavor in the… read more
It’s been a crazy kind of week, friends. I had three huge client deadlines to meet, one personal deadline (the kind you wait all your life to have…more on that when I can spill!), an interview (that’s a link), the first… read more
One of the best things ever to happen to my kitchen was when, a few years ago, a friend of mine had a summer fling with a visiting raw-foodie-cum-yoga-teacher-cum-tantric-sex-god. She was glowingly satisfied, and when he left town, he bequeathed unto… read more
Did y’all hear the word about probiotics? Your body has bazillions of bacterial cells growing and zooming around inside, and you can either feed the bad cells (think: salmonella, candida, etc.) or load up on the good ones—PROBIOTICS! I’ve been… read more
My absolute favorite summer juice. Pure pink grapefruit, fresh picked from my dear Liba and Micah’s orchard in Silver Lake, and spinach and mint from the farmers market. In the Vitamix with filtered agua, a few ice cubes, and a… read more
This morning I woke up and knew I needed a moment with the flowers before I got to work. I took a quick stroll around my neighborhood, picked some roses, rosemary, and lantana, and took a few deep, aromatic breaths.… read more
So I’m on this cleanse. Because sometimes all the bittersweet chocolate ganache just starts getting to you, y’know? Right. So. My cleanse is pretty simple, more of a hitting the reset button than anything else, and it peaks with a… read more
This is, without a doubt, my favorite slightly sweet green juice. It’s also a juice that was born of necessity—a deep need for cellular nourishment on a hot afternoon. Also: It’s super fast to make, with no messy clean-up. To… read more