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cookin’ live!
Right in the middle of my stint at Beckett’s Table I was offered a unique opportunity doing live cooking shows for a personal training website called Live Body Coach. These shows were pretty low budget, one take, no editing. I was doing just about 30 minute segments on the topic of my choice with health and weight loss as the main theme. One show I would do something like “Light Party Options” or “Snacks on the GO” and then “Healthy Shopping” and “Buying Organic”. I focused on health from a holistic perspective and not just low calorie diet food. Throughout the shows I talked about healthy light cooking methods, using glass containers, eating grass fed meats, sustainable seafood, how to choose organic products and staying away from preservatives, artificial flavors and that aspartame nonsense. read more…
back with beckett
By the time it became clear that I was in Phoenix for at least long enough that it required me to get a job, all of a sudden I found myself with three…
Aside from private chef work and my jewelry biz, I had begun working for my long time friend and former boss Justin Beckett at his new restaurant aptly named Beckett’s Table. He and his wife Michelle and friends Katie and Scott Stevens had opened this little neighborhood joint about six months before. He was down a few hands in the kitchen and needed some part time help. Beckett and crew serve up classy comfort food in an approachable and affordable way while still maintaining an interest in local, organic and hand selected products. read more…
peru then back to the states…?
Peru was an amazing and trans-formative experience. We had plans and aspirations of building a life there and opening a guest house with an organic vegetarian cafe and a garden right out the back and of course almost everything would be made from scratch. read more…
oh my sweet thailand…and peru
from restaurant to not…?
how I came to be…
The sea and the fruit were calling and I needed a coconut for sustenance to carry on…I dare say mission accomplished and I have successfully consumed almost my body weight in fruit. Fantastically easy to do when it is so wonderful, so fresh and super cheap! read more…
Taking the Plunge!
