I was cleaning out my office today, in an attempt to reign in the chaos, and found an old piece of shuttersisters note paper from a blog conference I attended years ago with what appear to be a list of kitchen fails. Not sure why I have this, but I find it humorous. Normally
11150648_10152891166993177_600218191361412508_n Yes, I am participating in NaBloPoMo, the annual November challenge to reenergize your blog writing by posting a piece everyday. I might lose steam by Friday, we will see. Today’s prompt from the helpful BlogHer NaBloPoMo 2016 site is “When you’re having a bad day with your mental health, what do you do to
Kate and Matt are getting married later this summer, and I was delighted to be able to host a bridal shower for Kate to meet her extended in-laws. A backyard garden party was planned, and I got my butt in gear and spruced up the patio and surrounds to make everything nice for the day.
The fun continues this week as I celebrate the 5th anniversary of Kitchen Gadget Girl with another book review and giveaway. Last week’s was fun, we talked about meals we take to others who need a little support. This week, we are going to talk about food, family and learning to eat, courtesy of the
The Cookbook Book Club met last night and our theme was recipes from holiday issues of our favorite food magazines. Did not manage to take many photos myself, so I am poaching the ones I can find that go with the recipes. All the recipes were successful, and many will appear on tables this holiday
Last weekend, we co-hosted a seasonal cooking class to benefit our school foundation. Working with Jonathan Miller, of Eat Right at Home, who created a menu of recipes suitable for the home cook, we created an event highlighting the best of our local farms. Mariquita Farms provided the vegetables; Happy Child CSA provided navel oranges
Kids are on holiday this week, think I will get them in the kitchen to help with dinner! Let’s see if I can put together a kid-cook-friendly menu. Wouldn’t it be delightful to just have to do the dishes this week?! Sunday: Green Chili, Cannellini Bean and Chicken Stew, fresh bread (Meatless) Monday: Tomato soup
Marsha and I got together on another cooking play date two weeks ago, when we busted out a sampling of recipes for faux Fred’s Steak. Fred’s Steak, a local specially marinated tri-tip from Schaub’s Meat Market, has long been a discussion for Bay Area food folks. We are dying to know how the steak comes
In the tradition of many a San Francisco restaurant, I wanted to experiment with Corn on the Cob three ways; grilled, microwaved and traditional 2-minute boil method. I was curious to see which was actually the best way, best being a combination of time + effort. Grilled: The most time consuming of the three methods,