by Maria Chacon Kniestedt
Leaves are falling, there’s a chill in the air, people everywhere are packing up shorts and tank tops and replacing them with coats and scarves. Fall is here – and with it a longing for steaming bowls of soup. In honor of the season, we’ll be featuring some of our favorite soup recipes over the [...]
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by Brittany Mohr
I’d like to think I can speak English fluently and Germish (my affectionate nickname for the German/English hybrid we sometimes speak at home) quite well. But when it comes to Italian, I’m hopeless. So when a friend invited me to attend the grand opening of Buonarroti the other night, I knew the first task at [...]
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One of my favorite shows is “No Reservations” on the Travel Channel which chronicles Anthony Bourdain’s foodie adventures around the world. Awhile back I caught an episode on the Pacific Northwest where he visited a dive doughnut shop in Portland called Voodoo Doughnuts. After a few friends moved there, my husband and I decided to [...]
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Thursday What: Bella Bloom is celebrating their one-year anniversary with an open house including complimentary food and wine tasting from Fuzio, Table 260 and Scribner Bend Vineyards. When: Thursday, October 9th from 3 – 7pm Where: 812 J Street in the 800J Lofts Building What: Sample several small plates and either three tastes of wine [...]
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by Maria Chacon Kniestedt
Another September, another sister trip to Los Angeles – the city of angels, of glam, and of great food. This year’s trip was a shopping bust but, luckily, a food boon. We arrived on a Friday night, and almost immediately headed to Lotería Grill, my sister Cara’s current favorite restaurant. It’s not difficult to figure [...]
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by Ashley Paul
They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach—I found that it works the same way with the man’s family. The first time I made Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies for Stefan’s (my fiancé) family was more than four years ago and they’ve loved me ever since. I originally brought the cookies [...]
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Friday and Saturday What: Help Cookie Connection celebrate their 5th Anniversary by stopping by to sample their new flavors – Smores, Kitchen Sink, Carmelo & Rocky Road! For more information, visit TwinSoup and enter to win one of two Cookie Connection signature one-dozen gift boxes. When: FREE cookies/samples Thursday, Oct 2nd-Saturday Oct 4th. Store [...]
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by Christine Schunk
I love sushi. And I mean LOOOOVE it. We have our favorite spots around town, but also enjoy perfecting the art of sushi making at home. Last Friday Will (fiancé) and I tried to fancy up our skills by making our own variations of our favorite “special rolls” around town. Last time we ‘rolled our [...]
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