Food Blogging

Eating Well in Sacramento…

05.03.2011

So who says there’s little interest in a food scene in Sacramento?! We’ve gone past the stage of Little-Engine-That-Could; we’re now out the gate and started down the track (to mix my metaphors). I couldn’t be happier.

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Happy Easter, Merry Passover & Baby Leek Risotto

04.21.2011

The eau de “this shirt doesn’t need to be washed yet since I’ve only worn it for a week, maybe two.” Well, the whole Apple store smells that way.

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Food Blogging and MidLifeBloggers

04.14.2011

These days, the two things that will always perk me up are writing and cooking.

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Warm Early Spring Salad

04.07.2011

I served them to my neighbor Deb, who not only named the dish, but had this to say: “The juxtaposition of the greens and the dates set off the flavors perfectly. The pine nuts added another note and texture to the dish.”

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Farm Fresh to Me

03.30.2011

As part of the experiment, I’m going to challenge myself to cook new-to-me (or created-by-me) recipes to use the produce.

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Jane’s World-Famous Award-Winning Best-Ever Pecan Pie

11.15.2010

6. Stir in the vanilla (did I mention that you should never ever use anything but Real Vanilla as the Imitation stuff tastes like shit and why would you want to spoil your cooking thusly?)

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The Weekly Rant: Raley’s, BelAir, and NobHill markets

08.23.2010

Strip away all the hoohah, the pink and the blue, the booties and the pacifiers, and what you’ve got is a world in which women are valued for what their ovaries do and their wombs produce.

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Whole Foods…

06.20.2006

All of my pondering and querying and cveching about the ubiquity of my depression has now been resolved.  In an instant.  Almost. Yesterday I had lunch at Whole Foods.  It was the first time I have been in a Whole Foods since I left LA.  Whole Foods was my store in LA.  I would wander [...]

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