Category Archives: cooking
Some salad love
I am going to miss eating salads. I wish I liked them in cold weather, but I just don’t. So I’m filling up on stuff like this until the temps starts to fall…. Cucumbers and onions go so well with … Continue reading
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Tagged cucumber salad, dried cranberries, fruit salad, Gorgonzola cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, walnuts
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Chicken Papaya
One of the best meals I had in California was at the Cedar Creek Inn in San Juan Capistrano, near the mission. It was a gorgeous sunny day with a slight breeze, and the air was crystal clear. We sat … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Creek Inn, Chicken Papaya, San Juan Capistrano
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You too can make scones
For some reason, I had convinced myself that I couldn’t make scones. Those delicious English biscuit-y things you can get at Starbucks. Then I watched Ina Garten (I love her) making a version with cranberries and orange peel and couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cranberry-orange scones, Ina Garten, orange slices
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Chicken Stew Provençal
Since it’s still chilly in the evening, I thought I’d share a favorite recipe for chicken stew that’s very healthy and easy to make. I found it on washpost.com, the website for The Washington Post. Chicken Stew Provençal 2 T. … Continue reading
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Tagged carrots, celery, chicken, chicken stew, onions, recipe, red Dutch oven
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Goin’ crazy with texture
Remember when I said the craziest-looking textures can sometimes work with your photos? I created the image above with a free texture from darkwood67′s collection on Flickr. (There are tons of free textures on Flickr, by the way.) The texture … Continue reading
Posted in art, cooking, flowers, photography
Tagged Geneva, lisianthus, petunia, Photoshop Elements 8, Prairie gentian, Switzerland, texture
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Giada and cherry blossoms
Today I had the pleasure of meeting Giada de Laurentiis at one of her book signing sessions. I have to admit to being starstruck–the whole thing is kind of a blur now. Giada has like twenty million teeth that are … Continue reading
Posted in books, cooking, flowers, food, photography
Tagged cherry blossoms, cookbook signing, Giada de Laurentiis, Sur La Table
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