Marketing Class

The Phoenician resort in Scottsdale, AZ, is the epitome of class. Recently, I attended an event at Windows on the Green, the southwestern restaurant at the resort. I left my Tahoe with the valet and trotted upstairs to my event.
An hour later, I returned to retrieve my truck, and as I was driving away, I [...]

Aunt Sally’s Pork

“What one thing did you always ask me to make for you when you were growing up?” Aunt Sally prodded my husband.
We were gathered in her country French kitchen at her adorable lake house southeast of Atlanta. Jeff rattled off a litany of dishes, to which Aunt Sally drawled, “nope, something else.”
Clearly Aunt Sally’s cooking [...]

Delta Does It Right

I’ve never enjoyed flying, and still don’t. The pressure on airlines today is tough. It seems every day there is a news story about how airlines are pinching consumers in their fight for survival. Editorial cartoons are poking fun at all the extra fees airlines are piling on, from baggage fees to charging for the [...]

Fool’s Gold?

Is it possible that garlic doesn’t go with everything? I didn’t think so until yesterday. I opened a bottle of Garlic Gold’s new Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette. It’s organic and good for people who are either allergic to vinegar or on a low acid diet. I’m neither, but I couldn’t resist buying it because I love [...]

Skewered!

Just got a cool little mini-magazine in the mail from Kikkoman, the soy sauce people, talking about the essentials of Asian grilling – very attractive little promotional package, indeed. The intro letter says that “K” will be published twice a year.
This issue is filled with pretty pictures of grilled food and recipes featuring, of course [...]

He’s back…

Just when I thought I was so over chipotle, he seduced me again.
But he didn’t do it alone this time. He called in the big guns – fried potato chips. Damn. He knows my weakness and exploits it, clever little chile, that one.
I lost interest in him, even with his smoky hotness, when every time [...]

Chocolate to the rescue….

I was going to blab blog about summer zucchini, and what do to with them, since they seem to be multiplying in my crisper drawer, but then I sat down for a quick lunch and my whole world just came to a screeching halt.
I heated up some veggie beef skewers in a chipotle BBQ sauce [...]

Where Is She?

I did not fall of the face of the earth, contrary to my lack of blog posts. I just happened to have bit off more than I can chew – or juggle – at the moment. I spent 26 hours this weekend racking my not-so-pretty little brain for a food trends study. And before that, [...]