I’ve never understood why we only choose the fourth Thursday of every November to gather with our families, make food the center focus of the day, and give thanks for the wonderful things in our lives. Why can’t every day be Thanksgiving? Isn’t it time we take time out of every day to focus on [...]
[In a continuing series of firsts for My Life as a Foodie, we have our first guest blogger. Thanks to Rick Sellers from Pacific Brew News for bringing this incredible story to us, and his fantastic pictures of an event that further proves that I live in the wrong part of California. I am honored [...]
To honor today’s release of the new book “Love at the Pub,” we have an added bonus to episode 47 – a special interview with the books author Mary Jane Mahan. She loves craft beer with a passion, and it shows. Your browser cannot play this audio. Please upgrade to IE 9+, Firefox, Safari, or [...]
My favorite restaurant finally comes home. With the recent release of Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home Cookbook, my kitchen is complete. It’s a book filled with recipes for family-style comfort meals, cooked with French techniques, as only Thomas Keller can do. In episode 47, I recap my recent Ad Hoc Fried Chicken Kit experiment, [...]
I love eating at Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller’s casual restaurant in Yountville just a block away from Bouchon and the tiny Bouchon Bakery. Their prix fixe $49 menu never disappoints us when we visit. As I’ve said twice on the show before (here and here), it’s like eating a home cooked meal prepared by a [...]
