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Modern Day Cynthia shares some of her many books that have inspired her and may inspire you too!
I just love books! My dad gave me my first positive thinking book when I was ten and I’ve been hooked every since. It was the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – how one’s thoughts create our reality and if you can believe it you can achieve it. My father who was [...]
Read more...(VIDEO): California Premiere Party Celebrating the Great Food Truck Race on the Food Network
I drove down from Santa Barbara, California to Orange County for a premiere party for the 2nd Great Food Truck Race that is airing Sunday nights at 9/8c on the Food Network. This second season has special meaning to me because my little sister Nicole is on the Seabirds Food Truck from Costa Mesa, [...]
Read more...Delicious, Healthy and Romantic Mediterranean Date Nights (VIDEO)
I’ve found that delicious and healthy Mediterranean meals with quality time at the table definitely contribute to my happy and healthy marriage. Each week, my husband and I take turns planning our weekly date nights. I’m lucky that he can cook, too!…
Read more...Award-Winning Horta (Greek Greens) Recipes
Recipes for Classical Horta & Horta with a Mediterranean Twist By Cynthia Daddona Photo by RomancingTheTable.com Dark Leafy Greens are an important part of the Mediterranean Diet. Research that began on the Greek Island of Crete in the 1940’s and later included the rest of the Mediterranean, determined that the Mediterranean Diet contributes to living [...]
Read more...Yia Yias (Greek grandmothers) and Horta (Greek Greens)
Watch this video filmed in Santa Barbara and Crete that includes how to make my award-winning horta recipe! Eating a consistent amount of greens – raw and lightly cooked or steamed can help you live a longer life! I now realize this is what contributed to the longevity of my Mediterranean relatives. Greens are a [...]
Read more...AphFoodite™ in Crete on Romance & the healthy Mediterranean diet & lifestyle VIDEO.
Check out this video I did as AphFoodite™ – the Greek goddess of food, romance and love – that was filmed in Crete. What brought us to Crete? My husband Jim and I were delighted when the Pan-Cretan Association of America (through the Greek Trade Office and the Greek National Tourist Organization) invited us on [...]
Read more...Delicious, Healthy and Romantic Mediterranean Date Nights (VIDEO)
This month is National Mediterranean Diet Month (Med Month!) created by Oldways, a world-renowned source of Mediterranean diet information, “to highlight the healthy Mediterranean Diet and its lifestyle practices…
Read more...Sophia Loren – World’s Most Beloved Cinema Goddess Honored with a Motion Picture Academy Tribute Hosted By Billy Crystal
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science tribute to Sophia Loren, hosted by Billy Crystal at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, was a moving event filled with laughter, tears and love for the world’s most beloved Italian film goddess. An audience of a thousand attendees enjoyed the beautiful evening of film clips, [...]
Read more...Enjoy some Love, Laughter and Inspiration with my Date With Myself Video and How to Use Vision Boards To Make Your Dreams Come True
The basis for having the life we desire begins with appreciating and loving oneself. This creates the good vibrations and healing that will help us manifest our dreams that can include inner joy, happy relationships, abundance, attracting one’s soulmate, creativity and much more.
Read more...Romance, Date Nights and You!
In the movie Date Night actors Tina Fey and Steve Carrell are a married couple stuck in a rut with their date nights because they go to the same restaurant and eat the same meal. If I could offer them advice on how to prevent this it would be to keep the romance fresh by [...]
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