lets do this thing called love!





beauties!! the last miracle was amazing! seven hungry women gathered in my kitchen allowing me the absolute honor to nourish & inspire them with BEAUTY from our local & seasonal bounty....we created food that is simple to make, sates the soul & tastes delicious. they were receiving my love in their wood bowls as they fed me their honesty, their laughter, their openness...they opened their pantries of the heart and tried on my medicinal offerings... it's a dance each time we come together, a shape we form, a vital gathering.  i am committed to weaving this beauty food fest into our daily stressed out lives... 
the miracle is a place where we can learn how to meet ourselves in the kitchen, inside a soup, something warm & loving, something we are deeply hungry for..even if the soup starts it's journey in the morning and finally gets pureed in the evening...in between the meetings, the kids, the dog, the job...it's all good. we are in this together & we can do it. we can make food a priority in our lives. we can nourish ourselves & show our kids, our friends, our communities the way to this place. come to my kitchen and lets do this thing called love! see you in the kitchenxxxx 

NEXT MIRACLE: OCTOBER 26

FRIDAY (next week!!)
10ish - 1ish pm
75$ donation
jules kitchen/mt washington/east side
RSVP ASAP (deadline: this friday/october 19)
email me & more info via email to reserve your wood bowl!!!


i miss you.

i say this every time there is a very long & arduous DROUGHT in the RM blog realm and it's true every time:

i miss you.

i miss me

. i miss the the luxury to tap in, to share what's happening in & out of my kitchen, to take a sip from a warm something, write some more & water this fertile ground of feeding each other.

the silence that you are hearing is unfortunately not what i am hearing....my two kid rompus has begun and it's in full force. not to mention my business that needs nourishment to grow, the dreams that need to float down from the 'roam freely' aisle and ground into something that continues to inspire change in america's kitchen culture. 

what culture you ask? exactly... this is what i am talking about! is this thing on? i'm here all night. 

did i mention self-care? oh, did i miss that? all of this 'me time' i have been experiencing these days is profound. i can hear you laughing and it's feeding the 'me too' part of this party we are experiencing together.

where have i been? right here in my kitchen, cooking for wonderful women & families who are in a time of their lives where they need this love i am cooking up... whether they are here for a week, coming home from a trip or busy forever....this nourishment, this food that i am honored to create with the best ingredients from amazing farmers is a niche situation. i opened up the RM 'private cooking' wing and took a few new clients. in time, i will teach them how to do this on their own (they may not know this yet ;)

we CAN weave food into our day to day (busy, chaotic, insane, no time, american) lives when we are ready to make food important in our lives.  

when we touch down into our bodies & allow food to be an emotional, doable & simple experience than we make room for what is possible, even if you have NO idea how it's going to happen. THEN: you call me & we create a kitchen that flows efficiently, with all the right tools & a custom schedule for your life that makes sense for your work, family, you etc.. we cook together, we shop together, we birth this piece into your lives & before you know it.. you are making beautiful, organic, healthy & delicious food! you will feel like new. email me

here

if your ear is to the door and you want more... no more broccoli & pasta ruts in the RM world. a miracle will fix that right up! 

speaking of....

something that i am in desperate need of is A MIRACLE! this is the first one of the fall..if you have never been

to my kitchen and you are waiting for the perfect time...it's

now

!! this fall bounty is gorgeous. please don't wait for this kind of beauty, the feeding each other is so important for all of us... this wonderful gathering of women, food, abundance, laughter... it's 100000% soul satisfaction or your money back. oh! and you will be inspired & empowered with the know how to cook seasonal, healthy & delicious food! come one, come all! 

OCTOBER 5 (FRIDAY)

10ish - 1ishpm

75$

jules kitchen

2 spots left!

RSVP/INFO here

more dates coming soon! see you in the kitchen soon beautiesxxxxjules

summer miracles & more.


beautiful women!! 
i am missing you inside this summer shift... as the schedule changes, as the sun begins to express her full potential & as we begin to slowly lose our minds!!! (with the kids home & no plan somedays) anyone? it can be really hard to find our way to ourselves, let alone in the KITCHEN! amen sister, me too. it sounds like it's time for a MIRACLE!! 


SATURDAY 
WORKSHOP: 
JULY 14
10 - 3
$150 
RSVP by july 2


THURSDAY
JULY 26 
(birthday miracle ;)
10 - 1
$75
RSVP by july 18


THURSDAY 
AUGUST 16
10 - 1
$75
RSVP by august 8


do you keep missing the miracle b/c of the date? do you want to bring all the women you love? you wanna have a birthday miracle? many of you have asked me about creating a 'custom' miracle. YES, let's do it! summer is a wonderful time for this. email me here to create this kind of love. 


"The Miracle is freedom, empowerment, relief, courage,  homeopathic, re-affirming, grounding,  a touchstone,  a reassuring voice,  kindness,  guidance and grace. What I take away from my time at RM, I leave not only with actual, practical recipes that I can do at home, but I also leave with confidence. When I am back home at my own kitchen I feel free to experiment with the ideas that I was given at RM.  It is practical for my budget and my life.  I feel like a witch in the kitchen and I can conjour up magic in the form of food."


"My husband LOVES when I come back from an RM miracle because he and my daughter eat well.  My daughter loves to see me joyful in my kitchen space, full of excitement to share the spices and ideas I have.  Some of the things that I learn from Jules even apply to life beyond my kitchen.  She is like a mini-kitchen-therapist.  She will give me a loving push to grow and to feel self-love.  All this from just a bit of time with her !!  Always money well spent.  I love Jules because I can see that she believes in what she does and in me.  She is a lovely surprise  and I love RM."  Wiloe Ann Poehlmann

see you in the kitchenxxxxjules


WORKSHOP.


hello beauties! 

i am excited to invite you to first renaissance mama saturday workshop for women!

i am finding more and more that i am my kitchen. when it's empty, i feel a strong desire to fill it. when i feel off, overwhelmed, all over the map: i go into my kitchen to nurture myself whether it be opening an apricot, warming a tea or watering the flowering basil on my window altar. whatever is happening in my super busy world, the kitchen (over and over again) proves to be the warmth, the ground, the core and the beauty that calls to me amidst the chaos. 

i feel like there are many corners to our kitchens, ourselves & our lives waiting to be explored in this way... with a new kind of compass, a desire to go deeper and the courage to listen to this innate wisdom... we can begin to hear ourselves, what we hunger for & then can we understand the deep need of nourishing & sating this gorgeous hunger... living in a place of abundance, awareness, aliveness instead of starvation.

when we gather together in an intimate way... when we are nourished, loved & heard.. when we allow our expression, our wisdom to have a voice through color, word, canvas, soil, seeds, watering ourselves to create, grow, allowing ourselves to just be & grow... when we give the noise a break and listen to the heart, the belly, our beautiful bodies...something magical happens.... this is the saturday workshop.


MIRACLES, MAGIC & WISDOM
SATURDAY WORKSHOP
JUNE 16
10 - 3 
$150

 includes nourishing food all day

 inspiring recipes & the know how to 
make it happen in your day to day

empowering ideas & basics in the kitchen

 creative supplies & tools

 food offerings, creations & gifts to take home

a safe & sacred space to be nourished on many levels
TIME FOR YOU!


these gatherings are intimate. reserve your space asap.
i am excited to feed each other. see you in the kitchenxxxx


kitchen as life & other magical moments.










gorgeous women!!! look at this dance... this radiance...this blissed out beauty showing up at the farmers market... i am inspired each week as there is always something new to gaze at.. a color i want to wear, a shape i want to hold, smells i want to bathe in & tastes i want to share. it's a motley crew of abundance. it's my church of sorts.. if you ever feel like praying in this way... you know where to find me.


do you remember the conversation about the stories hanging in our kitchens? i picture them as a collage of chandeliers, streamers, a breeze, the way the sun hits the beets.... some are ornate and fancy bright, some are dirty, dusty, invisible & some are painfully quiet UNTIL you open something... in your kitchen, in your life, in your beauty... it could be your heart, your eyes, your oven, shredding some carrots, shredding some of you, spreading butter on warm toast, spreading yourself, the sounds & smells of that wooden spoon, the handle in your hand: everything has a story. 


i am finding that it takes courage, tenderness & a deep desire to do this OPENING UP thing.  the kitchen is life. everything seems to be happening in here: miracles, magic & mayhem. we can birth and burn something in the same moment. it's all a big stew of growth: stretching & sating me while i warm it up.


it IS emotional. it IS intimate. it IS a choice.... in how we want to eat, chew & digest these new and old stories of our beauty, our freedom, our life and how we want to nourish ourselves and our clan in our day to day.


upcoming miracles & a saturday workshop!


may 25 
june 8
june 22


fridays
10:30 - 1
75 dollars
rsvp asap


&... 


***MIRACLES, MAGIC & MAYHEM*** 
saturday workshop: june 16
an exploratory feast of discovering YOUR beauty in & out of the kitchen... we will meet freedom in food & other expressive mediums... more details soon... rsvp asap ... this will also be an intimate group. 


here is a sweet testimonial from the last miracle.....
"Totally inspired, loved every minute. Hungry for more, hope to cross paths with all of you again soon. Thanks a million to Jules and the lovely women I shared a miracle with. xoxo" Nicole 

see you in the kitchenxxxx

beauty mama day.

ode to the mamas

incredible

love

deep

challenge

sweat

tears

my face

intimacy gone

intimacy found

hide and seek

with, for, of ME

hide 

hide 

hide

coerced to seek 

again

a new, feel old

want so much

have so much

blessed beyond words

challenged to the last cell

inexplicable 

resilience

the mama cape

a ton of bricks

yearning for the feathers

and the 

milk

milk

milk

the gap tooth smile

singing to adele in the car

watching me, you, us 

GROW

the ultimate teachers

changing patterns

the deepest exhaustion

the deepest gratitude

the deepest of everything 

oceans of beauty 

beauties of ocean

thank you for choosing me

xxxx

weelicious & white shorts.




beauties! it's MAY!!!! how did that happen?!!? time is insane... it really feels like i am in my own room with time. it feels like a room with high windows, like at the gym and i have my own trainer who is holding a stop watch for every single thing i am trying to get done (we might want to call her a babysitter and she really does want the best for me) oh and i see... i am in a feirce game of squash. i am whooping my own toosh. how is that possible? one part of me is getting 'stuff' done and the other part of me has a long way to go... anyone? oh! and i think i am wearing those east coast, harvard vibe, white shorts... oy, that just made the image so much worst. HA!  


how are you? how is the beauty in your world? how is the food coming along? any action in the kitchen? it's getting warmer and the beauty of spring is slowly making her way to the market: stone fruits, cherries, berries, asparagus, spring peas and more.. there are so many gifts to eating seasonally and one of the best feelings is setting my eyes on the first of something in the season. it really feels like a friend i have not seen in a long time (about a year)....i am so happy to hug it with my eyes, kiss it with my lips and bring it home to share with ocean. he gets so excited to see the new, old friend back again. yesterday, he asked that i bring the wood board to the table so we could cut our first peach together. it was a simple moment that was so special. there was ritual around the first of something, the honoring of it being here & then right back to lego's. i loved it.


speaking of friends...i want to send an incredibly grateful shout out to a true renaissance mama in & out of the kitchen, catherine mccord, who created & owns with love: weelicious. she is doing such beautiful work bringing families together in the kitchen to make food that is healthy, easy & good for everyone to enjoy. she is one of my sunday favorites at the hollywood market. i am not quite sure how she does it all with running a successful business, writing books, interviews all over the country, raising her family & the one that stumps me the most: shopping at the market with her entire family following her to every stand. check out weelicious for videos, recipes & various ways to get fun, healthy & love filled food on the table. how do you do it? you are amazing catherine. thank you for sharing my movement with your weelicious family. 


the last post by artist, poet & renaissance mama: jill lurie brought so many sweet words and love from our community. thank you jill! if you didn't get a chance to read it, click here. the next MAY MIRACLE is friday, may 25! please reserve your wood bowl as we have a few more spots left. these miracles are magic in the kitchen. we will explore and discover ourselves, our beauty & reconnect with our needs through a variety of mediums... held by the incredible sustenance of this gorgeous food. things are opening up in here in new ways and the miracles are ripe for the pickens....see you in the kitchenxxxx


***welcome to all the new beauties in the RM community, so happy to have you with us on this journey, discovering all the miracles in and out of the kitchen. i am honored & inspired to feed you in this wayxxx***