I think retreats are so important that I spent five months on retreat over the past two years and now I am hosting my own. What is a retreat, how is it different from vacation, and why do I think this time is so valuable?

I had the opportunity to join Great Day Washington and speak with hosts Kristen Berset-Harris and Ellen Bryan about New Years resolutions that stick and my belief that they need to start with joy, connection and freedom.

Saint Patrick’s Day always feels to me like the perfect way to celebrate that last moment before the winter farm market bids takes its leave and begins exploding with spring produce. It’s a meal filled with root vegetables, cabbage and slow cured, slow cooked meat. Besides, a holiday like this is everything I love about food - the opportunity to create some joy and sit down at a table to share it.