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Trevese Just found out Trevese has closed its doors. Guess my scathing review was a little late! Our 10 year wedding anniversary snuck up on me somewhat. We’d gone on vacation, had been preparing for our son to start kindergarten, and summer was just flying by. But at the last minute I found a babysitter…
This was my second Recchiuti Taste Project event. The first was the Salt and Chocolate tasting which inspired many dishes and a shopping spree at The Meadow in Portland. The beer tasting was really for my husband who is the alchemist behind the Barely Legal brews. Of course, I enjoy the end product, he enjoys…
I had one large zucchini left from my dad’s garden. I’d already made zucchini bread, I’d already frozen a bunch of it for zucchini bread in the winter, I’d sautéed, I’d put it in pasta, I needed something new! Well, there’s my tried and true ‘mashing things together and frying into a cake technique’… I’ll…
I don’t think I’d ever seen a Reed avocado before. I’m pretty sure I’d remember. I bought one for $5. Yes, just one. It was about the size as an infant’s head!! I made a batch of guacamole out of it for four of us and we couldn’t finish it there was so much. It…
Cellar Door Café at Bonny Doon Vineyard328 Ingalls StSanta Cruz, CA 95060831-425-4518 We were in the mood to try something new for lunch the other day. Since we were on that side of town I suggested The Cellar Door since we’d been told to go there so many times but had never made it. I’m…
Last night for dinner I felt like being creative. When I started, I didn’t know what I was going to end up with. I began by throwing some sushi rice rice cooker, I didn’t know why but I thought I might end up using it. I ended up with this amazing dish, here’s how. For…
I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Lifeby Barbara Kingsolver. I was completely inspired. So much so that I brought home a bag of bell peppers from my dads house. I hate bell peppers just about as much, if not more, than cheese. (If you’re curious, a list of everything I…
This is one of those “what’s in the fridge/garden” meals. 1/4 c. small dice pancetta1/2 a red onion, diced2 small leeks, diced1 small fennel bulb, diced Caramelize the heck out of all that. If you have a good range hood/fan and the nerve, deglaze with vodka. I tried it, it flamed up in an awesome,…