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Why I Came Back to the World of Food

"7 Steps To Enlightened Living" at The Inside Edge  

Oct. 26, 2011- 6:30am
"Best of the Edge"
What's next? Exploring the Road Not Yet Traveled


Diana von Welanetz Wentworth has enjoyed a distinguished career as television personality, author, and, with her late husband Paul von Welanetz, founder of the Inside Edge in 1986. She is recognized as an authority on international cuisine, and was one of the first to be invited by Canfield and Hansen to write a book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Twenty-five years later, she is in the midst of her largest reinvention yet. She invites us to ask: How can we make our elder years the most dynamic, vibrant years? What heart-calling have you yet to explore? She will share a range of possibilities for all of us and offer a sample of the world she and her husband Ted Wentworth are creating. www.sendmesomeone.com

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WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?
What is the ultimate goal of engaging in spiritual practices?  
And what occurs along the path?

Don’t miss this unforgettable and intimate evening with Ted and Diana.
Immerse yourself in a "spiritual feast for mind and heart."

Ted Wentworth will share his life-long passion for higher consciousness and the results of having traveled the world to learn from living spiritual masters.  His career as an author and one of the country's preeminent lawyers has focused on human rights. He has appeared on Oprah, Donahue, and other national news programs.

Diana von Welanetz Wentworth, award-winning author, television host, and founder of The Inside Edge weekly breakfast gathering, loves to stir up an alchemical recitation of memories, mantras and mystical poetry she knows "by heart."
 
When: Wed. January 19, 2011 7:00pm – 8:30pm 
Where: InSpirit Center, 25782 Obrero Dr. #D, Mission Viejo, CA 29691
Information: 949-481-4040 Cost: Complimentary
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Also coming in 2011:

Saturday, Jan. 22nd, 1:30-3:00 pm: Meditation and Mantra

Saturday, Jan. 29th, 1:30-3:00 pm: The Wheel of Life--Death and Transition

Les Dames D'Escoffier Annual Conference, October 21-24, 2010 in Palm Springs, CA

Through the weaving of the story of her forty-year trail-blazing career in food and entertaining, Diana reveals her discovery of the red thread of meaning behind it all. She invites each of us to take a heartful overview of our histories to glimpse the pattern our futures will reveal.

Diana von Welanetz Wentworth, a popular speaker, food blogger and travel journalist is the author of author of many award-winning cookbooks and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook. She was also the founder, with her late husband Paul von Welanetz of the Inside Edge, a visionary weekly breakfast gathering that for twenty-five years launched the careers of many of the most celebrated authors and speakers in the human potential movement. Her romantic memoir, Send Me Someone, was sold to the Lifetime Network as a movie-of-the-week. Download Conference Brochure

Let yourself be silently drawn
by the strange pull of what you really love.
It will not lead you astray.

~ Rumi ~

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The Inside Edge Launches its 25th Anniversary Celebration!
October 29, 2010 - 5:30 - 8:30

  Tim Piering, VP and Manager of Engineering of Parsons Engineering Corp., helped Diana and Paul von Welanetz launch the Inside Edge 25 years ago. The question now: “What’s next?” When Diana and Tim met recently, Diana observed that “Act III” is the point in the play where it all integrates and comes together. The tools and practices in the third act present new possibilities for artistry and creativity to flower. Tim will discuss how to make Act III the most fulfilling, with “System Requirements” to design components for specific results, Jungian Dream work, completing our past, accepting mortality, weaving, as an Alchemist, a tapestry of balanced living.
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July 25, 2007

"The World of Food"
The Inside Edge Foundation for Education, Irvine, CA
register online: www.insideedge.org or call (949) 460-4242

Before Diana was Founder of the Inside Edge, she was well-established as the West Coast Martha Stewart, hosting her own long-running daily television series, “The New Way Gourmet.” Known as the “Traveling Gourmet,” she is the author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook, The Pleasure of Your Company, LA Cuisine, Celebrations, The Art of Buffet Entertaining, With Love from Your Kitchen, and The von Welanetz Guide to Ethnic Ingredients. She will whisk us to the culinary corners of the world with a geographical guide to the herbs, spices, vegetables, fruits, cheeses, meats, fish and grains of the seven continents to add new dimensions to our cooking and eating repertoire.

 
 

 

The Future of Food:

Is the Entrée dead? Small plates, Tapas and tasting menus are all the rage. Diana sheds lights on this phenomenon and why it is happening. (Click on play button to start video.)

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Cooking at the CIA:

Highlights from Diana's experiences at The Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. How your sense of smell influences your taste. (Click on play button to start video.)

 

 
   

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Why I Came Back to the World of Food

After years of hosting her own TV cooking show "The New Way Gourmet" and writing numerous cookbooks, Diana stepped out of the spotlight to start new ventures. Now she's talking about coming back to the world of food. (Click on play button to start video.)

 

 
     
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