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Day 6: Parrilla time

I’ll race through the morning food because I already posted about our day trip to Colonia.   Breakfast: coffee and cookies. Lunch was really more of a second breakfast since it was well before noon.  Bread.   Salmon salad.   Spinach ravioli.   After returning to Buenos Aires, we grabbed some snacks at a natural foods market.   And then I bought 70 dollars worth of chocolate. No seriously. Go big or go home right?  Authentic alfajores are a once in a lifetime thing.   For dinner we went to a highly recommended parrilla, Juana… Read more >

March 4, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Readers Request: Rice Cooker 101

I use my rice cooker multiple times a week.  Second to the coffee maker it’s probably the number one appliance in our kitchen.  But every time I post about it I get a million follow up questions in the comments section…I have no clue why it’s such a mystery to others, but I’ve been trying to answer questions as best I can in order to reassure you all that it’s truly an idiot proof machine.  Promise! What can you use it for? Everything.  I use it for quinoa more than anything else, but you can… Read more >

March 1, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Day trip to Colonia

For the first time on our vacation we had to set the alarm. By 7 am we were at the sea port, waiting to board the Buquebus for a quick day trip to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.  We went to buy tickets the previous day, but failed to remember our passports.  Dumb.  Obviously you need to know your passport number to buy tickets (duh, it’s a different country), but having just done the whole name change thing, I had a new passport and couldn’t even tell you the first digit.  Not that I ever memorized… Read more >

February 29, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Scenes from the City, Part I

Not this city, THIS city.   Saturday Farmer’s Market at the Ferry Building.         Highlights included Blue Bottle coffee, Mariposa GF bakery, Pepples organic & vegan donuts.          And this kid.   Gabriel Angelo is only 12 years old, but you’d never know it if you heard him play.    AMAZING.   Saturdays are meant for shopping and bayside dining.    I love this place.  If you’ve never been to The PLANT Cafe organic, I highly recommend. I wasn’t in the city the entire weekend though.  I spent a… Read more >

February 29, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Dessert before dinner

Before I get to the cookie winner… I wan to thank you guys for your positive and supportive comments.  You are so uplifting, I feel very fortunate to have a readership that cares enough to leave nice notes.  It gave me strength and perspective; and for that, I’m grateful. Now for the winner… Random #100 is Leng!!  Congrats girlie :)  Send me your mailing address so I can get your goodies in the mail.   Now I’m off to enjoy my brownie bake. Have you ever eaten dessert before dinner? 

February 28, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >