Our lives have taken on a different turn since I wrote this blog in late June. My mother left us on July 11, 2017, two days before her 94th birthday, July 13th, 2017. Her last two months were spent at home, with us. It was a privilege to be able to take care of her,...
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The Kasbah Chronicles April/May 2017 edition (Part 1)
Ah! Ces Parisiens! Love and French water keeps you going! The Kasbah Chronicles April/May 2017 Edition Part 1 of 2, or perhaps 3! A FRENCH ESCAPADE Part 1: Paris and Normandy CONTENTS: Musings: Rediscovering Paris and Normandy La Gare Montparnasse: An urban...
Our riad, Dar Zitoun, is up for sale in Azemmour
July 2018 Dar Zitoun, our historic riad, the subject of my memoir, Mint Tea and Minarets: a banquet of Moroccan memories is up for sale. Located 90 km south of Casablanca's Mohammed V airport, and accessible by freeway, Dar Zitoun is perched on the banks of The...
Kasbah Chronicles February March 2017
If you are nt yet subscribed to my rather eclectic, almost monthly newsletter, just send me an email, and I will add you to my list! THE KASBAH CHRONICLES FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 Contents: Musings March is French language month Overheard Classes and presentations News of...
Winter 2016 Classes and Presentations
Classes and presentations: A handful of kids participated in the Taste of Morocco at the Newport Beach Central Library. Future chefs aged 5 to 11 learned how make a Moroccan carrot salad, couscous with buttermilk and a watermelon and smoothie....
ANCHORAGE Here I Come! Sept. 23-30, 2016
I am getting excited! My book tour to Alaska is merely 2 weeks away. If you happen to read this post, and if you know people in Anchorage, please feel free to share the following information. Three other San Diego authors are joining me for this first author exchange...
The Kasbah Chronicles February 2016
Musings: Author Celebration makes for strange bedfellows: I was honored to be included in the 50th celebration for local authors at the Central Library recently, but I had to chuckle at the juxtaposition of titles. Nothing against the subjects, however! Some of you...
Edible Flowers in the San Diego Union Tribune Food Section
In the San Diego Union Tribune Dec. 16, 2015 Lavender Shortbread cookies View the recipe and a mouth watering photo here: Shortbread blossoms with lavender or http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/15/shortbread-blossoms-with-lavender/
EDIBLE FLOWERS—How to order
Click on the Book Cover on my Home Page to Pay via Paypal Hardcover: 96 pages Publisher: Chefs Press; Second edition (November 1, 2015) ISBN-10: 1939664020 ISBN-13: 978-1939664020 Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Alternatives methods of...
San Diego Living Show, Channel 6, NOV. 2015
This link to San Diego's Channel 6, the CW, San Diego Living should be accessible until December 2015, I hope. It was great fun on sandiego6.com Monday, November 9, 2015 San Diego Living, 9AM Mint Tea and Minarets http://www.sandiego6.com/san-diego-living Please...