Loving Our Food Issue Two February 2022

Creator, Angela Moonan

Passion is contagious. When you have the privilege to be in the company of someone who’s fueling their passion, the energy and inspiration you feel lights up every one of your senses and touches you to your core. The Artists you’re meeting in this issue of Loving Our Food all have one important trait in common: Each of us has a burning need to create.

An unmistakable passion within us to create, to breathe life into an idea, has driven us all of our lives. Whether our art manifests through beautiful pastries and cakes, picking the perfect wine, through mentoring and teaching, or sharing a memorable story that inspires more beauty, it is because of a fire that burns inside of us. To live from your passion, from this fire, is to celebrate LOVE. Love for giving life to an idea, a dream, a pursuit, a profession. Love for presenting a beautiful plate or designing a lasting memory. Living from your passion generates rewards not only for you, but for all you have the power to touch.

Every Creator in this special issue shares how this passion lights their heart on fire. It invites you the reader to consider your own potential heart of fire. Living from passion is an intentional choice. Living from fire beyond the fear, light beyond the heat, joy beyond the disappointment, sweetness beyond the bitterness. They’re all intentional choices.

Soak up the sweetness that lies in each creators’ story in our “Hearts of Fire” issue. Then, you’re invited to share your own Love Note and offer appreciation and gratitude to those in your life who fire you up, encourage you to shine your light more brightly, love more boldly, fuel your passion, and to live from here forward, with your own heart on fire.

Angela, Chef Barry Honan, Brooke Gast, Chris Pranis at the St. Augustine Tourism Council Holiday Party

Chef Barry Honan's "Fiyumi" (Winter Beauty) Dinner

Throughout this issue and here forward, you'll discover a heart-stamped rating for each restaurant or experience. This rating is a reflection of that venue's online reviews - your reviews. We think it's a lovely way to reflect on-the-spot how much love you have for the notable, fine food experiences you can discover throughout the Ancient City.

LOF is a proud member of the Women's Food Alliance

We're just getting fired up!