Hot Peppers!

I received some beautiful differently colored peppers in my weekly CSA delivery… thank you Farmer Christopher Totman! So before they went to waste I thought I would make a harissa (Tunisian hot chilli sauce). I used my hands to take out all of the seeds, and not long after I made it, which I think turned out delicious my hands were burning, especially my finger tips. Then I felt under my eye burning and I went to bed with a small red welt on my face (sort of looked like a hive). When I woke up the next morning and put my contacts in suddenly my eye was burning, and I realized my hands were still burning! Long story short… use gloves when you handle hot peppers!

• Blended or finely chopped hot peppers
• Olive oil
• Fresh cilantro
• Salt
• Garlic

You can either blend the peppers or just let them blend into the oil.

Maggie’s NGO in Nepal

A huge congratulations to Maggie Doyne and to the NY Times for finding and writing about her inspiring work with the Kopila Valley Children’s Home in Nepal. Check out this slideshow of Maggie on the cover of the NY Times Magazine!!!!! Go Maggie… I wish for more of you. Can you imagine what a better place it would be with more Maggies in this world!!! Much love to you Maggie, you are a huge inspiration!

Read related blogs:
When A Child Moves to Nepal
How to Change the World

Farm Fresh in the Boroughs

Most diseases like diabetes and obesity are connected to diet, which disproportionately affect low-income families. To help combat the fast food culture we live in, there are some really great programs happening around the city. This NY Times article talks about a new farm share program in the Bronx, which links city dwellers from low-income areas in New York City with upstate farms and a chance for them to own shares in the farm.

There’s something for everyone from the boroughs… here‘s a farmer’s market in Queens that provides the community with fresh squash, lettuce, eggplant, and peppers where fast food reigns… and for my fellow Brooklynites, a food coop grows in Brooklyn!

Check out the video about the farm share program.

The Wait is Over… this week’s New Arrivals

18K Gold Diamond Beads on Chain (16, 18, 24 in. lengths)

Pina Bausch’s amazing performance

Pina Bausch’s performance in her show, Vollmond (Full Moon) at BAM is amazing and incredibly beautiful. It runs until tomorrow so if you can, go check it out.

Here comes the Me&Ro bride…

18K Gold Fine Bombay Sliver Diamond Earrings

18K Gold Indian Diamond Flower Earrings

These gorgeous diamond earrings from the bridal collection were featured on marthastewartweddings.com.

Shop these styles and more from the bridal collection.

It’s here… this week’s New Arrivals!

10K Gold Short Lapis Flower Earrings

Fall Beach Path

This picture reminds me of long walks on the beach at the end of a day in Fall as the sun’s setting…

Pretty In Pink… for a good cause

Me&Ro for LOFT bracelet

Robin Renzi of Me&Ro has teamed up with LOFT to create a limited-edition lush beaded bracelet of dark ruby-toned beads and golden leaves to benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. $5 of each purchase of this specially designed Me&Ro bracelet will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical research worldwide.

“I am thrilled that the sale of this bracelet will raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. I think it’s very feminine, and my hope is that women will feel that way when they wear it.” – Robin Renzi

The bracelet is available for $34.50 exclusively in LOFT retail stores and at LOFTonline.com (while supplies last).

Meet Dr. CHEF

Dr. Preston Maring started a farmers' market at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland

I love that Dr. Preston Maring (love love love him) is a doctor foodie! Imagine that! If you’re a food nut, you have to read this… Yes, I’m a food nut too!