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  1. WARNING: Plant-Based Thanksgiving

    Preparing my first raw, plant-based Thanksgiving dinner, poolside.2006Little did I know… I’ll never forget my first raw, plant-based Thanksgiving. Poolside in Key Largo, I was slicing, dicing and blending beautifully...
  2. The Ultimate Birthday Gift

    Today is my husband’s birthday.Steve chose, weeks ago, to give himself the gift of HEALTH.  There is only one gift that means EVERYTHING but you can only give it to...
  3. Getting Raw at Gilda’s Club: “The Basics”

    This week my daughter and trusty sous-chef, Ellie, and I had the honor of teaching a raw, plant-based cuisine workshop, “The Basics”, to eager Gilda’s Club members and staff. What...
  4. Picking Up Old Men (and some young ones too!)

    Cream PuffMy “New” 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Recently my husband and I had a major car do-over. After much discussion, I was the one who had to buy the sensible family car...
  5. Birth Announcement: Wesley Parkton Drake

    Wesley Parkton DrakeSeptember 4, 2011Italian Greyhound We just picked up our new little puppers in Parkton, NC and are bringing him home today. Welcome to our family baby Wesley!!! XOXOXOXOXOXO...