by niccolapiccola | Nov 19, 2014 | books, breakfast, Eating Italian, restaurants
No seriously. How can you actually expect me to like you or even love you for that matter if you don’t like pizza? Who doesn’t like pizza? It’s like ice cream, everyone wants it all the time and if we could, we’d eat it for breakfast, lunch and...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 11, 2014 | books, holiday food, slow cooking
It finally feels like fall outside here on the Central Coast and I’m peeling apples, mixing spices, deseeding pomegranates and pulling up the beets in my garden in honor of the cooler weather! Tomorrow I’m planning on planting my winter garden so...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 10, 2014 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums, Peace, yoga
When I was younger my Ma always taught me NOT to stare at people. It didn’t matter who they were, she told me it was rude, especially if they were in a wheel chair or disabled, or homeless, or a little person, or just a train wreck after a night out drinking....
by niccolapiccola | Nov 6, 2014 | breakfast, health and wellness, yoga
I started running again last week after a long (13 months) hiatus spent trying to rehab my right knee. What’s wrong with it you ask? Oh, just inflammation that does not and will not go away. I’ve been trying a combination of “RICE-ing” (rest,...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 4, 2014 | health and wellness, Quick dinner ideas, salads
It’s November Fourth People! Did you get out and vote? I’m proud to say I was one of the first in line this morning at my Grover Beach polling station and the turnout was looking good! It makes me so happy to be an American. Being able to cast my vote and...