Food
I’m a huge fan of breakfast food and am always on the lookout for new fun ideas to try. I used to like IHOP pancakes, but after discovering the vast possibilities of a pancake, simple Bisquick mix doesn’t do it for me anymore. After a 19 mile bike ride around Mercer Island this morning, Jake […]
Jake and I decided we’d try to have one gourmet night a week, where we cook together and spend a bit more time on dinner than we normally would. Before I met him, I’d never even heard of gnocchi, but boy, I’m so glad I’m well acquainted with them now! In Italian, gnocchi literally means […]
Going out for coffee is one of my (and Jake’s!) favorite things to do. Lucky for us we live in a city with a plethora of yummy espresso places. Espresso is the key word here, as experiencing the depths of amazing espresso shots here in Seattle has ruined my palate for drip coffee. My appreciation […]
I love uncorking a new bottle of wine. There’s something about that little cylindicular (that’s not even a word) piece of cork that separates wine from all the other beverages out there. Now, I really love my beverages; there’s one for every mood or occasion. My refrigerator and cupboards can attest to that. Coffee (of […]
“Shut up and eat your butter.” That’s the little running joke among those of us confined for seventeen days in the clinical trial study I’m doing to pay off part of the outstanding balance on my RTW trip. What I thought would be a pretty easy study is actually a bit distressing. They are force-feeding […]