Happy 4th of July folks! The biggest Summer holiday that celebrates all the important essentials– swimming, BBQing, soaking up the rays while sipping on some ice cold beer lemonade. Are yall feeling me? Aside from getting a day off work, 4th of July is actually one of the most important holidays in America as it celebrates the legal celebration of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain. Pretty big deal guys, without the the Declaration of ...
I always tell girlfriends who can’t cook — “Ladies, there’s only 3 recipes you’ll ever have to learn to win over any man’s heart: the perfectly seared steak, killer mashed potatoes and these Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes.” I’m not much of a bragger or anything but people have told me this was the cupcake that changed their lives. THIS was the cupcake that opened their eyes to a new wonderful world of possibilities. THIS was the cupcake ...
Out in Alaska runs Copper River whose name derives from the rich copper deposits found along its banks. It’s fed by 12 tributaries, is a mile wide and runs at 7 miles per hour. Besides being the 10th largest river in the US, it also is home to the best salmon in the world — flourishing in the “pure positive environment that creates salmon perfection.”
This Summer I’ll be representing Dallas as one of the Copper ...
Coming back from Europe has left me wanting more. I miss that European flare I fell so much in love with while I was there — the art, the sophistication, the food.
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Luciano Salvadore from Patrizio — an Italian bistro serving traditional Italian family fare.
Chef Luciano grew up in Vincenza, Italy and found his passion for cooking through his mother. By age 13 he started his first ...
Baking has always been meditative to me — it takes patience, delicate finesse, and oh right, more patience. Being Anal is key when making sure your measurements are spot on — not too much not too little. Timing is also another important one, a minute too long in the oven could be catastrophic. But the best part of baking is the reward at the end: putting all the elements together to create the perfect masterpiece. ...
If you’ve been following my Cooking Matters series where we introduced the program, explored the problem of child hunger in America and the exciting donation of $1,000 in our names at our local Food Banks from the ConAgra Foods Foundation, then you pretty much rock and thank you for joining me the entire way. It’s been an incredibly humbling and eye-opening experience all around.
After the Cooking Matters bootcamp ended, the bloggers were asked to participate ...
Since being back from our Europe trip I’ve realized the solace of one’s home is often forsaken. We seldom take the time to appreciate the commonplace of our lives, the comfort, security the simplicity that comes along. Instead I often find myself dreaming of traveling to a far away land and touching foot in every corner of this world. I dream of colors, sounds, smells; I imagine the people, their faces, their clothes, their ...
It’s funny how sometimes even after the most amazing experiences, nothing beats the excitement of coming home, lying in your awesome ass bed and relishing in the glory of everything familiar again. Home sweet home.
Even better, we came home to an exploding garden! Everything literally tripled in size while we were gone — the beans, the tomatoes, my wildflowers. We instilled life back into this little yard, it’s now filled with ladybugs, butterflies, bees ...
17 days in Europe. 45 miles hiked with 60 lb backpacks. 1 (bad bad) case of food poisoning. 7 pounds lost, each. Endless laughter with friends on first week. Beautiful sunsets and snuggles with my love for the rest. Exploring small towns, big cities, and eating all the pasta and pizza to our hearts’ desire — may we always take these wonderful adventures together.
It’s good to be home. We came back to our sweet ...
Our European honeymoon has been a great success — Wells and I have bounced around Europe: Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Munich, Basel, Gimmelwald, Milan and Florence. We’re finally winding down towards the end of our trip and finishing it off with the Amalfi Coast and Rome. Just because I’m half-way around the world, you didn’t think I’d be able to stay away too long did you? Good thing I have beautifully talented friends to cover for ...
I have some pretty exciting news to share with everyone. I recently started to contribute as a food writer and photographer at a great site here in Dallas called Crave DFW. At Crave DFW “we Crave music, we Crave art, we Crave a great meal.” Lucky me has been given the assignment of featuring brunch recipes from the top chefs here in the city of Dallas and sharing a little about their restaurant and themselves. ...
I looked at my calendar in panic as the seemingly endless list of to-dos smothered the entire month of April – as each week inched closer to the date of our departure the busier my days seemed to get. Breathe in breathe out. One day at a time, I told myself – only a few more days and you’ll be there: in the full glory of everything Europe surrounded by deeply rooted cultures, magnificent architecture, ...
