Quick Cook Chicken; Mirepoix to the Rescue

Basic Mirepoix

Shortcuts. We all love them. Whether it’s the shortcut at the grocery store line from the kind soul who is buying 50 items to your 1, or the early web check-in Southwest Airlines offers to guarantee Group A seating (boards first). When the opportunity arises, we tend to take em’. So this post is part [...]

Orange Poppy Seed Tea Cake

Orange Poppy Seed Tea Cake

So there seems to be a lot of birthdays in my life this month. And I thought baking would be an ideal way to show how much I care. On the way home, I scored a beautiful bag of organic oranges from Bob’s local farm stand in Santa Rosa. Always enjoy passing by Bob’s and looking [...]

Local Excursion: Salmon Creek Beach and Wild Flour Bakery

Salmon Creek

Sunny. 72 degrees. Day off. What a trifecta? The perfect ingredients for a beach day. Sonoma County not only has great wines and the splendors of every organic food you can imagine, it also has the beach. A laid back bohemia style Northern California beach to be exact. And I love it! Today’s carefree adventure [...]

Peanut Butter. Glorious Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Always been a sucker for a good peanut butter cookie.  Never could turn one down. And who really eats only ONE cookie? Someone with iron-will that’s who. After my recent horror of discovering that my favorite go-to “NutterButters” had High Fructose Corn Syrup in them, I let out a shriek.  I was in mourning. Nooooooo. But [...]

Feeling kinda Granola

Moosewood Restaurant

Today was one of those days. Feeling a slight chill. Hair cock-eyed. Wearing sweats. And according to 90s TV icon George Costanza, sweats is the key indicator that I have checked out of society for today. Looking not to work too hard. Eat something nutritious. And make the house smell good. My mind started to [...]

Ms. Savour gets a chance to Savor Sonoma

Eric Ross Rooster

Savor Sonoma barrel and wine tasting event, dare I say–wow?  I do dare.  Wow.  Who knew that much fun could be had in five California sun-filled hours?  And I am not just saying that because I have a special affinity for the event title. I am a notorious wine tasting light weight. So much so, [...]