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"Jewels" from The Roving Stove
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From VIP lounges in Versace to service entrances in my apron. The pearls of wisdom from a glamorously hungry soul... on life, friends, and all things culinary.
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5 Tell Tale Signs I’m Getting Older

Like RIP Van Winkle, I fell asleep and apparently woke up 20 years later. I don’t feel 20 years older, but there have been a few tell tale signs. Why cry over the inevitable? I can let myself g...

21 h ago

Memorial Day & Sacrifice Made Personal

I hope that when you enjoy all the parties this weekend, you will also stop to think about what Memorial Day really stands for. The brave women and men that have fought and risked the ultimate price,...

3 days ago

Friday Food Tip: Roast Chicken Bondage

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...

5 days ago

The Grocery Rescue Challenge

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...

22 may 12

Atoms of Gratitude: Enduring Beauty

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 ...

20 may 12

Friday Food Tip: Fresh Herbs vs. Dried

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...

18 may 12

Gone Fishing: My Big Catch

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...

15 may 12

I May Not Be A Doll, but Happy Mother’s Day

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...

13 may 12

Bag Lady Chooses Art Treasures Over Home

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...

10 may 12

Atoms of Gratitude & Logos: Keith Haring

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...

08 may 12

Fashion & Food That Rocks

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...

04 may 12

Blog Birthdays & Hat Tricks

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...

01 may 12

Atoms of Gratitude: Seafood Risotto

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...

29 apr 12

Friday Food Tips: Asparagus

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...

27 apr 12

A Springtime Christmas Thanks to Nordic Ware

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...

24 apr 12

Atoms of Gratitude: Maintaining Health & Vigor

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...

22 apr 12

Looking Back, and Ahead over Spa Week

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...

20 apr 12

Personal Chef Milestones & A Free Gift

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...

17 apr 12

Want Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables?

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...

14 apr 12

A View from the Fishbowl of Fame

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...

10 apr 12

Cooking with Children

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 ...

06 apr 12

Low Carb Diet & The Personal Chef Approach™

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...

04 apr 12

Model Make-Up Tips & Tricks: Lipstick

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...

31 mar 12

Cinema that Matters

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...

28 mar 12

Atoms of Gratitude, from March 24, 2012

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...

25 mar 12

A Grimm Fairytale Truth

“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...

21 mar 12

Bet You Can’t Eat Just One of These Recipes

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 ...

16 mar 12

Let Them Eat Cake: The Birthday Menu

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...

12 mar 12

Chalking Up Another Birthday Today

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...

09 mar 12

Soups On, & Better than ever with Vitamix

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...

06 mar 12

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