I was lucky to find a group of college housemates who were just as food obsessed as I am. We baked bread, we created a full Thanksgiving feast, and we even brewed beer. This was on top of our hectic senior schedules. We called ourselves the BlueVic, even inventing an adjective bluevicing. Bluevicing: to engage [...]
Oh the glory of being glutinous! The grey days of San Diego fall have rolled in and my desire for sweets and comforts have rolled in with it. I have a problem making decisions. I'm that annoying girl who makes the waiter keep coming back, because she can't decide what to order. The other day [...]
"It doesn't snow in San Diego." False. Although it snows about every 50 years in the city of San Diego, it snows almost every year in Julian. Julian, California Julian is one of those strange places that doesn't feel like San Diego. It is located North East of the city separating coast from dessert. Southern [...]
For some of you this may sound extreme, but prepare to have your mind blown. Cauliflower is a miracle vegetable that among other things can imitate pizza crust when prepared properly. Now, I have made a couple of versions of this, and I find that it works better if there is a little flour [...]
Check out the new book by my friend and author Julia Plant. It details the story of her brother Mike Plant who was lost in a sailing trip around the world.
So, it's been a while since I have written a travel post. That's because, since returning from Italy, I have remained mostly in San Diego. I am from San Diego, so being here doesn't feel like traveling, but rather like returning to a childhood memory. Recently, I've been pondering the meaning of home. I have [...]
I could make some self-deprecating comment about the status of my social life since moving back from Italy, but I won't. All I can say is that, over a year out of college, I am coming to understand the beauty of the friend date. "Friend Date: a situation in which two friends partake in activities [...]
Ok, so they are not in the shape of animals and they don't have those fancy little tags you were never supposed to remove, but these are edible. Better yet, they are soft and chocolatey, the perfect cookie bar. Even better, they are made with beans!!!! A few of you may have stopped reading at [...]
I don't usually see Diabetes as having a positive influence on my social life. In fact, I would have to say it plays a mostly negative role: I have to watch how much I drink and I have to carry a purse full of medical equipment, and that's not to mention the large bump my [...]
Zuppa di pesce, cioppino, bouillabaisse, burrida de raya, suquet de peix. They all are in the fish stew genre, but what makes them different? Many Americans believe cioppino to be Italian for its Italian name. They are wrong, at least partially. Cioppino is in fact a Californian invention, and San Francisco can take full credit [...]
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