Shhh...do you hear them? I do. Crickets, that is. It's been much too quiet around here. I apologize for the long absence. It wasn't my intention to be away so long but summer came calling and I've been enjoying its company. I haven't done much cooking at all in the last couple of weeks so I ... Read More
Who? What? Where? When? (Pebble Beach Food & Wine)
What: The 4th Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine event (PBFW). A weekend-long dining event that brought together 7,000 attendees to taste the mastery of 100 chefs and 250 wineries. But it was much more than this. A golf tournament early in the weekend allowed guests to share the world-famous ... Read More
A Catalina Island Adventure
If it seems like it's been awfully quite around here, it's because my husband and I took off for a few days as soon as the skies cleared up. We decided to fly down to Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of southern California. After visiting the main city of Avalon a few years ... Read More
Yountville: Wine Country Weekend
While I was in college in the early 1990s, I made frequent visits to Napa Valley--not to drink wine but to eat. Whenever our class schedules would permit, my partner-in-crime (aka best friend) and I would take to the scenic wine country road and spend the afternoon catching ... Read More
A Ski Break and Chicken Afritada (Sun Valley, ID)
My leg muscles still ache as I type. I don't think I've been this sore for quite some time but it was all for a good reason. I've just returned from a ski break in Sun Valley, happy to take advantage of the hospitality of our good friends who shared their home with us for a few days. Having ... Read More
Remembering Summer with French Pickled Garlic (Villefranche Sur Mer)
Each time I return from a long trip I vow not to even consider going anywhere else for a while. There's something about sleeping in your own bed and settling once again into your own routine that is always welcome and comforting. Inevitably, however, wanderlust strikes and I start to ... Read More
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