When I began eating as a locavore it highlighted an eating pattern I’ve held my whole life. I would select a recipe then go find the ingredients regardless of their seasonality or origin. Eating seasonal, locally grown produce requires me to first procure the produce then figure out what to do with it! That may…
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Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie
Memorial Day kicks off a season full of food favorites doesn’t it? Best grilling recipes come out of hibernation to move families into dining al fresco. The deck or porch become another room in the house often used for daily dining for us. The sweltering heat of summer calls for innovative desserts that flaunt…
Molecular Magic with Chef Ian Kleinman at Studio F
I’m not sure exactly what I expected when venturing to Studio F for an evening of local Chef Ian Kleinman’s molecular gastronomy cuisine. I can say I assumed it would be somewhat petit, austere food that if I were really sophisticated I’d be ‘intrigued’ by and speak of descriptively in very high brow terminology. My only…
Tri Color Chipotle Bacon Potato Salad
Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with grilling and eating al fresco for me. I can’t think of anything better to kick off the summer season than this Tri Color Chipotle Bacon Potato Salad. When thinking of my weekend menus there is not even a question they will all be served outside, Mother Nature permitting. In a…
Chocolate Truffle Cookies
I am not a ‘Mommy Blogger’ but I am a mom who blogs. For the most part I don’t fold my family activities in with my food and drink exploits in print, though this past Mother’s Day offered a recipe too good not to share. I like a simple Mother’s Day. No ‘stuff’. I believe…
Pineapple-Sage Olive Oil Cake with a Port Glaze and Roasted Pepitas
I fondly refer to the busy nature of this time of year as trying to fit a size 24 woman into a size 2 dress for all the deliverables. Whether one is beholden to the frenzy of the end of a school year or the abrupt seasonal shift to summer, it always seems a bit…
‘Lifestyle Winemaking’ in Colorado’s North Fork Valley
The view from the Jack Rabbit Hill winery Colorado is a very unique winemaking state. Despite possessing several microclimates allowing myriad grape varietals to be successfully cultivated, our burgeoning wine success has been discovered by a shy minority. Wine aficionados and cutting edge foodies seem to be those ‘in the know’ embracing the quality of…
