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Smorgie.com is a new website devoted to sharing lists of your favorite (and maybe not so favorite) restaurant online with like minded food folks. Recently, I had the chance to join Smorgie to test drive it. Here are some of my thoughts. Smorgie, interesting but not quite fully cooked yet It was very easy to [...]
Some of the fantastic meals I had at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant while I was staying at The London West Hollywood. I was in LA courtesy of Frigidaire to film a cooking demo with Chef Suzanne Goin and a Thanksgiving discussion with Jennifer Garner. __________________ Disclosure: Travel, meals and lodging were provided by Frigidaire.
Earlier this summer, my family and I were invited to attend the the Second Annual Snowmass Culinary & Arts Festival in Snowmass, Colorado. The event brings foodies, wine and spirit connoisseurs, and art lovers together in one beautiful location to sample some of the best of Colorado food and art. Celebrity chefs for 2011 included: [...]
When Mom Central gave me the opportunity to to try out Starbucks’s new Bistro Boxes, it couldn’t have been better timing. School had just started, which meant stopping off for a healthy snack before black belt karate classes. While we loved stopping at Panera Bread, we were all up for something different. Why I was [...]
Last month, I attended a Denver food blogger tweetup at the Edge Restaurant & Bar at the Four Seasons in Denver. The purpose was to introduce us to their “Business Quickie” lunch meals at their gorgeous facility in the heart of Denver’s downtown on 14th and Arapahoe. The Edge is known for their happy hour [...]
What’s a “third place”? Well, the first place is home, and the second place is work. And the third place is somewhere your spend time when you’re not at work or at home. It’s familiar and comfortable – a place where you can relax with good food and friends or family. On a Friday afternoon, [...]
On Fridays, my children have black belt prep class from 5 to 8:30 pm. Since we don’t leave school until nearly 4:00, there just isn’t time to go home for a healthy meal. We don’t have time to go to full service, sit down restaurant either. And I don’t want to take them out for [...]
Eating out with food sensitivities is difficult. Heck, just trying to eat healthy when you go out is a challenge! Luckily, restaurants are getting a clue and offering online menus so you can plan your meal before you go. Panera Bread goes one step further with their Nutrition Calculator. Yesterday when I visited my local [...]
Last month, I fell off the eating healthy wagon at Rick Moonen’s restaurant, RM Seafood (Upstairs) in Las Vegas. My husband, Paul, and I dined there while I was attending BlogWorld Expo at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. I chose the restaurant because I love how its mission statement is close to the way [...]
Last month we took the family to the South Dakota Black Hills area to see Mount Rushmore, Custer National Forest, the Wind Cave and Jewel Cave, and more buffalo in the road than you can shake a stick at. My mother-in-law “Nana” came along, too. To celebrate her birthday, we took her to Kevin Costner’s [...]
I’ll be blogging at MOTHERS Book Bag for MOTHERS and the National Association of Mothers’ Centers (NAMC) this week at The Big Tent in Denver during the Democratic National Convention. So, I will be too busy to blog here unless there are some amazing food happenings I feel you need to know about. (You can [...]
On our date to Sugarbeet in Longmont, Colorado, I had the most marvelous ceviche. It was made with scallops, avocados, lime juice, red onions, red peppers, jalapeños (I think), and pineapple juice. It was served with a large sprig of basil for a garnish and thinly sliced, homemade potato strips (not chips). Some of the [...]
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