Arne and I spent this 4th of July in Woodland Park, CO, with his parents. We try to get up there every summer. It was a lovely trip, with cool weather, beautiful thunderstorms, a trip to glorious Eleven Mile Canyon, and lots of hanging out. And a little bit of work. Arne’s parents own a…
Back from BlogHer Food!
I just had an adventure. I’ve been to conferences before: a couple in college, several related to my current day job. But none of them were anything like BlogHer Food. I’ll start with the people. They were almost all women, and most of them were very friendly. (I only met a couple of men, and…
Loafing in La Paz, part 2
One of the many quiet delights of the CostaBaja resort in La Paz is strolling around its little marina, which we did every night we were there. There were some gorgeous and expensive boats there – in fact, we saw Steve Jobs’s yacht, Venus, anchored offshore. (Expensive Venus definitely is; “gorgeous” is very much up…
Loafing in La Paz, part 1
A few weeks ago, Arne and I fulfilled a long-standing dream of visiting a tropical paradise. After some time poring over guidebooks and websites, we had chosen to visit La Paz, Mexico. A few hours by shuttle from Los Cabos on the Baja peninsula, La Paz sits on the coast of the Sea of Cortez….
Quick and Simple Mussels with White Wine, Garlic, and Tomato
My love affair with mussels started in earnest when I went with Arne on a business trip to Europe. His business was in Luxembourg, so we took some time to travel the Benelux countries – Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. We started in the Netherlands, visiting the canals of Amsterdam and the windmills of Zaanse…
Japanese Curry Rice
I have hesitated for some time in putting this “recipe” on the blog, because it goes kind of like this: Follow the instructions on the box. But I finally decided to do it for three reasons: 1) Not many Americans know it exists; 2) It’s really delicious; and 3) It’s close to my heart. In…
Eating NYC, Part 2
Once Arne joined me in the city – hours late from stupid Texas weather – the culinary exploration kicked up a notch. Our first stop was Madison Square Eats, a collection of food stalls in Madison Square Park featuring some famous names like Momofuku Milk Bar. (I had previously visited with Mom and Jeff –…
Eating NYC, Part 1
Last month I spent a week and a half in New York City visiting my brother Jeff, exploring, and (of course) searching out delicious food. For the record, do you know how hard it is to write a post on the subject of eating in New York without making the title some kind of apple…
Eating PDX: Adventures in Portland
Technicolor display case at Voodoo Doughnuts Portland, Oregon is one of my favorite places. I love the hip vibe, the green parks, the rain. I love the light rail and the teeming masses of people always surging through Powell’s City of Books. And I really love the food. It does not seem to me that…
Inspiration!
Perhaps it was not the world’s most brilliant idea to start a cooking blog days before leaving on a week-long vacation where I would have no kitchen access. However, I certainly did have access to food in New Jersey and New York City! The trip’s culinary highlights: #1, of course, was our blowout, wallet-emptying dinner…