Jasmine Turner

Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano

June 28, 2010

So, the first part of the title to this inspirational book is pretty clear: “women,” “work” and “art.” “Savoir faire” needs translation, at least for me. It means “the ability to say or do the right thing in any situation; tact.” Wow, I read the whole book and did not know the meaning of savoir [...]

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portion, pleasure and planning: the French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook Dinner with Mireille Guiliano, San Francisco

May 10, 2010

The San Francisco Dinner with Mireille Guiliano at Moussy’s below the Alliance Française was a great opportunity to meet the author and get a sneak preview of her latest publication, The French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook, the next installment in the FWDGF empire since French Women for All Seasons. I knew about the new [...]

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soup à la Skinny!

September 3, 2009

My husband teases me whenever I make a big pot of soup by calling it my “Get Skinny Soup!” I used to make a broth-type soup sort of similar to this one. I used in place of eating regular food, supposedly clean out my system and get skinny fast. However, I was looking for a [...]

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simple shrimp stir fry

August 25, 2009

I wanted to impress my husband, as usual; and also cook up something tasty and healthy. WC crew members are constantly surprising me and wooing me with cooking inspirations. Because I’m sort of a newbie home chef and kinda wobbly when with complex recipes, simple preparations are very appealing! All the hype about the Julie [...]

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Golden Era, San Francisco

July 26, 2009

Vegan “meat” is delicious cooked Asian Style in the Tenderloin. Golden Era has a huge menu full of exciting dishes cooked up in a spicy Vietnamese/Chinese fashion. A few of us had been talking about going for many months, as our friends eat more vegetarian foods since they became pescatarians. I’ve been going to Golden [...]

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Crepe House, San Francisco

July 10, 2009

The Crepe House is a non-pretentious café in the Russian Hill neighborhood that’s a great place to meet for lunch! My history with CH started with just one other co-worker friend who along with me recently became unemployed. We would meet there to socialize and support each other in the Job Search. Being out of [...]

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Julie & Julia

July 4, 2009

In a time when a lot of people are unemployed, soul searching and trying to redefine themselves and their careers, Julie Powell’s “Julie and Julia” is inspiring. This is an autobiographical account of the writer, who is about to have a nervous breakdown in her job as an office drone in downtown New York, on [...]

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Udupi Palace, San Francisco

July 2, 2009

Udupi Palace is a great South Indian Vegetarian restaurant in the Mission District of San Francisco. Seven of the WC crew gathered together recently to check it out, as we were looking for somewhere to eat on Valencia Street in the 20’s. We were enticed by seeing the crowds of people happily eating their crepe-like [...]

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Minnesota Adventure

June 26, 2009

Prof. T had to work a few days in Rochester, Minnesota at the famous Mayo Clinic, so I tagged along for the thrill of travel. Mireille Guiliano mentions travel as a way to get outside your normal routine and environment and experience different foods, people and places. With the spirit of the French Murielle, I [...]

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Kennedy’s Irish Pub and India Curry House Restaurant

June 16, 2009

India Curry House is a restaurant inside of an Irish pub called Kennedy’s, over on 1040 Columbus Street between Francisco and Bay Streets, right across from Bimbo’s nightclub in North Beach. I have wanted to eat there and try a pint for about ten years now. My chance finally came last week. Since the eatery’s [...]

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