by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Jul 10, 2018 | Recipes
I’ve been on the hunt for some fresh new summer pasta salads to make, ever since last summer, when I took a pasta salad to a friend’s annual summer barbecue and no one ate it. I admit I was hurt. I mean, didn’t anyone appreciate how long it had taken me to mix...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Jun 28, 2018 | Party!, Tips + Tricks
Summer’s here! That means I’m thinking about all of those picnics, beach parties, and backyard barbecues — and also food safety. I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but the CDC estimates that 48 million people get sick from food borne diseases each year in the United...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Jun 22, 2018 | Shopping Finds
Summer has officially begun, and you know what that means: Three months of outdoor parties and barbecues. Or as I like to call it, “The Season of Breaking Stuff Outside.” Before September comes you just know someone is going to break a plate on the patio or bust a...
by Jane Sweeney | May 4, 2018 | Recipes
All I want for Mother’s Day is to not cook – and to not do the dishes. (Well, maybe a spa certificate too if we’re really being honest here!) And spring has finally sprung so I’m loving the idea of a Mother’s Day picnic to celebrate all the wonderful mothers and...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Apr 18, 2018 | Recipes
What do you get when you cross sushi with a sandwich? A Japanese dish called onigirazu, which is a seaweed-wrapped rice ball – with fillings – that is not pressed into the traditional round or triangular shape. Turns out our very own Whole Foods has been testing...
We loves ours too. Big time.