Food & Spiritual Wellness
I’m not drinking this month for personal reasons and it helps that a lot of other people aren’t drinking either because of Dry January. New habits are easier to do in a group, no? My younger self would have thought that no drinking means no going out – at least to bars, events, and even…
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On our everlasting hunt for a good lunch special, we recently went to Toshi Sushi. The restaurant seems to be family-owned and has the cutest sushi chef. Service was friendly and appeared to be a place locals frequent. The Toshi Lunch Special The day we went in, there were two lunch specials available: the Omakase lunch…
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I spent all last weekend going to brunch. Why? Because when girls want to catch up, we get brunch. Maybe it’s basic, but it’s just what happens. I am also always up for getting eggs. One spot I went to was in the Bluff Heights neighborhood of Long Beach, Alder & Sage. What We Ordered
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I love a recipe with ingredients that I typically have at hand. This one gets bonus points because it fulfills my holiday season desire for baked goods but is less guilt-inducing because there is no butter (except for greasing the pan) and minimal sugar involved. This is a Melissa Clark recipe adapted from Claudia Roden’s…
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A childhood memory of mine is sitting in the family room with a bowl of 2 – 3 glutinous rice balls, sometimes with a peanut filling, sometimes with black sesame, prepared by mom. As a child, my reference for it was that it was a dessert we ate that had something to do with the…
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JULIENNE CARROTS 