I know you’re not supposed to try out a new recipe during the holidays but it was one of Jen Altman’s recipes and I knew I couldn’t go wrong. I was also sober at the time- so no mess up. Shocking. Usually heavy and medicinal like, this delightful holiday spirit is light, frothy and down right awesome. [...]

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I don’t know about you but my mango trees are off the hook right now. Jason has been non-stop making mango chips with his Ronco FD1005WHGEN 5-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator and then freezing them. I’m over mango chips and mango salsa. I’ve made mango pops and mango pudding but I longed for something different. This refreshing recipe [...]

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I am in absolute shock about how easy it is to make baked plantain chips. I usually buy them from the market and they have the potato chip complex. Big expensive bag but no chips. I think I’ve been intimidated by the discolored morphic banana relative which can not be eaten raw. These chips are [...]

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Hello friends. I have to apologize for last week. My web server had some problems and it took me a week to get back online. I cried. The thought of recreating 6 blogs from scratch- made me hit the bottle. Moscow Mules are getting hotter because of shows like Mad Men. With all the t.v. [...]

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I’ve been trying to add more yogurt into my diet. It’s good for you but alone is usually boring. Once a year, I head to Whistler to go snowboarding and usually spend a night at the Fairmont Vancouver overlooking the runway before heading up to the mountain. It’s one of our favorite hotels and feels [...]

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As my friends,  I am asking you to stay away from artifical sugars and stick to the real stuff. I read so many horror stories about people with health problems because of it. Even when I started dating my husband, he begged me to quit my daily Diet Cokes and NutraSweet in my coffee. I [...]

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The osso buco from yesterday called for a cup of dry white wine. I find it confusing sometimes figuring out what would work best with each recipe. If you want me to use a Sauvignon Blanc or a Pinot Noir- TELL ME. If I don’t have it in the house- then I’ll improvise. Below is a [...]

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Last night was my first disaster with puff pastry. I got sidetracked when defrosting my dough and the 100% humidity made it stick together. Instead of making individual servings, I rolled it out into a rectangle and worked with what I had. What a lovely dish but then again everything Ina makes is great. It was [...]

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I’m looking forward to making a caramelized pear and blue cheese salad today at lunch. If it’s amazing I’ll be posting it tomorrow morning. Last night between folding laundry and potty training the new puppy, I made some candied pecans for the salad. They’re not the shiny kind but the meringue encrusted kind that are perfectly sweet [...]

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You must start fall with this fabulous fall martini. Last night, I decided to make this super yummy cocktail in a dainty martini glass with tons on cinnamon on top. I couldn’t walk around without spilling and it was almost like a sobriety test going from point a to point b. Then the gentlemen began [...]

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