"because life is too short to eat crappy food"…Yes!Chef!
Sunday I had a fun photo shoot in the little town of Galt, CA, in a great bar called Brewsters Bar and Grill. I took my youngest son with me because he has a little interest in modeling and a great interest in hanging around pretty girls. So, we got up early and drove down to Galt, spent the day photographing/modeling and drove back that afternoon.
I’ve been wanting to make this ever since I found the recipe and I finally had a chance a couple of months ago when my family was coming over for dinner. My oldest loves Boursin Cheese, but it is very expensive. So, I was quite excited to find this recipe especially since it is very economical and makes a large batch.
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I think I’ve mentioned before that my family loves to get together and celebrate. Frequently, we have nothing special to celebrate, but we just like to get together, laugh and eat good food. However, on Sunday we had many reasons to celebrate: it was the first time the whole family had been together since Christmas, my daughter had returned from 5 1/2 months in Africa; we’ve officially welcomed daughter’s boyfriend into the family, my oldest son and his girlfriend had returned from an interesting vacation to the hot midwest, my youngest son had his first accident in the car and neither people nor property (except a few cinder blocks) were hurt; Yes!Chef! was starting a new job and I had just landed a great magazine photo shoot. Yes, those were all good reasons to celebrate. But, mostly we just all wanted to get together.
Continue reading “Pulled Pork Sandwiches al Fresco and a Family Celebration”
So, I was at the Farmers Market the other day, where I could probably hang out everyday if it was possible, and I saw some great things: fruit, artichoke flowers, colorful purses, Z-pies (frozen little pot pies), cheeses, breads and–Green Tomatoes!
I do love Farmers Markets and I do love Fried Green Tomatoes. I also purchased some Buffalo Mozzarella from Dedrick’s Cheese (a little cheese shop based in Placerville.)
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Last Saturday I stopped by the Placerville Farmers Market for the first time this year. I was amazed at all the fresh fruits and veggies that were available this early in the season. I was also surprised about the amount of people that were there until I remembered that the Wagon Train was in town for their annual parade. I did not stick around for that, because it gets kind of crazy in town, but it is certainly an interesting and fun event that’s been around a very long time.
Yesterday somebody mentioned fish tacos somewhere. Or maybe I read about them on-line. Or perhaps I dreamed about them. Anyway, I had a terrible craving for fish tacos and I was able to talk Yes!Chef! into making them for me. I also just happened to find a recipe for shrimp tacos in the latest “Fine Cooking” mag. So, really, it was kismet that we should make them.
Continue reading “Shrimp Tacos or Can We Pretend it’s Almost Summer?”
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