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  • I believe in love.
    I love what I do.
    I always use extra, double, over the top garlic when I cook.
    I strive everyday to be better... at everything.
    I am determined to travel the world.
    I could live off watermelon, zucchini, mango, and peaches.
    I'm a foodie, wino, yogi and all things beach.
    I dream of fields full of gardenias.
    I would love to run a B&B off the coast of Oregon.
    I enjoy reading memoirs with recipes the most.
    I will design and create a beautiful garden and porch in our next home.
    I love eating, making and finding new soups and salads.
    I'm obsessed with Yogurtland and Ingrid Michaelson.
    I make my own enchilada sauce and guacamole, to die for.
    I love whole heartedly and am very loyal.
    I can never get enough of dark chocolate, cupcakes and spicy tuna rolls.
    I'm a dreamer and a doer!

    Photos by Trude Ellingsen

Category Archives: Food

Barbecues, How We’ve Missed You

It’s a pretty known fact amongst our friends and family that Kris and I love to barbecue. Lately it seems that our busy schedules among other reasons haven’t allowed us to indulge in hosting these wonderful barbecues. This past weekend for Super Bowl Sunday, we decided to stay home this year. We always have wonderful...

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Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

In the last few years I have really enjoyed eating all sorts of squash. My favorites are butternut and acorn and while I love eating them roasted or steamed, for me in a soup is the best form. From different recipes and my own knowledge of cooking I’ve come up with my version of it which...

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The Stinking Rose: Restaurant Cookbook

A few months ago I walked into my favorite Barnes & Noble bookstore on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, not just because it’s three stories and the third floor has awesome tall windows and seating all across to people watch and read, but because they actually have a great cookbook collection as well. For...

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Current Reads: Witty Women and The Foods They Love

I’d just like to say that as a bookworm, I’m not falling for the Kindle or any other ebook reader anytime soon. Call me old school, but I love the smell of books and love holding them. One day I will have a library room in my home, really, I will. The more I stay...

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Our Cooks’ Club

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending my first Cooks’ Club meet up and it went just as planned. Lot’s of great food, very nice ladies and we all learned from one another, even in matters other than food. Priscilla started the group so a big shout out to her, what a great hostess...

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