Archive for November, 2011:

Want to shake up your weeknight routine? Head to San Francisco next Tuesday night for a unique foodie outing! I’ve recently become acquainted with Brad Lev, the mastermind behind Studio Gourmet SF, who will be hosting a live cooking demonstration and interview with Chef and Partner Mark Dommen of the highly acclaimed ONE MARKET restaurant [...]

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For 21 years, I have lived my life under the “those who don’t cook, eat” mantra. I possess absolutely no culinary skill, instinct, intuition, ability—call it what you want, I don’t have it. That’s not to say I haven’t had my fair share of noble attempts, but after setting off the fire alarm on multiple [...]

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Little known fact: there was a time in my life when I could speak German nearly fluently. In sixth grade, when all of my classmates flocked to the sign-up lists for Spanish and French, I scribbled my name under the header “Deutsch” and ran home to proudly tell my Großvater (grandfather) all about it. Grandpa [...]

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and Jenna Buhagiar Skillet S’mores: Triple chocolate brownie, marshmallow, graham crackers and Hershey’s chocolate. Warm. Enough said.

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When the hubster and I need to get away and turn off the world – or more realistically just step away from the cell phones and the Internet – we drive 45 minutes southeast of Sacramento to the town of Murphys. This little California gem is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and here, life [...]

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