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 …
Miami: stone crab and friends
I've been lame over the past couple of weeks as I've been on some more fun adventures seeing family and friends. No pictures of food, although that's not for a lack of some excellent meals. I left Miami and the Freeman clan this a.m. after a fun 5 days. I mostly cooked, but last night …
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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Hangover food and 3 rounds of chicken
Isn't this sandwich beautiful? I am a bit of a sandwich queen, despite my attempts at eating Paleo which has provided Carnet with much success in how he feels and looks. There's something so satisfying about 2 really good pieces of bread housing a fantastic sauce or sauces (the gooey-er the better in my book), …
Graduation and End of 2011 re-cap
Graduation was on December 20. What fun! Above is a pic of our whole class on Dec. 19 with our final exam judges. Below are a few shots of us in different groups. My mom flew out from CO and Carnet flew in from Japan. Carnet was a super champ, as I made him …
Day 120: All ends well!
This is our class and our judges after we got the news. We all passed! Of course, Mark and I pulled #1 (we plated simultaneously and first), and we pulled the harder combination: fresh pasta with fennel cream and roasted mushrooms, and a rack of lamb dish with braised artichokes, polenta with goat cheese, a …
Salty Apron 