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A few weeks ago, a group of friends got together for a cooking party at Cuisine Style in Belmont. The evening was billed as an Iron Chef-style competition, although in the spirit of friendship, we did not declare any “winners”. Basically (read full article)
I often hear “your kids eat so well” or “I can’t believe what your kids eat” or “I can’t get my kids to eat what your kids eat”. Although my kids do eat pretty well, I thought a little clarification is (read full article)
February was a fun month of travel – I had a couple days up into San Francisco, pretending I was a tourist, then a trip to Southern California with the kids over winter break. Naturally, in addition to the kids, I took my new best friend, iPhon (read full article)
The Master’s Swim Team that I work out with has been having a big event this month, encouraging swimmers to swim 50,000 yards, or 100,000 yards, or whatever gigantic number of yards they desire. The idea is to reinvigorate your workout and chal (read full article)
In the first ten days of this new decade and year, I have spent time thinking about my goals for 2010. I thought I might be clever and come up with ten goals and share them with you, and encourage you to adopt my goals, and then decided that, no, tha (read full article)
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to comment on the Progressive Tools Giveaway! The winners are: Comment #9 – Kristi C. Comment #28 – DeeAnn S. The slicers are winging their way to the winners as we speak. Happy Holidays to all of you, (read full article)
Last weekend, while shopping for Gingerbread House candy at Draeger’s in Menlo Park, my daughter and I enjoyed several of the sample stations at the front of the store. Many were for the usual holiday products – special cheeses, fancy hor (read full article)
Over the last couple of years, since I started participating in the Eat Local Challenge, I have developed an interest in finding food close to home. We subscribe to a vegetable CSA through Two Small Farms, as well as a fruit CSA through Frog Hollow (read full article)
About this time last year, I was contacted by Lydia Walshin from Perfect Pantry and Drop In & Decorate, with a unique proposal. Have a party, she suggested, and invite your friends to come over and decorate cookies for the holidays. Then, take t (read full article)
One of the programs I learned about this weekend at Foodbuzz is the Food For Thought event, in support of Mission Graduates. On Wednesday, November 11th, 25 restaurants in the Mission District of San Francisco will donate a portion of their sales to (read full article)
Scharffen Berger was one of the official sponsors of BlogHer Food in September, and while I am still sad about their acquisition by Hershey and subsequent announcement early this year about the closing of the Berkeley factory, I am happy that the Sch (read full article)
Ok, this is a post I was hesitant to write, because I am really trying my best to feed my family with all natural, healthy, local, organic, made-from-scratch foods. But sometimes, wanting-whats-best-for-my-kids and providing-whats-best-for-my-kids co (read full article)
Block parties are so much fun! I love getting our neighbors together and sharing a meal. The kids run up and down the street, riding bikes, and the adults get a chance to visit in the fading warmth of summer. This past summer, we added a weekly event (read full article)
This past weekend, I attended a conference for food bloggers in San Francisco, capital of good food (if not the capital, then one of the original 13 colonies). Even though blogging is a great activity and I have connected with loads of interesting fo (read full article)
The folks at Nature’s Path contacted me about a contest they are hosting with Everyday with Rachael Ray called “My Path to Sustainable Living.” They are searching for people who understand the importance of giving back, sustainability and t (read full article)
Friday night, I was invited to join a group of food bloggers for dinner at the Greek Islands. Remember last week when I wrote about Inger’s Dinner Club and how it was just like being called up to the big league? Well, eating with this esteemed (read full article)
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