These Tomato Pepper Toasts with Whipped Basil Goat Cheese are so easy and delicious for a summer picnic! And the best part is, they utilize scrapes from juicing. I don’t know about you, but…
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Labor Day may mark the official end of BBQ season, but don’t let it deter you from keeping the party going outside! Fall is arguably the best time to host an al fresco fête.…
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I hosted an al fresco outdoor fall party with some of my closest friends and wanted a special meal that wowed, but wasn’t too complicated. I am known to serve up a fancy cheese…
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For a holiday happy hour, I recently put together this Winter Cheese Plate! I turn to cheese plates a lot for an easy appatizer. They don’t take long to assemble and they make a…
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A creamy, smooth spread that uses ripe, winter persimmons for topping toast and mixing into cocktails. It has flavors of vanilla through out along with warm baking space. Persimmon butter, like apple butter, doesn’t…
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Pairing food + cocktails is not as easy as wine, but it can be done! Just as acidity + flavor profiles in wines match with certain dishes, so too can cocktails’. Take for instance…
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The Mission district in San Francisco has always been an ever evolving part of the city. For better or for worse, change is inevitable in our city by the bay. One change that recently…
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If you are one of the 5 MILLION or so people that get the Williams Sonoma catalog, you may have recognized a familiar face in the pages this month: ME! I am so over the…
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Last weekend I hosted a Friendsgiving full of laughter, cocktails and of course food and lots of it! I am jet setting to Bora Bora for the Thanksgiving break, my husband and I are…
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I don’t know about you, but when my friends text me that they are coming over unexpectedly, I go into full on panic mode! I instantly wonder if I have cleaned the kitchen, put away…