Baked oatmeal

Vegan sausage, crimini mushroom and arugula burrito with avo and a michelada for dinner

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food photography

Lately I have been very interested in food photography! Here's another super cool image of food...

By Maren Caruso

food AND music

Two subjects right up my alley! I came across this on the internet today. I love thinking about food and music in new ways. Add in photography, and it's a new cultural movement! By Philip Karlberg, check it...

two, 200, twice a week

My 2 year blog anniversary is approaching in June (I know, huge news!) AND I am close-ish to accomplishing 200 posts.
So that means (that I have a calculator and a lot of free time on my hands this morning) that I must post approximately 2 times a week until then to make it all happen at the same time.
Exciting stuff!! With upcoming trips to Palm Springs, Chicago and New Orleans, I think I will have plenty of food to talk about. Also- I have a photo class coming up, and a big backyard re-do. I won't be able to stop blogging about all of that. Stay tuned!
btw- does this kangaroo paw look like it's giving me the horn-hands?

Braised short ribs, wrapped in banana leaves in black molé with figs

I often see a recipe in a magazine, dog-ear it for later, and never get back to it. But this recipe I just found in the most recent Sunset Magazine and had to make it straight away! It was easy and delicious, just needed to get it started early so it could cook all day. I just love it when the aroma of that evening's dinner starts filling up the house before noon!

Short ribs ready to braise in the oven for 4 hours, with coarsely chopped onion, garlic, and several branches of thyme and rosemary

After braising, the meat is taken out, wrapped in banana leaves, and baked for another half hour while you heat up mole sauce with figs

Served with brown rice, topped with toasted pepitas. And to drink, Chilean cabernet

Gee

Photos of my lovely yard last Saturday. Gorgeous color, gorgeous day, glorious to be outside!

There's a good chance that this is dinner

Dinner

Typical mid-week dinner. Black beans, brown rice, sautéed crimini mushrooms with cilantro, avocado and rooster sauce

La Cabanita

We had a lovely early dinner here with good pal Amy, after a riveting lecture series at the Crime Lab.

It turns out that fresh lime juice, Cazadores, and club soda is delicious! Made right, you'd never miss all the sweetness from the mix, and triple sec

Three chiles on a plate. Different stuffings, different sauces