It’s our last day in California and we road trip from Nice through Napa to San Fransisco. I was very excited to find the charcuterie I’d been planning to visit, and we saw the aftermath of this summer’s fires all around us. Perhaps the best part of our whole trip though, we got to meet […]
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These tapas are beautiful and really quite easy to make. And they come out looking so fancy! If you don’t have the shells from your scallops, that is okay. You can always just bake them in a ramekin. You can also easily use any other large shells you may have around for decorative purposes, just […]
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I kid you not, when I made this recipe a child in our daycare nearly ate an entire pound of asparagus, horseradish dressing and all. If you like horseradish you will love the simple flavor of this dish. If you think you might like horseradish if it wasn’t so darn hot that this recipe is […]
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It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and it started in a way I most enjoy, with a walk to the market. Okay, so our ‘market’ is just the local Fred Meyer, but it’s very close and there is a wonderful block of wild woods along the way. This particular Saturday I was blessed with the […]
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Mustard and I have had a love hate relationship. For a long time it was something that I truly just hated. Now it’s different than my disdain for mayonnaise which has always been more about the unnecessary addition of sour smelling fat to one’s sandwich, (or any dish for that matter.) No, my issue with […]
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