My trip down South has ended, and I’m already fondly reminiscing over the great times & many wonderful dishes. Recently posted were tasty peppermint cookies & collards and black-eyed peas, but there is one Southern staple I miss already – sweet tea. May seem simple, but if you’ve been to the South, you’d be hard-pressed to find a…
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California boasts flourishing farmlands rich in many crops such as avocados, pistachios, artichokes, olives, apples, citrus, you name it, but it is certainly acclaimed for its grape growing regions. I am fortunate enough to be just an hour drive away from Southern California’s own Temecula wine country. A long stretch of wineries and vineyards dot…
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This post finds me having just returned from the good old city of Boston. In honor of this trip, and running the 116th Boston Marathon on Monday, I decided it time to feature a very important race element….the pre race meal, well, dinner the night before. I bet you’re thinking spaghetti & bread, which though…
Pin It[...] I figured it couldn’t be that hard to make a perfect waffle and it would really get me off the hook for the whole tater tot incident. It would also count as one of the recipes I need to learn on my syllabus for life and give me the initiative to wake up early, so last night I got on pinterest and started looking for the picture of the crispiest, most delicious waffle I could find. After a little hunt and even a French translation of a Belgium waffle recipe (some google translate action) I finally settled on this one. [...]
Quality olive oil and its role in the kitchen is no new subject here on the vine. In fact, it is a recurring one. Yet this time, we’re not just talking quality EVOO and recipes, we’re talking the quality Go Red campaign sponsored by the American Heart Association. February was a month to raise awareness…
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As it turns out, I wasn’t having a late lunch in the ring, but I did manage to wrestle-down a hunger-conquering surfer burrito and am confident I emerged victoriously! Okay, I only had half, but this burrito was ginormous and I had to drive home afterwards… I am talking about the ever awesome California Burrito, if it was body slammed into…
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San Diego hot spot. I still favor the Don Carlos California Burrito, though this one is classic, and you have so many salsas to sample from!
