This past Saturday was the official day of Chinese New Year. Though we are living in London, which has one of the top Chinatowns in the world, we didn’t get there to celebrate. It was a madhouse of crowds! But I remember the days of celebrating it when I was teaching preschool at a multi cultural school in L.A. We ate Chinese food, did arts and crafts inspired by the rich culture and even had a dragon parade. Since I was born in the year of the dragon I loved that tradition. Continue reading
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Recipe: Woman Crush Wednesday
I’m back in London and ready to fire up the oven for another edition of Woman Crush Wednesday! My fav day of the week. Another female chef is going to be getting the love and we are getting an amazing recipe recreated live on Snapchat (my username is blissbakery if you’d like to come watch). With this being the last Wednesday before Christmas we have to make something festive. But with all the temptations looming, it would be nice to have a not so naughty option. Enter the ever fabulous healthy eating expert Amelia Freer. She is the British nutritionist that not only has two best selling cookery books but has helped umpteen celebs get on the right track with a passion for good, clean food. Continue reading