new house, new roomies.

Last night was my first night in my new house.  Going from living by myself in a one bedroom apartment (with no laundry on the premise) in downtown Healdsburg to having three GUY roommates in Alexander Valley will be a huge adjustment for both me and the guys…. Until I have more stories, here is picture [...]

more recipes i have found.

More food blogging research has led me to a new site called Tastespotting which allows visitors to browse recipes and food articles based on the visual aspect of the recipe.  It is my new favorite site and simple to use….  Just look through their homepage and if you see something that interests you, click on [...]

chocolate adventure event #1.

Last Wednesday was spent in San Francisco helping to host the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker and TuttiFoodie.com’s Chocolate Adventure Contest Events held for food bloggers and members of the media based around San Francisco. There will be another post about the contest itself because I have learned so much at this event to justify [...]

robert steinberg, creator of scharffen berger has passed.

Robert Steinberg, one of the founders of Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker passed away last night. Robert, a former physician, was diagnosed with Lymphoma around the same time him and John Scharffenberger started SBCM with a coffee grinder, mortar and pestle, an electric mixer, and a hair dryer to produce their first chocolate, in his home [...]

happy pepper.

The first night of my Labor Day weekend was spent drinking Papapietro Perry pinot noir and making vegetarian tacos with one of my own personal favorite chefs, my friend John. We picked tomatoes and bell peppers from his garden to make the veggie kabobs (bell peppers and onions) and salsa. As John went to [...]