About Our Site
Welcome to LIVING THE FOOD LIFE!
Welcome to Living The Food Life -- a curated collection of restaurant experiences & "foodie finds" that celebrate the everyday joy of everything food. Here, we aim to honor a dedicated indulgence to feeding the heart, mind and soul by pleasing the palate in healthy balance with an active lifestyle. It's all about family and friends, dining out and eating in, recipes that wow, inspired ingredients, adding wine to make it shine, and staying on the move to delight in every bite!
So ignite your inner explorer, taste for adventure and join us on the journey to living a full, fit and joyful life that is ready for you to savor and share!
LET's Talk
Living The Food Life will be updated regularly with new bites and blurbs, so please visit us often! Better yet, reach out to share your favorite experiences and eateries. We're always on the look-out for our next great adventure and VERY strongly believe that it's way more fun to share!
About Us
MEET YOUR LIVING THE FOOD LIFE TEAM
SUSAN (in photo on LEFT) and ANNETTE (RIGHT) have been friends for nearly a decade. Pure and simple, our friendship grew from our love of food. We first met at a spin class where Annette was an instructor and Susan was an avid rider. Every Friday morning, we would ride together motivated by our “dine and wine” weekend plans, to burn off those necessary calories so we could joyfully indulge later. After countless conversations about food, cooking, eating and our favorite restaurants, we wondered if there were others who shared our passion. Shortly thereafter, LivingFoodLife.com was born.
SUSAN: Inherited from my Italian grandmother who embraced every opportunity to cook and instinctively and effortlessly transform each ingredient ... Cultivated by my warm, wonderful parents who instilled in me the vital and endearing importance of “everyone-around-the-table” family dinner each night ... Nurtured and elevated to levels I could have never imagined by my incredible, amazing husband Craig who launched our family on a food-focused journey of joy we celebrate each day. That's my love-of-food evolution, which continues to grow in new and exciting ways. For Susan – a proud New Jersey native – her happiest days are side-by-side with her family of five getting creative in the kitchen, poolside with a good book and a glass of wine in her own backyard, or cozied up with Craig at the kitchen table, ready to taste-test his latest loving bite.
ANNETTE grew up in Queens, New York, and was part of a close-knit Italian family. She lived in the same house with her Italian grandparents where the kitchen was the epicenter of the house. Cooking and eating - and lots of love - defined her childhood. It was this upbringing that drew her to the love of food and experimenting with different cuisines. Annette, her husband and three grown children have traveled extensively throughout the world, while at the same time taking every opportunity to sample the local cuisine and appreciate the culture. It’s this love of food that has inspired and motivated her to share her excitement for truly exceptional food experiences with those who share her passion.
* PHOTO CREDIT: Special thanks to our photographer FRANK PELUSO and location host NATIRAR/90 ACRES in Peapack, NJ.