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An Education in Food | Cinderella Pumpkin Soup & Chili Lime Poached Pear Salad

November 15, 2011

Welcome to Day Two of Four in this weeks’s “An Education in Food | De-Mystifying Fancy Food Terminology.” In case you missed yesterday’s post, I recentely attended a winemaker’s dinner at Hotel 1000. It was a delicious, five-course meal stuffed full of flavor and innovation… and a bunch of words I only kind of understood. [...]

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An Education in Food | What is an amuse-bouche? And while we’re at it, what’s the difference between tartare and ceviche?

November 14, 2011

Ever wonder what the difference between a tartare and a ceviche is? And perhaps you’ve heard about gnocchi, but what about gnudi? Is a Cinderella Pumpkin a real thing? I recently attended Hotel 1000‘s Vintimate Winemaker’s Dinner in Seattle, Washington. The event is held in Hotel 1000′s Studio 1000, a warm and intimate setting perfect [...]

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Recipe | Roasted Pumpkin Soup

November 9, 2011
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It started with this. This is a Cinderella Pumpkin Soup, and I devoured politely sampled this Cinderella Pumpkin Soup at Hotel 1000 in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. I was invited to attend their Vintimate Winemakers’ Dinner, which is an amazing pairing of a local winemaker’s wines (in this case, it was Upland Estates) [...]

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In Action | Monument Valley

November 6, 2011
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[photo credit: Chris Miller] And here’s yet another photo of me, taking pictures of the scenery. Chris and I drove up to a couple of great view points that looked out over Monument Valley. I got the obligatory “Forrest Gump stopped running here and turned around” shot, and Chris took this photo of me taking [...]

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In Action | Grand Canyon

November 3, 2011
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[photo credit: Chris Miller | For the full-size photo (which looks even awesomer), click here.] Typically, after work, I might have a glass of wine and catch up on Glee. I might edit some photos for Wanderlust & Love (my photo blog). I might try a new recipe, go out for happy hour, meet my [...]

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What We Ate in Vegas, My First In-N-Out, and Trying to Maintain Healthy Habits While Traveling

November 2, 2011

Every time I travel, I learn a little bit more and more about how to maintain healthy eating habits and keep feeling GOOD while on the road. It started when I figured out that I had to pack my own snacks, in order to prevent any convenience-store binges on chocolate-covered pretzels and questionable hot dogs. [...]

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iDine Rewards Program + Gift Card Giveaway

November 1, 2011

Update: We have a winner! The $20 AmEx card goes to to Jen of NiferMusings – congrats, Jen! I love food, and I love cooking. In fact, my boyfriend and I refer to our kitchen as “The Lab,” because of all of the experimental culinarying that goes on in there. On the flip side, I [...]

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Cheese Plate at Boka

October 31, 2011

One of Life’s Greatest Pleasures is a killer cheese plate. Great cheeses varying from hard to soft, mild to sharp, creamy to crumbly, paired with acoutrements like truffle honey, dried fruit, buttery crostini, and the right wines — it’s just… the best. The absolute best. So, imagine my delight when I checked into my room [...]

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Street Food Friday | Savor Soup

October 28, 2011

Improve your cooking skills with our magazines. It’s soup weather, isn’t it? I mean, maybe not if you live in Houston or some of those other places down south that are boasting 80+ degrees in October, but if you’re where I’m at — the Pacific Northwest — then it is SO soup weather. Savor Soup [...]

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Why It’s Okay to Over-induldge in Las Vegas

October 27, 2011

Last night my husband and I ate at a one-of-a-kind Chinese restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip. The average rating for this particular restaurant on Yelp!, a social ranking site, is three out of five stars. Though I’m not a foodie by any stretch of imagination, my husband has a fairly refined palette and I [...]

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