Meshugganeh Moments

Like the perfect seasoning in a meal, words provide flavor to sentences. Yiddish words are extra flavorful, sweet, sour, tangy and filled with zest. Understand tateleh? Just my type- a Yiddish typewriterYiddish words are stuffed, like a kishka, with power and...
Nine Spice Moroccan Chicken

Nine Spice Moroccan Chicken

I am hooked on the smell of interestingly spiced food cooking on a late fall afternoon. Spice versus HerbsThe joy of cooking goes far beyond eating since so much pleasure can come from infusing your home with amazing aromas from spices. Coming into a home filled...
Sharpening Your Marketing

Sharpening Your Marketing

Cutting Edge Marketing Twice a year I like to sharpen my kitchen knives to make sure I can slice and dice like the pros. A razor sharp knife allows me to fan an avocado, debone a chicken or slice a strawberry so it can add both color and dimension on the plate. I...
Letter to Juliet

Letter to Juliet

This is another guest blog. I asked my mother Bea Slater to write a letter to her great granddaughter Juliet Paige Bedrin who is named in memory of my father Jack. This is her Letter to Juliet about her first visit to Great Grandma Bea’s house in Springfield,...
Fanny at 26

Fanny at 26

Fanny Elizabeth Slater  Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina  1990On October 26, 1985, when Doc Brown and Marty from the movie Back To The Future, were climbing into the Delorean, you came into this world ready for your own time travel adventure. Your...