My passion is food; writing about it, creating it, photographing it and eating it. I guess there is something about the look, taste and smell of foods that evokes strong and beautiful memories for me about my sometimes luscious past that draws me back to my kitchen day after day.
I began my career as the owner and chef of Ruchetta Fine Foods, a specialty food store, restaurant and catering business on Fishers Island, New York, I went on to create the Boulder Bridal Show in Boulder, Colorado, the Legacy Outdoor Market in San Antonio, Texas and became the Trade Show Director for the natural products industry's largest and most significant trade shows and conferences, including the Natural Products Expo and NBJ Summit.
I have been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the entertainment industry's most creative artists and some of the country's most compelling speakers and innovators, but it is during quiet times at home with my husband, mulling over life’s happenings, cooking and sharing when I am happiest.
I suppose I could be described as a sentimental cook and that is fine by me as it is usually around a meal that we gather as family and friends to celebrate joyous and sorrowful occasions, important life rituals and traditions. These are the times we remember.
When The Rain Doesn’t Stop
The silence was eerie after four days of pounding rain. I realized that my ears had become accustom to the sound of the raindrops hitting the roof of our house. What ...
September 18, 2013 - 2:15pm
I grew up with little Norwegian troll dolls that relatives brought back from Norway. Legend has it that these mystical and often dangerous creatures who live in Norse caves and under bridges, have ...
November 12, 2012 - 8:25am
So often I make up my mind to follow a particular path or road on my journey only to find the diversions and detours are what make life truly interesting. For the most part, life experience has ...
August 9, 2012 - 8:31am
My husband and I have just returned from ten fabulous days of traipsing around the southwest. It was time for us to unplug and simply go where we wanted to go and see what we wanted to see. We ...
August 3, 2012 - 3:17pm
It was April 20, 1999 when I received a terrified call from my mother, “Is Sean at school” she asked on the verge of tears. “Yes,” I said, “What’s wrong”? Barely able to speak through her sobs, ...
July 20, 2012 - 2:07pm
Dear Lady who works in the accounting department but whose name I’m not sure of, why do you always look as if life has passed you by? I feel sad when I walk by your desk each day and I wonder what ...
July 2, 2012 - 9:48pm
Happily back in North Carolina for a few days, we took a walk down the road along the cotton fields until a couple of dogs chased us back the other way so we meandered our way down the long wooded ...
July 2, 2012 - 9:36pm
A couple of weeks ago we had dinner in Baltimore with my two nieces – one who lives in New York and the other who recently moved to Baltimore.
We were chatting about how these two beauties were ...
May 27, 2012 - 7:48am
My husband, only half jokingly, tells me he thinks I am a “little weird”…then, “unique in all the world” as he searches for softer words. Someone that I used to work for told me I reminded him of ...
May 9, 2012 - 8:04am
When The Rain Doesn’t Stop The silence was eerie after four days of pounding rain. I realized that my ears had become accustom to the sound of the raindrops hitting the roof of our house. What ...
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