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This Cheese Event is an Excuse to Go to Italy and Eat Rare, Local Cheeses Non-stop
Slow Food Cheese happens every other year in the Piemonte region. Here’s why it’s a must for cheese bucket lists. Slow Food means saving, promoting, and enjoying the unique flavors and qualities of foods around the world and enjoying a community of people who are like-minded. Slow Food is what the good life is all about. In the year 2000 I joined the Aqua Terra chapter of Slow Food and met a world of Bay Area craft food pioneers like the founders of Scharffen Berger Chocolate, Cowgirl and others who were dedicated to developing the best foods made with rare and seasonal ingredients. Today more than ever we need to…
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Red Chiles, Lavender & Margaritas – A New Mexico Food Adventure
What better time to visit New Mexico than the Dia de los Muertos timeframe. Cooler weather. Festive celebrations. And harvest! A Return to the Pueblos and Poblanos I envisioned my first trip to New Mexico in years revolving around chiles: breakfast, lunch and dinner. A visit to Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm would kick off this long-awaited return to the Southwest. To my delight, this luscious rustic modern farm is just a few minutes outside of Albuquerque. Giant trees shade the long drive into Los Poblanos, that oh-so-typical scene when the destination is country bliss, most anywhere in the world. The view never gets tiring. Every other Friday…
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12 Hours in Paris – A Pastry, Bread, Chocolate, Food and Art Layover Visit
We were to arrive late night in Paris and fly out 36 hours later. What are 2 French food-starved food lovers to do? Maximize! We spent the whole day shopping in clothing and food stores, interspersed with eating. In fact, Plan A was to visit Du Pain et des Idées, which came highly recommended. So blinded were we by the beautiful streets of Paris that we never even referred to our plan. Luckily copius eating fell into place on its own. View this post on Instagram Le Grande Epicerie Paris might be the most insanely…
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First Time Using My Portuguese Alembic Copper Still Wasn’t a Disaster After All
Weeks had passed since I had arrived home with my 3 liter shiny copper still, which I bought in a little shop in a town whose name I don’t even know between Porto and Nazare in Portugal. It was the kind of hand-hammered copper still you see for sale on the Internet, only it was 60 Euros. I had a goal to find such a still and was thrilled to pack it up and bring it home. The thing was I had no idea how I would use the still. At the time my goal was to make essential oils from the rosemary, lavender, mint and other herbs that grow…
