When I crunched into the raw broccoli on the shores of Lagoon Huacachina in Peru and dreamed of a broccoli soup, I knew it was time to get serious about finding a kitchen. Seriously, who craves broccoli soup? When I am inspired to cook from a craving, the result is almost always mind-blowingly delicious. Martin […]
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After hiking the Appalachian Trail for a week, we headed south to Asheville, North Carolina. I had been wanting to check out this cool city since we started planning our travels and now we were on our way! We decided to take the Blue Ridge Parkway to get there. It added a few hours
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Nearly every year, my husband and I take a trip to Bokeelia, Florida. Bokeelia is a tiny town at the top of Pine Island. Most people haven’t heard of Pine Island before, but it is just north of Sanibel Island, and north west of Fort Myers, on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida
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Fettuccine with Cashew-Chardonnay Sauce I’ve always been a big fan of trying new things. With that being said, this year I decided to try not to dislike Valentine’s Day. In the past, I always looked at this holiday as commercialism exploiting love. Or, a holiday to make lonely people feel really, really sad. Or,
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Hello! I have returned. 🙂 Halloween is my favorite holiday, so this year my husband and I ended up doing something really special for Halloween, which consumed the two weeks before the holiday and caused us to need a week of recuperation afterward. We performed in the 18th annual BareBones Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza!
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What makes food delicious? Fresh ingredients? Interesting flavor and texture combinations? Full of healthful nutrients? Skillfully prepared? Yes, I think that is part of it, but not all of it. Food was such a big part of our trip to France that I decided to throw a France Food and Cake party with some girlfriends.
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Good news on the puppies, both Beau and Flo have been adopted! Hooray! If you missed my post last week about these two adorable and abandoned puppies, just know that this is very good news! This week we got another box of veggies from our CSA. Cucumbers, sweet Spanish onions, Italian garlic, broccoli,
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The summer’s harvest is in! What fantastic eating! It all began with our CSA box of veggies and cheese. We got eggplant, sweet corn, Italian frying peppers (like bell peppers), red beets, Italian garlic, Thai basil (in the bag), sweet Spanish onions, carrots… …and cucumbers, grape tomatoes, summer squash, broccoli, Sweet Sarah’s
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