Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding To Celebrate The Women in My Life
Breakfast & Brunch / Dessert / Gatherings / Gluten Free / Holidays / Valentine's Day / Vegan

Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding To Celebrate The Women in My Life

This rosy brunch, a precursor to the COVID crisis, was a celebration of a few of the female bonds in my life. It was a celebration of what makes each of us unique and a celebration of what we share. It was my effort to look at my calendar, and my photos, and my posts to see if my values matched my life. Was I defining myself with work, or was I making time to foster relationships? Was I taking action, or was I falsely relying on "someday" and "sometime?"

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March 1, 2021
How We Celebrated Chrismukkah & the Importance of Traditions
Christmas / Gatherings / Holidays

How We Celebrated Chrismukkah & the Importance of Traditions

As a kid, I was always searching for traditions. I orchestrated (read: made my family suffer through) an annual Christmas play with my best friend, complete with violin and piano solos. There were spreads or ring bologna, cheddar cheese, and soda. As an adult, I’m still searching for traditions, but now I err on the side of prosciutto, smoked gouda, and wine. It’s all too easy to let traditions slip away, to avoid the effort, or to overstress (hi!), but these intentional celebrations enrich our lives.

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January 7, 2021
A Roller Skating Birthday Party for Me & My Inner Child
Birthday Cake Tradition / Birthdays / Cakes & Cupcakes / Gatherings

A Roller Skating Birthday Party for Me & My Inner Child

It's about to get a little louder and a little brighter than it typically is in this corner of the web. I am a nuanced human being after all, and as much as I love vintage wood grains, I love a nearly neon, pink, stone-washed jumpsuit and roller skates. But before we fully get this party started, I want to share why this party, this loud, silly, colorfully over-stimulating party was so needed.

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March 16, 2020
A Brunch Board in Celebration of Worth Manifesto
Breakfast & Brunch / Gatherings

A Brunch Board in Celebration of Worth Manifesto

I don’t know what big projects are on my horizon, or what the fine-tuning of my career will look like yet, but I know this: I want to make people feel special and celebrated. I want to empower people to feel their value and their contribution, whether it be passing them a microphone on stage or really enjoying the cup of coffee they made me. I want to be part of restoring humanity, which is why I hosted this brunch in honor of my friend, Sandra Villarroel and her organization Worth Manifesto.

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February 25, 2020
The Gluten-Free Grains Cookbook Launch Party
Cookbooks / Events / Gatherings

The Gluten-Free Grains Cookbook Launch Party

As hard as I laughed at my launch party, I also teared up because The Gluten-Free Grains Cookbook was so long in the making (but so very short in the physical making). This book really does feel like a decade in the works, and sharing that experience with a room full of enthusiastic people meant the world to me. Thank you to everyone who made the event come to life, attended, and celebrated!

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May 15, 2019