Aren’t these beautiful? I love sweet potatoes and this is one of my favorite ways to prepare them — Hasselback style. The skin is crispy and the insides, smooth, creamy and sweet. (This recipe is in my new cookbook, Food for Thought out on December 4.) One sweet potato contains 400...
One of my favorite sentences in the Western philosophical tradition is from Leibniz; it was subsequently used by Schelling and Heidegger: The real mystery is not that things are the way they are, but that there is something rather than nothing. I think this is a great sentence because it a...
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Guess what Tuesday is? Yep, it’s Election Day. But it’s also my birthday! Yippee! Every year as my birthday appr...
We’re standing in a room in the middle of a circle surrounded by some of the most powerful women in Hollywood: directors, presidents, producers, recognized leaders in the industry. How did we get here? We’re hearing women say that they’ve always been at this alone, sometimes the only...
Many Buddhist practitioners have questioned what to do in these turbulent times. More than anything, I believe the world is in need of a spiritual perspective. The Dharma teachings of generosity, virtue, loving-kindness, and wisdom are non-partisan. The benefits of dharma teachings can be us...
Allow me to begin by saying we do not come in hatred. We do not come in bigotry. We do not come to put anybody down. We come to lift everybody up. We come in love. We come in love because we follow Jesus. And Jesus taught us love. Love the Lord your God. And love your neighbor. Love your ...
I prefer using only turkey sausage for meatballs because I find that they come out lighter and tastier than beef meatballs. You don’t have to add a lot of seasonings to the mix because the meatballs get their flavor from the seasoned sausage meat! (This recipe is in my new cookbook, Food fo...
