Hungry Yogi

Today is a snow day so the kids are home. That means I'm having trouble getting a lot of work done--but not so much trouble blogging. ...

Finally, my year of insanity is drawing to a close. I wrote four books between the beginning of the summer and now. Yes, four. It's a...

Today I had a great Anusara yoga class, taught by my friend, Rachel Klapper. The theme was "holding to your convictions," which w...

I've been doing a lot of soul-searching and research. I've waffled about vegetarianism for awhile now, as the fight for gastronomic...

I'm procrastinating. I have to finish a Newfoundland article today, and although I finally have all my interviews completed and notes c...

Our CSA share has been full of eggplant lately, as well as corn, onions, tomatoes, and peppers...all the ingredients to make all my favorite...

At last, school has begun. The house is quiet during the day. I can actually work...and just finished the Beagle book I've been workin...

Our quest to eat local has been going well this summer. Pictured above: Locally baked sourdough bread from the farmer's market topped ...

Iowa City is finally drying out from the 500-year flood, we are all finally recovering from an unpleasant bout with the flu, we finally move...

The last two months have been incredibly busy, finishing a book with celebrity natural foods chef Bethenny Frankel , dealing with end of sch...

The New Pioneer Co-op , our local natural foods grocery, has issued a challenge to its members, to eat mostly local during one week in Augus...

Last night, I balanced in Dancer's Pose longer than I ever had before. I went into a headstand (no wall) by lifting both feet up at the...

Today I took a yoga class from my friend Rachel, a certified yoga teacher now doing her advanced training in Anusara yoga, a heart-centered ...

Spring break is over, alas. We had a lovely week in Orange Beach, Alabama. The kids played in the surf, I sat on the beach in a chair with...

I tend to want warm food in the winter--probably a common impulse in the frigid midwest. When I look outside and see drifts of snow taller ...

By my calculations, March 8 (today) is just about exactly 8 weeks before the week when southeastern Iowans should be thinking about planting...

Last week in yoga class, when I set up to do headstand against the wall in my usual way, my teacher said, "Eve, I think you are ready t...

What do you do when you don't just want but need oatmeal cookies but you only have one egg and all your recipes call for at least 2? Y...

Last night, I ventured into the Rick Bayless cookbook. Family Dinner Night always seems an appropriate venue for experimentation. I began ...

I shouldn't even mention the cinnamon rolls in this post because I didn't make them from scratch--these are the frozen ones from Rho...