As some of you might have noticed, I’ve been eerily absent from My Luscious Temple ever since our trip to walk the Camino in Spain. Getting home and adjusting back to my regular life in San Francisco took longer than I expected, then there was the travel … two trips to Orlando and one to … Continue reading »
Foodbuzz Fest | Foodies Celebrate Street Food
Foodbuzz brings together a great community of over 4,000 food bloggers who share a passion for food with their audiences and each other. They hosted 350 of their featured publishers to attend their second annual Foodbuzz Fest, a weekend of networking, learning and lots of eating, drinking and general merry-making. The weekend started off with … Continue reading »
San Francisco Meets Texas Chili | A Delicious Celebration of the World Series
It’s getting to be that time of the year. The weather here in San Francisco has moved on from summertime cold to Indian Summer warm to fall brisk (decidedly different from the summertime cold). Plus the days are getting shorter and shorter. It’s the time of year when you want to get cozy and hang … Continue reading »
Camino Chronicles: Arrival in Madrid
I always forget what an awful experience it is to fly overnight to Europe in coach. Don’t get me wrong, it’s worth every painful minute. Maybe it’s like childbirth, it is cramped, sleepless, lots of screaming happening all around you (unhappy babies and children with just the occasional adult who can’t take it anymore). But … Continue reading »
Peach Amaretto Butter … A Fleeting Taste of Summer
I have been wanting to try home preserving for years now but never quite got around to it. For me, there’s this mystique around canning and preserving, the equipment, the possibility of poisoning oneself and well, just it being big project to undertake. So when the September Daring Cooks challenge was announced, I was thrilled!