September 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Beef, Ethnic, Things that Swim
I spent the day with my favorite MEM. It was a day of culinary capers as well. We started off with a walk down to the 18th Street Bi-Rite festival, where we tasted great nibbles, watched a pig being slow-roasted, danced the day away in the sun, had big ice cream cones from the creamery and hit the park to work up our appetites for dinner!
MEM loves Benihana. Ever since we got the fun JoyCook from Diane and Todd I have been wanting to fire it up and give them a show. Now, I knew this would be somewhat tricky in the food department as M is a pretty basic guy - ham, carrots & apples, maybe toss in a bagel or two for excitment. E is pretty adventuruous as long as she does not hear M, yick out over something. The littlest M loves it all from stinky blue cheese to day old coffee grounds sitting on our counter. For tonight we came up with Deniseie-hana for dinner!
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September 6, 2008 at 12:39 pm · Filed under Appetizers, Chicken, Dessert, Easy Eating, Events
Summer has finally arrived in San Francisco. We were pretty excited to come home from holiday to find warm and sunny weather. We never know how short that window will be, so we tend to break out the tank tops, light tees, sundresses, shorts and take full advantage of the warm evenings! We spent the evening on the deck sipping rose and enjoying the stillness that was filling the air; not to mention the smell of the lavender and lemon verbana that we have growing and that was incredibly full of life this evening. It definitely was an evening that was not meant to be over a stove, one that was meant to be enjoyed outdoors! I found this recipe for Almond Chutney Chicken Lettuce Roll-ups a couple months ago and have been itching to make them, tonight would be the night!
As well we would be able to participate in Andrea’s GYO event since we were using basil and lemon verbana from the garden. Noob Cook is co-hosting this month with Andrea, so be sure to check out all the wonderful entries on her site!
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September 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm · Filed under Italian
we are finally back from our little holiday (more to come on that - yum). It took a couple days to get back into the swing of actually being back home and not sipping margaritas on some lonely beach in Mexico - I know, I just have to rub it in a little bit more!
Anyhow, after all the fantastic Mexican food, I am actually craving Italian in a big way. We went out last night and loaded up on some carbs and tonight after a killer spin class and only two lonely eggplants in the fridge, I had to come up with something to cure that craving. I had wanted to go the spicy eggplant route from a previous meal we had; but, Lenny decided to bring a little friend home from Mexico and demanded, NO SPICY!
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August 31, 2008 at 6:15 pm · Filed under Daring Bakers Challenge, Dessert
I was EXCITED when I saw this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge. Meetak of What’s for Lunch Honey and Tony of Tony Tahhan were our hostesses this month and they picked, Sugar Daddy Pierre Herme’s Chocolate Eclairs. After this challenge, I should be saying, my new sugar daddy’s sinfully chocolate eclairs! WOW!
I have been itching to make chocolate eclairs since I saw the French edition of Gourmet a few months back and have not had a chance or a reason to make them; after all, it is the LAST thing we need laying around our house!!! I knew I had to make them before heading out for vacation and lucky for me, the perfect opportunity came up, dinner at W & E’s house. I knew the MEM would appreciate a little chocolate in their lives…….
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August 27, 2008 at 7:50 am · Filed under Traveling
Priceless … sunset on the beach, two margaritas, plate of shrimp with fries & pickled onions, all for 50 pesos!
August 24, 2008 at 9:05 am · Filed under Traveling
Hola! It has been a cold summer in San Francisco, so we have decided to jump on the next flight out of town, we are in search of sunshine & warm weather. Just give us a beach, a margarita and a lot of R & R. We may even be doing some location cooking, as the areas we will be in are all about their seafood, so be sure to check back!
Come dine with us soon!
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August 23, 2008 at 3:21 pm · Filed under Events, Misc
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We had to really think about pantries when Lydia over at the Perfect Pantry was going to take a peek into ours. Have we ever had a big pantry? I do remember having one in one of the homes I grew up in & I liked looking in it, I remember opening the door often and just staring into it. My dad and stepmom have one, now; but, they really don’t have much in it, probably almost the same sort of things that we do. Lenny’s mother has one, which, I personally have never looked in and I highly double Lenny has! But, personally, NO! Of all the places I/we have lived on our own, the past twenty some years, neither of us have EVER had a big pantry. It is not a bad thing to have a big pantry; but, it is kind of like having a big house, you just end up collecting stuff! In all honesty, the idea of food “stuff” lingering around in our pantry, kind of grosses us out. We are the type of people who don’t really care for leftovers for insistence, let alone a pile of “pantry stuff”. As well, we pretty much eat exactly what we buy on a weekly basis and we have a tendency to only have perishable items on hand. We definitely try our hardest to eat locally, organic and sustainablly as much as possible. As well you will not find junk food, processed food, snack food, or quick fix frozen food. The staples we keep on our one shelve pantry are …. well, click on the above photo and find out!
August 21, 2008 at 7:03 am · Filed under Easy Eating, Eggy Things, Events, Vegetarian
I followed some crumbs from MattBites, last week, over to the weekly food blog event, Food Fest. Food Fest is co-hosted by Margaret of A Way to Garden and Deb over at Dinner Tonight. Each week they pick a vegetable that is in season and we the readers and chefs get to create something to eat! This weeks challenge was corn.
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August 20, 2008 at 8:09 am · Filed under Appetizers, Ethnic, Vegetarian
get those veggies rolling.
I am a self-proclaimed foodie. I eat, breath, sleep and love everything about food. After all it is one thing that you can use all your senses for: See, Taste, Touch, Smell & Hearing. I missed my calling, if I would had taken food so seriously 20 years ago, who knows I could be the next big name in Manhattan or even say, Paris. Instead, I do what I love to do, for the ones I love.
Lenny, well, he could really care less about food. It is NOT a priority for him. If, I slapped down a bowl of cherrios with a side of hot sauce, he would probably be just as happy as he is when I give him a plate of food that I have pride in. Ultimately, while he can not really complain, he just does not care about food or the eating of it, as in the same breath that I do. Now, he does care about what he puts in his body - no fast food, no fried food, not too much meat, blah blah blah; but, the final decision as to what we eat, no big deal. Do I wish that he cared? Of course, I wish he did at least a little bit, probably the same way he wishes I was a hard-core rock climber, ready to tackle the nose. Reality, it will probably not happen in the next 6 months.
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August 19, 2008 at 9:06 am · Filed under Dessert, Tuesdays with Dorie
our waist lines have begged, no cried for us to give them a break this week! Especially, since last weeks challenge was SOOOO Good. We even have a little left in the freezer! 
Don’t let that stop you though, check out these other TWDs; you will not be disappointed!
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