Recent Posts

  • 4th of July Surprise
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    4th of July Surprise

    Impress your meat-loving friends by bringing a couple of potato treats that are great for veggie heads and non-veggies. Our old friend, the potato, has come to visit us on the 4th...but with a twist! 

  • Fun Recipes Using Your Farmers’ Market
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    Fun Recipes Using Your Farmers’ Market

    The act of shopping at farmers’ markets all across America all summer long makes for great summer memories. With that said, here are a few recipes to share and create new memories using fresh foods found at the farmers’ markets.

  • Jimmy’s “Welcome to Summer” Music Mix
    Music

    Jimmy’s “Welcome to Summer” Music Mix

    What we need now is some summer fun...and that includes a sexy, fresh group of songs to listen to all summer long...Let's get this party started!

  • A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness
    Miss N's Required Reading

    A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness

    This book is filled with feel-good tips to inspire you to be the best person you can be, while giving truly uplifting, positive advice on how to increase your joy in life, even when life throws you lemons.

  • Good Enough is the New Perfect
    Miss N's Required Reading

    Good Enough is the New Perfect

    The authors identify two basic types of women from their research: the “Never Enoughs” and the “Good Enoughs.” 

The Never Enoughs “felt a constant need to be ‘the best’” while the Good Enoughs weren’t as worried about being “the best,” but strove to be “good enough and happy at work and at home.”

  • Love In Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice on Open Relationships
    Miss N's Required Reading

    Love In Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice on Open Relationships

    Author, Kathy Labriola, a counselor and nurse from Berkeley, California, has been a polyamorist for nearly 40 years. Love in Abundance: A Counselor’s Guide to Open Relationships, blows the lid off of this little-known and misunderstood lifestyle.

  • Food From the Heart, For the Heart
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    Food From the Heart, For the Heart

    This combination of healthy, delicious food (that is also very wallet-friendly) makes beans and rice the perfect meal for you and your loved one’s health.

  • Finding Comfort in a Slow Cooker
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    Finding Comfort in a Slow Cooker

    Like a good U.S. Marine, a good cook can improvise and adapt!  Using a slow cooker (crock pot) and a little imagination, a winter night can become a night to remember.

  • Spice Up Your Valentine’s Day with Dinner For Two
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    Spice Up Your Valentine’s Day with Dinner For Two

    As an appetizer, we’re serving two warm bodies and plenty of love.  What you do with the combination of the above ingredients is your choice but it is recommended that clothing is optional. 

  • Let’s Party for the Superbowl!
    Chef Steve Bland's Recipes for Love

    Let’s Party for the Superbowl!

    After 17 weeks of regular season football and two weeks of playoff games, only two teams are standing for the big show, The Super Bowl. If you’re lucky to live in one of the two cities representing the AFC or NFC, it’s time to party!