Cucina Chatter

This week is Cucina Chatter’s back-to-school special. Don’t worry; we didn’t miss the bus on this. With the way the start of the school year is staggered, I thought we’d wait until mid-September to role out this show.

My pal, colleague, and favorite Yoga guru Michele Paiva, author of Fattitude, Lose Your F in Attitude, gave us the green light to indulge (moderately) in pasta, Italian bread, olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, and all that is typical of Italian soul food. On a recent episode of Cucina Chatter, Michele equated free radicals to seedy [...]

I suppose the concept behind ‘Whole Food’ is eating pure food with no preservatives, fillers, chemicals, or any other funky stuff. The phrase conjures up an entirely different notion in my mind. I imagine all seven courses, leaving my plate clean, and being bloated like a zeppelin. When the ADD is seriously kicking in the [...]

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” The important thing, however, is to be an alert student so as to avoid missing your teacher. Usually a few cinder blocks to the head is what I need to get a message. Thankfully, that was not the case this week. Ever since the release of [...]