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re; Pizza Friday ~ article from Wednesday 1/16/19 Denver Post

re; Pizza Friday ~ article from Wednesday 1/16/19 Denver Post

Food for Thought “for the love of PIZZA” by Allyson Reedy. Special to the Denver Post. Deep Dish, thin crust, Detroit and more. The many styles was adore. Catchy. Transferring an idea that we are in agreement, in the same club and that we as […]

Book Review ~ Little Hawaiian ‘Ohana Cook Book by Joleen Oshiro and Betty Shimabukuro

Book Review ~ Little Hawaiian ‘Ohana Cook Book by Joleen Oshiro and Betty Shimabukuro

A favorite summer travel is to visit Uncle Tim on Oahu. the Little Hawaiian cook book brings me right back to “pineapple juice from the sky”, big flowers, geckos and laua. We were fortunate enough to stay at the Hilton (the hotel with the rainbow […]

Dining Out ~ Flippin Flap Jacks

Dining Out ~ Flippin Flap Jacks

Today stopped at Flippin’ Flap Jacks. The set up is fun to watch. The batter is pored from mechanical pitcher that glides along the top of the griddle and pours perfectly. watching chef Dan and chef Kelly run the event was like watching a well […]

Dining out ~ Mile High City Sliders

Dining out ~ Mile High City Sliders

Todays stop is Mile High city Sliders Food Truck. The Eggplant with grilled eggplant, tomato and lemon garlic aioli is delicious. I also tried the eggplant parmesan slider with goat cheese. Eggplant parmesan slider is good, however i like the lemon garlic aioli vegi combination a […]

HotDogg!

HotDogg!

Winter sets in and the Hot Dog Vendor takes a break. Spring – Return quickly ! The BEST Hot Dog in Cherry Creek is at Milwaukee and 3rd. Keep and eye out for Henry. The hot dogs at his stand are a must . grading […]

Breakfast

Breakfast

New holiday breakfast tradition – with shared stories of Grandma Jo – is JoJo Skevers. Batter mixed up cooked up and cooked in a cast iron pan on the stove top. served warm with tri-syrups are delish.  

Sweet of the week ~ IceCream from little Man

Sweet of the week ~ IceCream from little Man

Little Man IceCream Any time one can break “always” – go to little man ice cream. I like LoHi better than Union Station for the decorations. this week i had Vanilla. Papa says – If the icecream maker can make vanilla – they can make […]

Book Review ~ “A Treasury of Great Recipes” Mary and Vincent Price

Book Review ~ “A Treasury of Great Recipes” Mary and Vincent Price

I had picked up a treasury of great recipes and serendipitous found it to be the travels of Mary and Vincent Price. The wanderings are chronicled from Dodger Stadium to London with recipes included. In Vincent’s writings he shared his “appetite for life”. Pages of […]

Book review ~ Chasing Bocuse

Book review ~ Chasing Bocuse

Competition sharpens the skills. the compelling read of the American Culinary team in pursuit of international competition. The Story strikes a cord with me as competition is ingrained in out industry.. this is not a challenge on personalities nor heightened situations. With no disrespect  to […]

Book Review ~ “The Essential James Beard Cook Book”

Book Review ~ “The Essential James Beard Cook Book”

Essentially the culinary stories are the strings and the strength of the Essential James Beard Cook Book. A collection of 450 American Cooking recipes. This one of my favorites .