If you read my blog last week, you now know that Sarasota Magazine editorial director Pam Daniel and I have been trying to be dieting buddies. So far, not so good—10 days in and I have gained the pound back that I lost—or, as a friend likes to say, the pound found me! While I [...]

Unfortunately, the numbers on the scale are not where I want them. It’s time. It might have been the horrifying picture of my muffin top or the video that shows my two chins (a.k.a. turkey neck), but I am ready to shed the 11 pounds I have gained this year. Sure, I can use the [...]

Well, if you didn’t hear about the Men Who Cook event at Longboat Key Club this past Sunday, you surely will now. Twenty-four local men volunteered their time and ingredients to feed 200-plus hungry guests for the Asolo fundraiser. One of the best parts: The old-fashioned cake auction, which netted $2,800. Considering there were only [...]

As I was preparing this week’s blog, I realized that my life is not a fleeting taste memory. In fact, it is the opposite. The more I taste, the more I want—and that certainly explains the ever-growing muffin top—a phrase which, by the way, has apparently been added to the dictionary. Sarasota Magazine‘s own Rebecca [...]