Ugly lipsticks, cute shoes and inspired recipes

For the past 6 months I’ve been on a mission to use up the 10 lipsticks I’ve purchased throughout (many) years.  Two things I’ve noticed… 1 – the 80′s and early 90′s were bad decades for lipsticks 2 – the uglier the color, the longer the lipstick seems to last. Ugh…..I blame my high school [...]

Curry, Chickpeas and Carrots

A few weeks ago we went to Ken’s Artisan Pizza, one of Portland’s best pizzarias made famous by reviews the New York Times and the defunct Gourmet magazine.  My overall take – it was pretty expensive and the pizza was a little overcooked for my taste, but I can definitely see why there is a [...]

Shrimp, Scallops and Steak Montreal Style

Just got back from Montreal.  Forgive the long post, but we had two great meals in our day in Montreal. It took forever to get through customs.  While the system seemed fairly inefficient, the customs line was ripe for some excellent people watching.  Let’s just say it provided much entertainment for our 70 minutes in [...]

Kickin’ it up with a Hotluck

Had an awesome hotluck Saturday night.  About 25 of our friends came over and brought their favorite hot dishes.  We had everything from flaming fire coleslaw to spicy red beans and rice to Vatapa, a Brazilian seafood stew – someone even brought spicy bloody marys.  Overall it was a great time. Found out that one [...]

Why do I cook in heels?

So people ask me all the time if I really cook in heels.  If you’ve ever been in my kitchen, you can undoubtedly vouch that I really do cook in heels.  I also recently helped a friend move to a third floor apartment and wore heels (in hind sight it was pretty stupid though because [...]

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