TV DINNER
I don't watch a whole lot of tv and when I do, it tends to involve food. I learn by seeing. I enjoy cookbooks, but rarely make anything from them. A cook book with no photos is never opened. When I was in college and should have been studying, I [...]
SHALL WE DANCE?
Good conversation is like a beautifully unchoreographed dance where each person takes a turn leading and where being in tune with your partner is essential to a perfect result. Have you ever asked yourself what kind of conversation partner you are? Once upon a time, a very good friend told [...]
WHEN PUNK ROCK AND CHEESE COLLIDE
ME, ME, ME Will do. I didn't want to like this book. I went to a signing in Mill Valley. My friend said there would be good cheese there and I thought it might be interesting to meet a real life Cheesemonger. I love the "monger" part. It [...]
DIRTY STRAWBERRIES
It's strawberry season! I know that nowadays you can get strawberries year round, BUT they don't taste like they do right now. I am not sure what the origin of this recipe is, but I was introduced to it for the first time when I lived in New Mexico in [...]
UNOFFICIAL POST
Hello everyone! I have been in Southern California this week on official RealFoodies business. I will be back next week with a wonderful new food-filled post. This is a weekend to honor our veterans, enjoy a little much-needed time-off and toast the beginning of summer! MVP'S Long Beach, CA [...]
GO GADGET GO!
If you are singing the theme song to this show, then you are probably my age. This post is not about clumsy French cartoon detectives, but about gadgets. Just like inspector gadget, cooks need gadgets to make cool things happen in the kitchen and sometimes what appears to be cool, [...]