Do-It-Yourself Gourmet and Beauty Holiday Gifts (with Video) as seen on KCRA-NBC

I had the pleasure of sharing some “Do-It-Yourself Gourmet and Beauty Holiday Gifts” on KCRA-NBC this morning.  Here are the recipes and a link to the video and interview.  I created a box of three gourmet herb finishing salt blends: Fresh Rosemary Sea Salt, Meyer Lemon-Thyme Sea Salt and Lavender-Rose Sea Salt. I also created a [...]

Welcome “Good Day Sacramento” viewers!! A note from “The Herb Queen” :)

Hello there!  If you ran across this website because of my recent appearance on “Good Day Sacramento” you win!  I noticed that I forgot to mention the website TheHerbCookbook.com  where you can find more information about Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul.  Oops  Feel free to purchase the cookbook HERE or if [...]

Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul- NOW ON SALE! Available in Paperback (Autographed!) and eBook

I’m so excited to share my new cookbook, Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul.   This book has been a year in the making- and it’s filled with delicious recipes to nourish your body, as well as scientific information about several common herbs.  I also included fun tips and beauty tips – [...]

Delicious Tomato Pickle Fun

I love tomato pickles.  When I was a child my grandparents would make huge vats of pickles, both cucumber and tomato, and we would have to wait up to 6 weeks to enjoy one.  It was brutal (for an impatient child  but completely amazing once you were finally allowed to bite into a tart, salty [...]

Stressed? Anxious? Change Your Food and Change Your Life

While stress and anxiety can be triggered by any number of causes, there are some foods that can help alleviate anxiety on a physical level by blocking or lowering the body’s chemical response to stress hormones or increasing the amount of anti-stress chemicals.  By understanding the effect of vitamins and chemicals contained in certain foods, herbs, [...]

News and New Website! Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul

So much to talk about!  I have a brand new website for Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipe for Body and Soul.   It’s called TheHerbCookbook.com  You can find info on the book, a Q and A and recipes and videos.  Have fun! Also- Check out the November edition of Sierra Magazine for my helpful eco-friendly and [...]

Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul

From appetizers to entrees, soups, salads, desserts and cocktails, Christianne Klein shares her favorite fresh herb recipes in this delightful, full-color cookbook. With her witty, informative style and easy approach to cooking with fresh herbs, Christianne offers thrilling contemporary takes on classic dishes and amazing new flavor combinations that will leave your family and friends [...]

Experiments with Airbrush Tanning

I’m appearing as “Lin” (“Linoleum”) in The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Fair Oaks Theatre Festival this summer, and since the show is set in Florida and I’m supposed to be tan, I decided to try the new-fashioned way.  AKA- fake as heck- spray tan.  As many of you know, I make my own [...]

No Judgment Day so we get SNL! Yahoo!

Happy Day!  We’re all still here after ”faux Judgment Day” (as if there was really any doubt and some of my favorite performers were on Saturday Night Live tonight!   After all the fear mongering of the last few days I wanted to share something that would make you laugh. While everyone will no doubt be talking about the Justin Timberlake/Lady Gaga/Andy [...]

Beautiful Video- Gorilla in the wild reunited with the man who raised him

This video is amazing.  I actually cried when I watched it for the first time.  Conservationist Damian Aspinall  is searching for Kwibi, a lowland gorilla he helped raise and release back into the wild.  Kwibi was 5 years old when he was released into the jungles of Africa.  Now, 5 years later, Kwibi is much [...]