Food + Drink
Smoked Salmon Crostini
In my wine classes, I’ve made it a practice to complement each wine served with a small pairing plate. This step is important to me because the experience of food, even if it’s only a couple of bites, can elevate the experience of drinking wine. On the other hand, enjoying a glass of wine without
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Cocktails
Blood Orange Honey Cocktail
My friends it is citrus season. We need to embrace all the beautiful citrus available this time of year, and if you can get your hands on a few blood oranges, I have a cocktail for you. A fun, just strong enough patio pounder perfect for a weekend afternoon with family and friends. Turn up
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Food + Drink
Best Sourdough Banana Bread
If you are following my new adventures with Herman my sourdough you will not be disappointed in this banana bread recipe. I admit Herman is complicated, alive, and he’s beginning to feel like a member of the family. There are a million ways to make banana bread. I feel like I have made so many
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Food + Drink
Best Sourdough Pancakes
I am late to the sourdough craze. During the pandemic I managed to avoid the sourdough baking adventure. Reminded me too much of the Amish friendship bread starters thirty years ago where I found myself babysitting a Ziploc bag of gloopy glob, that had to be fed and shared regularly with friends, neighbors, or whoever
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Food + Drink
Roasted Pork Bánh Mí Vietnamese Sandwich
This is a story about a Vietnamese Bánh Mi sandwich and the powerful language of food. Working the holiday rush on your feet is exhausting. A perpetual cycle of work, sleep, and repeat. You join the chorus of your co-workers each morning willing your tired bodies with good coffee, and a personally selected dance song
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Food + Drink
White Bean and Rice Soup
“New Year’s Day is every mans birthday” ~Charles Lamb Happy New Year! Cheers to all of life’s adventures that await you in 2024. What is it about the first day of January, that feels like we have been given an opportunity to once again to design our life rather than live it by default? We