Food-fest

In March we got a little food-crazy!

I've been itching to try

out new recipes,

new foods,

and even new

cooking tools!

...

The attempt at re-creating the

Passion Fruit Lime Bavarian

from San Francisco's Tartine Bakery...

didn't go so well.

Delicious, yes.

Perfect copy-cat recipe!

No way!

Thank goodnss the bay is not

far away!

...

Luckily classics

like chocolate chip cookies

and our all-the-way burgers with

Blue Cheese, Arugula, and

homemade BBQ sauce

never fail!

We had fun trying to eat our super-huge creations!

...

And thanks to my new birthday present,

a cast iron grill & griddle pan from the

Antique Trove...

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Have you ever been? 

It's a must visit! 

Go! 

Without kids!!!

...we are going nuts with everything from

super-crisp grilled cheese sandwiches

to Korean BBQ!

I love my grill!

...

And last but not least,

dragon fruit!

You see it featured all the time on

food competitions,

and when I saw this

"secret basket" ingredient

at Winco I pounced!

The result?

Beautiful fruit-

think tropical dalmation...?

But the flavor is so, so bland!

We kicked it up with some sugar and vinegar,

but still,

this house will take plain ol' grapes anyday!

...

Happy Eating

to you too!