Cibbets Flat Kitchen Creek Cleveland National Forest Off the 8 east after Alpine, is a valley known as Kitchen Creek. As the edge of Cleveland National Forrest before you hit Anza Borrego, this is one of the lusher areas around San Diego. The campsite is dramatically situated on a creek between mountains. Not only [...]
Glamping: glam-camping. Camping with gourmet food and accommodations to match. No more boxed mac n' cheese and stove top brownies, not that that doesn't sound appealing. These ten foods will take your glamping experience to the next level. 1. Wine: Takes your glamping experience to the next level. Just make sure to match your intake [...]
Sometimes I find myself in the produce aisle blown away by the mushroom choices. There are thousands of alien varieties(Enoke, Maitake...) and then there are the less foreign, less strange looking ones, like portobellos. Although I am a fan of the more alien forms of mushrooms, portobellos are the most versatile because their large solid [...]
Once upon a time on a wintery day in college, I entered the cafeteria to a be greeted by the wafting fumes of chocolate and peanut butter. If you've been reading my blog, you'll know that the combination is irresistible to me. Drawn to this intoxicating scent, I discovered that these creations were aptly named [...]
Nutritional information is a misleading term. In practice, posting nutritional information is posting the amount of calories in particular food. Nutrition, however, is not solely based on the amount of calories in a certain food. There are two essential modern approaches to nutrition: the caloric approach and the micronutrient approach. Increasingly, the micronutrient approach, which [...]
Sicily is not just “special”, but possibly the most beautiful place on Earth. If you’ve been there you’d probably agree. If you haven’t now’s the time to book your ticket. At a recent Christmas party in Rancho Santa Fe, I had just this conversation with a couple of other italophiles. Friends’ family Christmas parties are [...]
I've posted a recipe for blondies made with garbanzo beans, but I've never posted their parent dessert, the black bean brownie. Here's the thing with these beauties, the vegan version just isn't as good. Sorry to all you vegans (I used to be one of you), but these bad boys contain eggs. Why the eggs? [...]
Americans seem to go crazy for Thanksgiving. The turkey, the stuffing, the dinner prayer, the cranberry sauce. It's really the one day a year when dinner prep takes an entire day. Unfortunately for me, the day when most stuff themselves to bursting, I remain only somewhat satisfied. The reason being, I do not like Thanksgiving [...]
Chianti, Marlborough Bay, Provence, Napa, La Rioja, Chile, Valle de Guadalupe. Valle de Guadalupe is the wine region that makes up a part of Ensenada, Mexico about eighty miles south of the Tijuana border. Ensenada has always housed a few vineyards, but it’s not until the past couple of years that Ensenada has truly emerged as [...]
The best kind of parties are those that involve good company, wine, and a crowded kitchen. This particular party included all of those with special points in the crowded kitchen division. Extra credit is given in the good company and wine as well. The bittersweet part is that this party did not take place in [...]
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