'Living Your Dream'

Those of you who have been following Circle of Food for a while know that each year I have “Camp Aunt Mary” where my nieces and nephew, whose busy schedules allow, come to stay with me for a week of…

Update 7/30/09  – So much for my investigative reporting skills.  Here is the actual location.

To our regular readers, I apologize that this topic is not food related, but how often does Hollywood come to your hometown! 

Well, I…

Over the weekend, I attended a family get-together and a friend of the family told me that Extreme Makeover:  Home Edition was going to build a house in Beavercreek, Ohio — my hometown!  The announcement is going to be made…

I am back from my vacation. I had no computer access because I don’t have a laptop and my friend doesn’t have a computer at home. I don’t have a mobile device so there was no checking email. I never…

I loved the book, Julie and Julia by Julie Powell.  The food memoir is soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.

The year is 2002 and Julie Powell is a bored temp working…

Only in L.A. and this is what I miss about living in Los Angeles. You can always expect the unexpected in culinary pleasures.

Here’s a really cool story about a Filipino guy with an idea of putting Korean BBQ into…

Only nine more days and it’s in with the new and hope, and out with the old and well,you get it.

I’m hoping people all over the land will celebrate in some way or another.

As you can imagine people…

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I always wanted to make a gingerbread house and seven (7) years ago the timing was perfect to share this experience with my family. …

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There are many ways to experience pleasure but what they all have in common is the need to slow down to savor the moment. Recently, we went to…