I resisted teaching cooking classes for many years.  You see, I love to the teach, especially the principles of macrobiotic cooking, eating and living… but teaching cooking classes usually involves securing a venue, organizing people, and (the worst) SCHLEPPING SO MUCH STUFF!! And being a bit of a hurricane myself, the more cracks there are to drop things through, the more I drop.  Or better yet, hurl. 

So one day, I smacked myself on the head  and said "Teach from your home, silly!!" and POOF! Five years of resistance just evaported.  No schlepping.  No signing contracts.  No dropping the rice paddle between the seats of the car!  

I already taught a Spring series last month, and it went really well.  We yakked, and cooked, and chewed and generally got silly.  All while learning some of the most powerful information I've ever come across.  

If you live in Southern California , or know someone who does, please come join the party.  Sundays, between 2 and 5, starting June 16th and going until July 14th (skipping July 7th). When we hit maximum capacity, I'll open up a second time. 

Each class is $60, or you can come to all 4 for $200, if paid in full at the first class.

You can register by emailing me at jessicathehipchick@gmail.com.   

Chew well,

Jessica

                                               
 
In the publishing industry, this time of year is known as "New Year, New You", because it is when all the diet books come out.  Everyone wants to purge the excesses of the holiday season, and find that perfect regime, that one can FINALLY stick to… This will be the year!
What I love about [...]

I’m currently in Toronto for the holiday. I can't tell you how pleased I was to see my new book on sale in a huge Canadian bookstore, smack at the foot of the main staircase.  VERY EXCITING. 
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Right now you can order your own [...]

Buckwheat is an incredible grain.  Well, actually it's a grass–not a grain–but who's keeping track? 
                          
Native to cold climates, buckwheat helps our bodies adapt to cold weather, so anyone out there who can see your breath, or needs to shovel your stoop, should consider eating buckwheat every ten days or so.  Also known as "kasha", [...]

Remember Bonne Bell Lipsmackers?  O. M. G.  I absolutely lived at the local drug store, ogling all the colors and smelling all the testers of those big, fat lip glosses.  They had ridiculously fun and lip-smacking flavors, like root beer, and watermelon. They were my first exposure to make-up, perfect for an 11 or 12 [...]

                                              
From The MILF Diet…
"MILFiness is all about balance.  By staying balanced, MILFs are healthier, sexier and have more fun.
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This is a very sexy recipe, donated by Sarah Loring, a Connecticut MILF and mother of three.  There is something about the sweetness of the yams and the zing of the garlic that makes this dish a winner. 
Approximately 3 lbs garnet yams (or other yam or sweet potatoes)
1 bulb garlic
sea salt
olive oil (optional)
black pepper(optional)
Scrub [...]

From The MILF Diet…
 
                                             
 
I got up to 12 chews before everything went down the hatch.
But I kept trying. And the next day it happened. By the end of my bowl of rice and roasted winter vegetables, I had made it to 36.
And something else happened, or should I say, didn't happen.
I didn't crave a [...]

I hate to re-blog, but we ARE getting close to Thanksgiving and it is ESSENTIAL that you are all prepared to make amazing Tofu Turkeys, so I am re-posting the recipe below.
Remember: it is easy. You're basically just stuffing a dome of tofu with delicious stuffing and baking it. No biggie. It's just that the [...]

 
My good friend Aaron Steinbach is a private chef who works for the rich and famous in Hollywood these days but I met him as a young whippersnapper eating brown rice and kale.  I asked him to donate this recipe to the book because I couldn’t forget it after eating it seventeen years ago.  It’s [...]