Food + Drink
Best Sourdough Pancakes
I am late to the sourdough craze. During the pandemic I managed to avoid the sourdough baking adventure. Reminded me too much of the Amish friendship bread starters thirty years ago where I found myself babysitting a Ziploc bag of gloopy glob, that had to be fed and shared regularly with friends, neighbors, or whoever
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Food + Drink
Roasted Pork Bánh Mí Vietnamese Sandwich
This is a story about a Vietnamese Bánh Mi sandwich and the powerful language of food. Working the holiday rush on your feet is exhausting. A perpetual cycle of work, sleep, and repeat. You join the chorus of your co-workers each morning willing your tired bodies with good coffee, and a personally selected dance song
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Food + Drink
White Bean and Rice Soup
“New Year’s Day is every mans birthday” ~Charles Lamb Happy New Year! Cheers to all of life’s adventures that await you in 2024. What is it about the first day of January, that feels like we have been given an opportunity to once again to design our life rather than live it by default? We
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Food + Drink
Slow Cooked Georgian Beef and Tomato Stew
Over fed and exhausted, the three of us, settled in two aisle seats, and a window seat in the bulkhead of a Turkish Airlines flight departing from Istanbul destined for Atlanta. The hope of a vacant middle seat quickly dashed by an older woman traveling solo. Her disappointment was clear when she realized the middle
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Food + Drink
Lentil Soup With Smoked Sausage and Apples
If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it was a wonderful day with family and friends with plenty of good food. As the holiday season kicks off, a hearty lentil soup with plenty of cool weather goodness, is a good option. This soup can be put together in a few minutes and within the hour be
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Cocktails
Honey Crisp Apple Old-Fashioned Cocktail
We had an amazing time in Greece and Turkey and as my friend poetically described “re-entry is tough.” Yes, ma’am, indeed. Our journey to Greece and Turkey is an upcoming post. Stay tuned. Studying for my upcoming wine exam has been my priority and it has taken up a lot of prime real estate in