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   Watch Adam Richman on Huff Post Live at 1:00 p.m. ET today, 8/11/2014 for an interview about his new how "Food Fighters" where home cooks like you and me cook against professional chefs! I was invited by the producers of Huff Post Live to come on to ask a...

Along with donating to the foundation I participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS. Earlier this week, I also posted a video about 26 year old man’s story about being diagnosed with ALS, like his mother and grandmother. All kidding and fun of the Ice Bucket Challenge aside, ALS is...

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I am so excited to team up with Kitchensurfing to bring to you this fabulous giveaway for a $500 Dream Dinner for you and 4-5 of your friends or family for a gourmet culinary experience right in your own home! As parents and mothers, too often we put everyone else's...

There was a time when private chef services were reserved exclusively for the rich and famous. Believe it or not, these days private chef services are not only affordable, but a great opportunity to experience gourmet cuisine and create new traditions for you and your family.Kitchensurfing Chicago and I teamed up...

Read this holiday’s seasons issue of Great Everyday Meals magazine packed with over 60 recipes from bloggers, contributors and myself. I am so excited to include a friend and one of the most passionate food bloggers I know, Samantha Shapiro of Little Ferraro Kitchen. Samantha shares two of the most...

What can be more refreshing than sipping on a freshly brewed cup of tea on a busy day? But, did you know that apart from its refreshing properties, tea has several other benefits too? For years, tea experts have been concocting various versions of tea that are flavorful and have...

  I have the great opportunity to come be a regular "guest" on the HuffPost Live and with some pretty incredible chefs and personalities. This time, I was on with our favorite bakery, made ultra famous on Sex and The City, Magnolia Bakery Chief Baking Office, Bobbi Llyod. I asked...

My 8 year old daughter loves to play soccer and she has a notorious sweet tooth! I grew up eating graham crackers and for times that we are off to kick the ball around on the field, or when she joins the local park district team, I like bringing along...

Learn more about how to enter to the 2014 World FoodChampionships: http://www.worldfoodchampionships.com/         

Cave Chick, Inc. is the passion of  a mom and an original CaveChick. A labor of love, the recipes for CaveChick cookies are thoseLori Diversey, creator of Cave Chick, developed in the mid 90’s for her 3 children in response to health and nutritional needs. She found conventional ingredients were making...

As Momma Cuisine and a mom, I always try to maintain a balance of conscious eating and way of life and the everyday struggle for convenience. More and more, people are figuring out ways to bring both together so that we can have better and affordable access to good sources...

Ride the Kombucha Wave with NessAlla KombuchaFor centuries people have been drinking kombucha for its healing and rejuvenating properties. NessAlla strives to provide you with the highest quality kombucha, using only organic and fair trade ingredients. NessAlla kombucha is made locally in Madison, Wisconsin in small batches, so it’s always fresh!Kombucha,...

Diy: Top 10 Homemade Sugar Scrubs (via Style Craze)Exfoliation is very important to keep our skin clean, glowing, and beautiful. But you don’t need to rush to the market to buy a scrub that is filled with chemicals. You can easily make your own scrub at home! The best thing that you...

Join me and Kenmore on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. CST for the #springbrings Twitter party celebrating the best of the season. For joining our party, you have a chance to win a Kenmore Elite upright bagged vacuum or one of Kenmore’s newest French door bottom-freezer refrigerators to store everything you need.Make sure you enter...

In my never ending quest to get slim and remain healthy, snacking on healthy foods is important to my day. My days can get pretty hectic. Between filming my cooking show, office days, meetings, conference calls, events…and oh yes, my kids and tending to the home – I tend to...

The GrowHaus Urban Farm Oasis (via Ethical Foods)Bringing food back to Denver neighborhoods marked by the EPA as hazardous waste areas. In just two years, The GrowHaus, a 20,000-square-foot Denver greenhouse and education space, has become a veritable food oasis. Based in Elyria-Swansea, a neighborhood…

Chef Emeril Lagasse was the first hire at Food Network and helped to catapult the network in to mainstream success where millions of homes tuned in every night. In high school, watching Chef Emeril was a family affair. My dad especially loved Chef Emeril’s big and lovable personality, and so...

With three kids, my husband an I often complain about space in our vehicles. We live about one hour west of the city of Chicago where we work, visit family and enjoy so many great urban amenities. That means we spend hours and hours in our cars with our children,...

Delicious Juicing Recipes (via http://juicingforweightlossrecipes.net)There’s no need to feel deprived of candy, cakes and other processed foods! There are some truly delicious juicing recipes that are not only really good for you, but taste wonderful too. In the winter when it’s really cold, it’s sometimes difficult…