In two days, I gave my brother and his wife the San Francisco 101 tour. We rode the cable car, visited the fortune cookie factory and Alcatraz. We ate our way through the Ferry building grabbing Vietnamese noodle bowls and fancy cheeses and bread. We got the...
Let’s sit down for a second to talk turkey wine. I’ve got my “wine glasses” or “rosé glasses” to set the mood. As happy as I look in my new shades, you might doubt my depth of knowledge on the subject. I do know enough to be dangerous. I...
Yep that’s me, a meatloaf lover and I’m not afraid to admit it, even in health-nut California. My youngest son kept asking to have it for dinner but I balked. He craves super American food while my other son prefers Japanese. My experience with American meatloaf was...
Over the summer, we hosted a Taiwanese swimmer. He is eighteen and never traveled to America. We introduced him to the American melting pot of cuisine: hamburgers, spaghetti and burritos. He hated hamburgers until he had American beef. That changed everything for...
Today is National Donut Day! I almost missed it myself it that’s what you are thinking and it’s still Friday. If you are like us, you can commemorate the big day tomorrow, as in Saturday. On the weekend, it’s possible to take your sweet time to...
“I have a dinner meeting Thursday night,” says hubby. “PAR-TAY! We are going to have pizza, spaghetti and hamburgers for dinner and teeny, tiny salads.” I respond back. We rarely eat anything kid-friendly. Our salads are dad-made and huge, bottomless per the boys....
