Food and Recipes
I’ve been perfecting my Yellow Chicken Curry recipe for the past two years, waiting for the moment it was ready to share with others.
I finally received the sign two weeks ago when I received this email from my ...
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf
Nothing inspires romance like an evening of attention bestowed on your loved one in the form of sushi, chocolate, and champagne. ...
At any Super Bowl party, you know that only half the action happens on screen. The rest is provided by great friends and of course, some good eats. We spent our Super Bowl Sunday with Jay and Judy ...
Inspired by a Wolfgang Puck recipe, Susan O—’s “Cozy hugs on a winter evening” Roasted Winter Squash Soup recipe was the highlight of a meal I savored at Chez Susan’s a couple of weeks back.
In the cold and ...
With Super Bowl just a few days away, it’s time to start thinking about food and drink. Not just the Doritos and beer kind, but interesting combinations, and recipes that will keep the entire party entertained. One of ...
Just as I was heading to Lucy Stern Theatre for an afternoon of Palo Alto Players’ ‘Rabbit Hole’, I suddenly had a desire for a hot latte to chase away some of the grey skies and drizzle that ...
A particular discussion involving avocado and iron chefs prompted me to have visions of sushi and I just had to dig up these photos I took of Hanaichi Sushi Bar, a place I discovered on a Sunday evening ...
While in Ottawa last week, we dropped by a Bridgehead coffeehouse in Westboro for some hot lattes after our workout at GoodLife Fitness. Bridgehead Coffee is exclusive to the Ottawa area and specializes in 100% fairly ...
I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year’s eve to kick off the shiny new decade. Clint and I spent last night in the wonderful company of the O’s.
Chef Suzy O—, as usual laid out ...
Celebrating the New Year, I took my new apple peeler on a test drive.
Well, the first attempt ...
My usual ritual when I am in Ottawa, Canada for the holidays is to pick up 6 timbits from Tim Hortons to share with Clint after our morning workout at GoodLife Fitness everyday. I know, it ...
Having leftovers is one of the joys and challenges from hosting a holiday party. A while back, I discussed how to make open-faced turkey sandwiches which basically took all the ingredients left over from ...
While shopping for salad ingredients at the local grocery store, I came across pints of these pretty and unusual looking fruit called “Physalis” or ground cherries from Colombia stacked in the middle of the produce section.
The plastic film ...




