For the love of food and relationships: a gastronomical journey into intimacy.

For the love of food and relationships: a gastronomical journey into intimacy.
A book in progress.

About Me

Los Angeles, California
I have been asking friends, family, and colleagues, how to merge my professional field, Marriage Family Therapy, and my love for food. After much thought over shared meals, I am thrilled to announce my new project. I am writing a book of recipes and personal stories collected from cooks and food lovers. The stories will describe moments when a particular recipe birthed a deeper intimacy with others. I am looking for submissions from people that love to cook for others, either professionally or recreationally. If you remember a particular recipe and can write a story about an experience that affected those you cooked for, please submit it to me. I am very excited about this project because I will be cooking each recipe submitted in order to know you and your story, personally. Thank you for your help and I look forward to reading your stories! My best, Randi Hope Levinson

lunching on saturday

My favorite culinary friend invited me and some friends over on Saturday for lunch. He went to the farmer's market prior to us arriving.

I was supposed to pack and run some errands before my big trip to India on Monday. I figured I would go to lunch for an hour or two and then return to my chores. When we arrived there was delicious white wine, followed by champagne, followed by more wine. What chores?

We gathered around in the kitchen watching JB meticulously chop garlic and onions- there was no blood this time. He was excited that he didn't have to rush to cook and therefore moved with intentionality. He was deliberate and it became evident when we sat down to eat.

White wine sauteed the onions, garlic, clams and sausage. Tri-colored potato hash-browns topped with kale and Quail eggs! Warm bread soaked up all the extra juices.

There were 5 of us. We laughed a lot, we reminisced over our favorite SNL comedians that made the show what it used to be. We shocked ourselves with names from TV shows like, The Hogan Family and Valerie when trying to trace Jason Batemen's childhood career. My friend even got her shoulders rubbed from one of the guests- and then was asked out on a date!

Dessert inspired 2 of the guests to run to the store to buy marshmallows, Rice Krispies and ice-cream. Here's what they came up with....Ice Cream Sandwiches! Our glasses were always filled. Our bellies were full of delicious slow cooked food.



Lunch lasted 5  hours. Saturday was a good day.

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