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Nothing pairs better with summer and grilled meat, especially pork, than fruit. For this summer salad, we grilled up nectarines and plums, but you can do pineapples, peaches, mangos, apricots etc. Produce aisle is the limit. Pickled fennel is easy to make and stores up nicely. Pickled anything with charred meat is a hit in […]
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During a recent surf and turf dinner party, I covered the table with brown kraft paper (love!) with ribbon runners. This lead to some fun and easy place card ideas for your next brown paper table party. The combinations are endless and there will be something for every occasion and holiday. Brown paper is clean, […]
Read MoreThere is something about mini “things” that is appealing yet mysterious and fulfilling still delicate all in a big way. Like short quotes with big lessons….. If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the […]
Read MoreMiss Apis can hear and she can smell, though just how she hears, since she has no ears and just how she smells since she has no nose, puzzled people for a long time. The truth is she is able to do these things because of her antennae, which, you remember, are the two feelers […]
Read MoreWho wouldn’t want one of those!! Wait. What is that? I am still not sure (they weren’t available) but was so drawn to the gelatinous refined flour and sugar menu of Hard Wok Café that I must share these consumptions. I won’t say I didn’t like it but it really isn’t a place for a […]
Read MoreThe beauty of summer is in the foods: flavors, colors and variety. We recently hosted a celebration dinner featuring a lot of our favorites: surf & turf, brown paper, bees, home canning, watermelon, tomatoes, curry corn bread muffins, wine … Watermelon Coolers with Basil Fresh watermelon Fresh basil Vodka if you are into that sort […]
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