No, chickens are not into S&M, but have you ever been disappointed with dry breast meat from your roast chicken? Or, maybe the breast was perfect, but the legs and thighs were still bloody? Truss...
As many of you brought to my attention when I asked you to use the Personal Chef Approach™ (PCA™) to “Feed Your Family and Theirs” in support of the Children’s Hunger Crisis in East...
I stole a couple hours with my “Aunt” (close family friend) Mary Pappajohn to tour the Des Moines Art Center while I was home last week. As we ate lunch, I looked out over the building I ...
I have to admit I have a penchant for fresh herbs, but it can get costly if, like me, you do not have a green thumb. I have two tips for you if your food budget is tight, so you do not have to sacrif...
Well I haven’t exactly gone fishing. I’m visiting my parents, but I always did love how they used to leave “gone fishing” signs in small town shop windows when the owners went...
I think mom was expecting a living, breathing doll that she could dress up, and I’d do exactly as told. I do share my birthday with Barbie – maybe the stork got confused? Instead, she gav...
After my last blog post, a man asked me if I still had my Keith Haring artwork? My reply was, “Of course – they are like family heirlooms. I’d end up homeless before I would sell, b...
As Google updates their logo in honor of what would have been Keith Harings’ 54th birthday this week, I wanted to share a post I wrote about my dear friend for the Keith Haring Foundation a few...
Don’t get me wrong I LOVE my career in food, and wouldn’t swap it for love nor money (not today anyway). However, the rock and roll meets fashion diva within thrives on. I still need an o...
This blog (click here to see my first ever post), Jewels from The Roving Stove began exactly three years ago today with my taking you “from VIP entrances in Versace to service entrances in my a...
I like to look back over all I have to be grateful for. It keeps me in a positive frame of mind, and inspires me to rise to new challenges when I take stock of all I have achieved. Last year I was ho...
Asparagus is readily available year round these days, but April is considered it’s peak season – which runs from spring to midsummer. Not only will it be in flavorful abundance, but you s...
I don’t usually do sponsored posts, because blogging is not my business. I write about my own expertise and experiences with subjects I believe might bring some new awareness, knowledge, or ent...
People often view massage as a luxury, and being pampered does feel luxurious, but I look at it as a down payment on good health. Stress IS a killer. So, this week’s atom of gratitude is for sp...
Do you ever like to look back through the years? With a blog that is particularly easy to do. This week one year ago, I was toasting a new era with the launch of the Personall Chef Approach™ on Julie...
I’m coming up on two major milestones this year. The Roving Stove personal chef service will be celebrating 10 successful years in business, and this Thursday my membership site JulieAnneRhodes...
Daisy didn’t actually eat my homework, but she does eat her vegetables – she loves carrots, green beans – oh who am I kidding? Daisy eats everything including tissues and my rose bu...
I reluctantly wrote this post months ago, but the problem seems to be rearing it’s ugly head again, so I decided to go ahead and post it now. You know I don’t like dwelling on the negativ...
Have you ever asked your kids “how was your day today” only to be met with them pulling a face or, if you are lucky, a one-word grunt? It’s amazing how quickly their tongues loosen ...
By Jodi Zulueta It seems like I have been struggling with weight-loss forever. Before I had my first child, I was able to eat whatever, whenever, however, (WHYever?). Now I’m a forty-something mothe...
I’ve done a couple heavy posts lately, so I thought I’d lighten the blog up a bit this weekend with a make-up tips I learned as a model post. A nice idea since I will be drawing the winne...
There are two films being released this Friday. Mirror Mirror starring Julia Roberts, and clearly the underdog film, a documentary called Bully already causing huge controversy over the “R̶...
Atoms of gratitude came easily this week when I actually took some time off to visit Jimmy, and his extraordinary songwriter brother Donnie Demers. It felt weird being in an old skool studio again, b...
“Why are you single Julie Anne?” I’m so sick of hearing it! I have a million different answers and excuses for that, but the truth of the matter is much more complex than anyone, in...
Warning: the following post is entirely biased. I am not being compensated in any way, but if I’m nice – Joy Wilson, a.k.a. Joy the Baker, might share the crumbs from her recipes for the ...
After a whirlwind week in the kitchen, first for clients, then for my own party, I thought ”let them eat cake (and a few more courses)” when I had some friends over for dinner last Frida...
You would think by now I would have outgrown loving birthdays, but no, I still get as excited as I did when I was two. Evidently that Daisy gets excited too. She woke me barking her rendition of R...
I was obviously confused as a teenager as to which part of that party I could master, I think I’ll leave the music making to my keyboard playing ex, and concentrate on scintillating food instea...
I have so much more than just one atom of gratitude for you this Sunday. I mentioned before that a friend visiting from London made me a scrumptious vegetarian dinner earlier in the week. I first cla...
Guest Post by: Rachel Cree-Lowe My earliest memories are almost entirely based on colour. The way the sun looked coming through the leaves as my Aunt held me in her arms and splashed with me in the p...
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