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For Labor Day Weekend this year, we went for a hike with Elliott's sister, Charlotte, who was in town from San Diego. It was a miserable, rainy day but we were…
Back in college, I tried a pizza in Italy with thinly sliced potatoes and rosemary. At that time, it was the most delicious and unusual pizza I'd ever tried.…
What happens when one person is craving sushi and the other is begging for a burger and fries? Why, mash-up time! Since we've both been cutting back on our red…
Last week, Seattle experienced a 90˚ heat wave so forgive us if we've been slacking in the cooking department. Since our apartment faces west and we get little…
In Elliott's opinion, the four weeks of the World Cup have got to be the least productive work days across the whole world. With literally billions tuning in…
While at the store recently, I heard Elliott squeal with delight and found him drooling over an enormous basket of fresh morel mushrooms. They have long…
For our second full day in New Orleans, we started off at the famous Central Grocery, the home of the original muffuletta sandwich. The line stretched…
Going into week four of my elimination diet (no wheat, eggs or cow's milk), we were beginning to get burned out on traditional preparations for potatoes:…
Our younger selves would never believe this but we actually crave kale. In fact, Elliott is so obsessed, he eats it for breakfast every morning (way to get the…
When I was two years old, my parents did a house swap with a couple living in St. Jean de Luz, in the south of France. This was a critically important…
This meal is a good example of something that I thought could never get better with the current changes to my diet. Boy, was I wrong. By swapping out the flour…
After years of shopping nearly every day at the grocery store (literally) right next door, (I know, we have it rough), we decided it was time to be more…