Here I thought I would catch up on my writing over the three-day weekend! Not… The Don was home from Paris and craving some healthy home-cooking after an extravagant dinner at The Ritz! So I did a lot of cooking…. How was your weekend? Relaxing, fun in the sun, catch a flick, some BBQ and […]
The Capital Grille
This week’s obsession…. It’s Thursday! The official beginning of the weekend here in SoCal and possibly everywhere, but I can’t vouch for that 🙂 I could officially use a happy hour about now – how about you? Now if only Capital Grille, Beverly Hills was a little closer so I could indulge in a luscious […]
It’s Not a Picnic Without Chicken!
Gourmet picnic food is the theme of this month’s 5 Star Foodie Makeover Cooking Group, and with Memorial Day and the long weekend coming up, I was excited to put my spin on a traditional picnic dish. Although born in Chicago, Â I grew up in northwest Arkansas in the middle of chicken country (you might […]
Queen’s Day Soup
It was sheer serendipity that we were in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day on April 30th. What a way to kick-off our week-long bike/barge tour of the Netherlands! Queen’s Day commemorates the (former) Queen’s birthday and is the most widely celebrated national holiday and, with a carnival-like atmosphere, the biggest street party in Amsterdam – much […]
Anepalco’s Cafe
This week’s obsession…. I think everyone has a craving for a certain food or dish they love when returning home from traveling. For me it’s Mexican – you just can’t get good Mexican food in most places, except for Mexico, of course. The day after I got home from my two week sojourn in The […]
Baby Greens with Mango, Loquat and Mango Sauce
Just a short break in the travelogue to post a recipe – the name She’s Cookin’  implies cooking after all, not just eating 🙂 After being gone two weeks, I came home to fresh spinach and spring salad greens in the garden (The Don outdid himself this year) and a refrigerator full of long past […]
Brussels and Belgian Waffles
Famous for its chocolates and beers, Belgium also lays claim to Brussels sprouts and Belgian waffles: this week’s obsession… What distinguishes Belgian waffles from other waffles is its larger size, lighter batter (a result of using yeast batter instead of pancake batter), and higher grid pattern which forms deep pockets: the better to hold silky, […]
Broodje Haring in Amsterdam and Beyond
Famous in Amsterdam  and throughout the Netherlands, I could think of no better place to experience my first Broodje Haring (raw herring in a roll) than in Zierikzee, a fishing village in Schouwen-Duiveland  in the southwestern Netherlands. In Amsterdam you can have haring broodje from street carts where its served on a soft roll with […]
Twice the Coconut Shrimp
I’m crazy about coconut! My favorite cake as a child, and still to this day, is chocolate cake with coconut cream cheese frosting. A smoothie without coconut milk is unimaginable and one of the few fried foods I absolutely can’t resist is coconut shrimp! Since “discovering” coconut oil at the Natural Products Expo, I’m adding […]
Thai Tom Ka Gai
My Orange County readers may be familiar with this month’s Top Mom – she’s Anita of Mad Hungry Woman fame. Anita is an international food writer who moved here from Hong Kong and writes dining reviews for the Orange County Register and her blog, Diary of a Mad Hungry Woman, AND is also is also […]