The food was delicious too. Thank you so much Paula for such a memorable evening!! I decided to host Thanksgiving for a few friends this year. An unusual lasagna recipe caught my eyes, so I decided to give it a try for our holiday meal. I made a few slight variations from the original recipe, such as using shitake mushrooms, and parmesan instead of mozzarella. Also, I have two layers of the filling, instead of just one.
The finished product was apparently a hit because my friends asked for the recipe. Sylvia Fountaine is the recipe creator. For dessert, we enjoyed one of my favorite childhood treats, Apple Brown Betty, which was a perfect match for the Haut-Armagnac being poured.
Fall has definitely arrived in St. It was a good day to break out the table top wood-fired oven and practice my cooking skills on a beautiful, chilly afternoon. I made calzones in a cast iron skillet for the first time, as well as a few pizzas. Berbere is an Ethiopian spice mix that typically includes chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, korarima, rue, ajwain or radhuni, nigella and fenugreek. The mix I purchased also included paprika. I visited family and friends in Northern California last week.
The weather was fantastic, the food was delicious and my overall experience was top notch! I also tried a couple of new restaurants — Piccino and Burma Superstar.
I highly recommend both! We sampled some of their delicious sparkling wines and snacked on some local cheeses. A wonderful way to start the weekend! Delicious omelets! Later that day my friend treated me to a vintage biplane ride to the Golden Gate Bridge and back. What a fantastic, once in a lifetime experience!! For dinner we grabbed a grilled chicken meal at El Brinquito Meat Market. Here are a few snapshots of my wonderful trip:. My view in S.
