Taste Life
A year ago I was staring at my tiny baby boy realizing my world had changed. I was tired but didn’t care to rest. I just stared at this new little person by my side and thought —wow, I am a mom… Better get my act together, someone else (quite literally) depends on me! Today [...]
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I’m a gift-giving-a-holic. Happened early on. I think it’s wired in my DNA. Economic conditions can’t scrub it out, and distance between family and friends only add fuel to my gift-giving fire, it’s gotta be my wiring… The older you get, the tighter the responsibility noose, but I am one to forge ahead in adverse [...]
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I tend not to leave home to often, I admit I am a Sonoma County homebody. Every time I do travel, I’m always reminded that road trips are good for the soul. They provide perspective and adventure. Traveling to Napa last week for the Wine Tourism Conference was easy compared to the distance traveled by other attendees. [...]
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It’s all about pumpkin pie right now. But for some reason I am thinking pumpkin pancakes. I’ve got extra cans of pumpkin sitting around and I love breakfast. I am serving this as my Friday morning turkey hangover dish. This recipe is adapted from Alfred Portale’s twelve season cookbook, which grabbed me at the first [...]
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Meyer lemons can make people do crazy things. Well I go crazy for this amazing citrus. Call me freaky. This past summer we were house hunting. It was a daunting task. We looked at many scary “fixer-upers.” Nothing had the entire package. And there was not one house with a specific attribute that could override [...]
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This weekend I am partaking in the 13th Annual Wine and Food Affair. I know, I know–lucky. Another Sonoma County weekend surrounded by wine and food. Maybe this is just one of those heavy-hitting reasons why Sonoma County won National Geographic’s list of top world destinations for 2012. I got a sneak peek at the highly [...]
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