Tranquility DeJure, April 2, 2010.

Bonjour and welcome to the 180th edition of Tranquility DeJure, a guide to bringing

tranquility to your everyday. Today's show features the lovely Robin Michelle Lee Thompson

of Vancouver, British Columbia,

who's an absolute gym.

I got to meet during my West Coast book tour, and she brings such great insights on food

to our fun Food Eat Friday column.

So a big welcome to Robin Michelle Lee Thompson. Learn more about her in the show notes.

Welcome, Robin. Hi, Kimberly. How are you? I'm doing really well, thanks. How are you doing?

I'm great. Thank you. And I'm excited to chat about

Foodie Friday and just kind of dive into a little bit more of the impetus and the passion behind it.

So tell me a little bit about what draws you into being a foodie and you're so beautiful at capturing images of the food and talking about it in such

a decadent way.

Thank you.

I think what drives me to it really is that it happens all the time.

Every single day, we're all connected to food no matter where we are in the world, who we are, what we love, we all need to eat.

And food can always be beautiful. No matter

where it's from or what kinds of diet you're eating, it can always be so amazing, both in taste

and the way that it looks, it's so aesthetic. And so I think that I have such a passion just for

the idea of lifestyle and what lifestyle encompasses

and food is always such a essential part of that because we all need to have food.

Yeah, and so why not make it beautiful, right?

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