Last night, I went to enjoy a wonderful “mommy date” with my oh-so-awesome friend Laura at the fabulous Ella in downtown Sacramento. We indulged in amazingly mesmerizing cocktails, mushroom soup on a rainy day, meatballs, and then devoured our desserts: I got chocolate semifreddo w/banana mousse and she got a cherry [...]
Summer is truly here this week, with another 100+ degree day this afternoon. Unlike other locales where the temperature peaks around 12-1pm, the hottest part of our valley summers come at 4pm. That often dampens the excitement of cooking dinner after sweating up a storm on the journey home… and usually gets [...]
*these are recipes that have become staples in our household and make it into the rotation frequently
Here’s a wonderfully easy recipe to make at home on any weeknight of your choosing! If you’re like me, you truly value the ability to “measure and dump” after a long Tuesday and [...]
[source: Marcus Nilsson at bonappetit.com]
After making our indulgent Bobby Flay recipe the week before, we had some extra prosciutto hanging around the fridge for snacking. Ironically, just as I was planning out my weekly menu at work during lunch hour, a colleague came by to share an amazing recipe [...]
[photo source: Apple a Day]
We bought 2 giant baskets of strawberries from our "local" strawberry farm (aka the one less than a mile from our doorstep) on Saturday afternoon. Sugary sweet and perfectly ripe, these berries needed to be eaten quickly so we could refill on some more ripe [...]
