I think the most important thing to note about the wine program at Whole Foods, when compared with your average grocer, is that they seek out new, interesting and unique wines to fill their shelves, not just the normal garbage flung at them by the behemoth liquor distributors.

On the second Thursday evening of every month, you will not find me glued to the tube for must see TV. Instead, you will find me promptly seated, home-cooked meal in hand, ready to discuss stocks with the eleven other members of my Investment Club.  If you consider yourself a novice, never fear.  A year……

Lately, life has been anything but calm. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s been completely frantic. So, when my husband decided to whisk me away to San Francisco for the night as a birthday surprise, it took me a couple of minutes to work up what should have……

Asheville, NC has almost coined the phrase “farm-to-table dining”—so much so that you start to wonder if the expression means less than the overly debated “organic.” But, my jadedness quickly subsided as it seemed everyone actually did have their own garden and farm—from the Grove Park Inn to the grounds at Biltmore. This lush, mountain terrain is……

I imagine that when Marie Antoinette allegedly uttered that phrase, she had sampled the legendary coconut cake at Peninsula Grill. I am so confident in the superiority of this cake that I can say that it’s hands down the best cake I have ever eaten and the only one worth writing about. Yes, it’s that……

Aside from the Biltmore House, when I go to Asheville, I never miss a trip to the Grove Park Inn, a historic stone mountainside retreat that makes you want to snuggle up with a great book and a hot cocoa—even in the middle of summer. I’ve had a love affair with this hotel for years.……