BIRTHDAY

peanut butter chocolate cupcakes

June 30, 2011

Last week was Jason’s birthday. I wanted to make cupcakes so they could easily be shared, and who doesn’t love the classic pairing of chocolate and peanut butter? I adapted my brownie recipe into one that is more cake like, but with the chewy dense brownie characteristic. I like that in a cupcake. You know [...]

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big brother you, little sister me

April 9, 2011

Happy Birthday, K. I Love You! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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Thomas Keller’s Bouchon

October 18, 2010

Thomas Keller once said he opened Bouchon so he would have “a place to eat after cooking at French Laundry all day”. Our last night in Vegas, we had reservations at Bouchon. We arrived early and had a cocktail in the beautiful bar. Seated at our table, we began with a glass of wine while [...]

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Mario Batali’s B & B Ristorante

October 14, 2010

B & B Ristorante = the incomparable Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich. The first thing I did after our hotel dates and airline as booked? Made reservations at B & B Ristorante… and one other place you’ll hear about soon. I have been wanting to eat here for some time – and it was all [...]

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Canyon Ranch Spa

October 12, 2010

We ate many of our vacation breakfasts at Canyon Ranch Grill, part of the spa at the Venetian. Jason began each day with a double espresso. Then another. I started my days with fresh juice – apple, carrot, beet and ginger – just like at home… Fresh juice is one of the Most Beautiful Things. [...]

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flight

October 10, 2010

Camped. Goosed. Up! Pillowy. Coffee + Baileys for Jason, Club Soda for Kris. Snack. I love cloud layers. They seem to sit on glass… Sun-Ray Welcome to Oregon. Cottony. We Love You, Portland ! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the [...]

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much needed…

October 5, 2010

vacation !! Yep… I’ve had emails and tweets asking where I am? We have been on vacation since last Wednesday… Vacation ends in a couple days. You’ll hear more about it, but until then… the obligatory hotel room snapshot: another hint? We had a fabulous dinner here… We are having a great time, and I [...]

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birthday dinner

September 28, 2010

Last night began at our house, with a gluten free cocktail. For my birthday dinner, Jason took me to clarklewis. We went there for Valentines Day this year… we love this place. Bread and salted butter. We started with a braised pork belly, with Viridian organic sweet corn, bitter greens and peach glaze: Amazing… The peach [...]

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YAAAY, books !

September 27, 2010

Okay, I am not going to share all of my birthday gifts here… weird, right? Besides my awesome doxie slippers I wore all morning (boiled wool – so comfortable!), the only things I’ll share are these: …because I *LOVE* books. I have a serious problem large collection of cookbooks, and I know these two will [...]

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