Day 2 - Christchurch to Punakaiki The morning of Day 2, we grabbed our MadCampers van and off we went! We looked at the weather (Met Service is a great weather service in NZ) and noticed that we were going to miss our window of our first major tramp in Franz Josef on the west coast …
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More fun guests!
After Seville, we traveled north back toward home. We stopped in another cute Portugal town called Évora where Al and Maren tried a Francesinha, which is a meat, white bread, and fried egg sandwich smothered in a slightly spicy gravy with fries thrown in for an extra shot at a heart attack. It's really a …
Nearly 2 years later, thousands more miles traveled, hundreds of pounds of food eaten
It has been nearly 2 years since I've blogged. I have no excuses except that life has turned, twisted, and changed as it does for most people, and I wasn't sure I felt like blogging anymore. But, last night I got inspired again, watching Chef with our great friends MM and CT at their gorgeous …
Life in small town, Colorado
As the subheading of my blog reads "Food, Love, and Life (Not always in that order)", this post is mostly about love and life. At the end, I'll post a dynamite chocolate cake recipe that is terrible for the body, but excellent for the soul. It's my great grandmother Agnes Nolan's chocolate cake. She was …
Stuffed salmon for dinner, a different “dinner” for breakfast, and some nutritional healing
After a full day of packing, I went up to S & F's for dinner. MMMMMM! We had stuffed salmon, grilled eggplant Thai-style, roasted vegies and a cauliflower "risotto" (riceless). Fred stuffed the salmon with sundried tomatoes, basil, feta, onions, and roasted red peppers. Then, he sauteed the stuffed salmon in butter, brown sugar and …
Coconut Peanut Butter. Yep, that’s right. Yummmmmm
I'm in love...again and again...with all kinds of new food, almost every time I try something that surprises me. That sounds very "American", I know - always wanting more and new food. My new love? Yep, the picture says it all - Coconut Peanut Butter. Truth be told, I don't love peanut butter, and in …
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Comfort food – stuffed meatloaf and egg nog bread pudding
My mom grew up in the midwest and she loves midwest comfort food - meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and bread pudding. So, last night she made meatloaf and bread pudding. Busaba, Bev and Ian supplied the potatoes, salad and bbq'd corn. But, unlike some of the food in the midwest and especially traditional midwest …
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Butterfish, sashimi plates and another fine sunset
Oh how I love fresh sashimi. We went to our old standby last night - Yanagi. There are better places in town but Yanagi serves up consistently fresh sashimi, the service is excellent and fast, and it's kind of a tradition the night or two before Carnet flies out somewhere. So, mom, Carnet and I …
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Another fun and fab dinner, and a friend’s new food business
I love eating with friends who make it so relaxing, fun and full of laughter. Last night, we started out with a scotch tasting. S & G picked up the scotches on their recent U.K. trip. Although I was excited to do my very first scotch tasting in which we compared 5 scotches, the analysis …
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Mex food night and a quick braised greens recipe that’s awesome
The other day when I said 2012 food has not been that exciting so far, of course I meant with the exception of going to Shan's for Mexican night! Above, her lovely table and the food. The menu: Likikoi margaritas (the best I've ever had) rimmed with li hing mui; marinated and grilled tuna on …
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Salty Apron 