Recently Ms. Marife asked me to help out with Bunco appetizers. She hosts a Bunco gathering every few months and wanted me to share any easy appetizer. Apparently Trader Joes and Costco appetizers in the Pacific Northwest have become overdone in her circle and she wanted something flashy. It is The Cheese Plate, to the [...]
Are you wondering where to go for dinner tonight or this weekend? Well, I’ve found an absolutely delicious and delightful place. An Italian kitchen and wine shop; CUCINA enoteca. Today’s post is about this new Irvine Spectrum restaurant, it would make for a fantastic dinner any night of the week. Think of a modern Italian [...]
Conca D Oro is a family owned Italian restaurant here in the OC since 1960. It’s a little hard to find, but worth the effort. The service is friendly and always accommodating. As soon as your sit down, garlic bread arrives promptly. It is severed warm to your table and never runs out. Everything [...]
What day is it? It’s almost February? Huh. Feels like I’ve been spit out of a black hole in the space-time continuum. Adjusting to West Coast time after pulling too many all nighters on the East Coast can wreak havoc on those circadian rhythms. Today we are catching up, so I can get a grasp [...]
Airplane Food. Oh my. This weekend I’ll be flying across the county to a very cold destination. I don’t mind the 20 degree weather as much as I mind the to and fro in-flight meals. Julia Child once said that she’d rather eat a peanut-butter-honey sandwich than suffer through airplane food. Even when it was [...]
Itching for a little surf and turf for upcoming foootball game playoffs? Need to know where to buy live crab and lobster at a reasonable price? Look no further, straight from the surfers who surf our Pacific waters, here are two favorite fresh fish markets in Orange County. Dory Fishing Fleet Market 110 McFadden Pl [...]
I just turned 42 years old, yep that’s me. My dad still cannot believe it. He shakes his head in disbelief every time I mention it. Strangely, I still feel like I’m in my twenties. Perhaps a better way to say it would be, I just turned 28 with 14 years experience. Yes indeedy, staying [...]
The winner of the $100 Gift Certificate to Dey Dey Ranch was lucky number 18. Congratulations Adam Rogers! I’ll be in contact, via email, about your Gift Certificate. Happy Grilling
Shopping at Trader Joe’s is not ordinary. It elevates grocery shopping from a chore to an experience. They stock their shelves with both staples and exotics. You can find affordable luxuries such as Meyer Lemon Wafer Cookies to Thai Lime and Chili Cashews (both AWESOME), items you simply can’t find anywhere else. Below is a [...]
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