This wonderful illustration by Samantha Dion Baker encapsulates my family's new found love for avocados. I just had to share. I might get this framed and hung on our kitchen wall. Speaking of Samantha, she's also the talented illustrator who helped us design our new campaign logo for Bake it Happen™: If you were a fan of My Judy the Foodie last year then surely you were aware (and hopefully participated in) our Bananas for Boobies campaign? Bake it Happen™ is new name for the national breast cancer baking initiative that … [Read more...]
Bake it Happen
November 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
Our first annual Bananas for Boobies: Bake it Happen Breast Cancer Awareness campaign was so successful that we've already starting drafting (and soliciting partners) for an even bigger program in 2014! We are truly overwhelmed by the level of support we received from all over the country. What started out as a small idea hatched on the back of a napkin between my sister and me turned into a campaign that, while only restricted to residents of the US, spread to Canada and overseas to the United Kingdom, Mexico City and the Phillippines. It … [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Awareness
October 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
I am taking a break from the normal recipe post. I couldn't let this symbolic month (Breast Cancer Awareness, Mom's intended 70th birthday, 4th Anniversary of Mom's death) tick away without talking about breast cancer. So, today you’re not going to get food but rather, food for thought. Do you know how much my heart breaks every time I look at Mom's familiar handwriting on all of her now-faded recipe scraps? With each written measurement and specified instruction, I reminisce about her hands: Always manicured. Always ready to … [Read more...]
