One of my favorite meals of all time is brunch. I love the combination of foods available – somehow it makes me happy that I can try several different items without having to make a commitment to just one dish!
My mom loves brunch, too, and not surprisingly, we usually make her that as a meal for Mother’s Day. This year, I’m going to try some of the recipes from Toast to Women. Check this out, since Mother’s Day falls on the kick-off day for National Women’s Health Week (May 10-16), two organizations (Clos du Bois and WomenHeart) …read more

How do you make a heart healthy meal even heart-healthier? By pairing it with antioxidant-rich wine, of course!
Toast To Mom, a site designed to inspire and support heart healthy lifestyle choices, while raising awareness and funds for women living with heart disease, features 5 recipes from the WomenHeart’s All Heart Family Cookbook and pairs them with wines from Clos du Bois, one of America’s best-known wineries and a premier Sonoma County producer of super-premium wines.
Check them out!

With Mother’s Day and the National Women’s Health Week just around the corner, here’s a wonderful gift idea for all the heart-health conscious women out there: the WomenHeart’s All Heart Family Cookbook.
Here’s an excerpt of a review from Publishers Weekly at Amazon:
The introduction explains that scientists have identified 40 foods that can help reduce, prevent, and even reverse heart disease. Those 40 foods—among them chocolate, red wine, tropical fruits, almonds and avocados—are the focus of this health-conscious cookbook. All 175 recipes include one or more of them, and the first section details, food by food, in easily understandable (even occasionally …read more