"Wine anchors great memories" - David Mirassou
Is it possible to love a wine brand even before your first sip? In the case of Mirassou Winery, I believe it's so.
This month, I was all set to attend my second blogging conference, Bloggy Boot Camp. I knew one of the sponsors was Mirassou Winery, but what I didn't know is that they were having a private wine tasting and dinner for some of the Bloggy Boot Camp attendees. It wasn't until I received my invitation that I learned of the special
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Easy Baked Vanilla Custard from my Dad
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Today is my Dad's birthday. He would have been 65 years old.
This is his first birthday since he passed away last January.
I actually thought about this day shortly after he passed away. I thought about how this year would be a year of firsts - his first birthday without him, my first birthday without him,
Frontera’s Chipotle Pumpkin Salsa
How to Roast Garlic
When my husband and I were first married, I never cooked with garlic. It's not because I didn't want to...it was because David couldn't handle it. None of my cooking used it. Well, except spaghetti sauce, but David has always been the spaghetti sauce maker in our house and he would use some garlic powder in that. That's all though.
The reasons for his dislike of garlic was that his grandmother made a baked chicken recipe that used "tons" of garlic powder. He says she made it a couple times a
Creamy-Style Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Comfort food is the ultimate of food memories, don't you think? This week for #SundaySupper, our theme is exactly that...comfort food. I think that's a perfect theme for Home Cooking Memories to participate in. Comfort food usually evokes certain feelings and memories when you cook it and, most importantly, when you eat it. And that's what this blog is all about -- food memories and stories.
Afternoon Tea with Sears and Kmart at Blogalicious 2012
As many of you know, last weekend, I attended my first ever blogging conference: Blogalicious in Las Vegas, NV! It was an amazing event and I have a full recap (plus swag giveaway) coming very soon, but I wanted to share one of my favorite events during Blogalicious: the Afternoon Tea with ShopYourWay, Sears, and Kmart.
As we arrived, each guest was given the ShopYourWay gift bag you see above. I took a peek inside and saw an iPad case (they were giving away TWO iPads during the Afternoon
Food Memories Monday: Kapusta, Fried Calamari, Chili Rellenos
Happy Monday! It's Food Memories Monday again and here are my picks for the week of 10/08/12. Every week I select 3 blog posts that I have found that share a food memory that I enjoy -- sometimes it's stories that make me cry, sometimes they make me laugh...sometimes they make me think. Either way, I liked them and thought they would be a perfect fit for Food Memories Monday.
Note: if you click on the image, you can go directly and pin it to your Pinterest board or click on the title and you
DIY Baked Sweet Potato Bar
Creating your own DIY Baked Sweet Potato Bar is a fun Autumn dinner idea -- and great for parties too. I'm sharing the easy steps for putting it together, including topping ideas and a honey-cinnamon ricotta recipe.
Our family is old friends with traditional baked potato bars. The kind where you use baked russet potatoes and top them with whatever you like. Some of the toppings include cheese, sour cream, broccoli, bacon, chives, chili, and more. It's a favorite in our house.
But the
Pumpkin Bundt Cake Recipe (with Cool Whip Cream Cheese Frosting)
Celebrate your everyday occasions with this homemade Pumpkin Bundt Cake recipe with Cool Whip Cream Cheese Frosting!
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It's been a hard year. I don't think I could have ever imagined how hard this year would be. Losing someone you love is, without a doubt, one of the worst things. Losing three...well, it's
September Foodie Pen Pals Reveal
I love getting packages in the mail. To feed my need for packages, I joined up with Foodie Pen Pals for the first time. I loved the idea of getting a surprise foodie package in the mail and I thought it would be cool to put one together for someone else.
The way the Foodie Pen Pals work is that someone send you a package and then you send a package to someone else. I received a package from Sandy of Chicas on a Mission and I'm I've been anxious for October 1 to get here so I could share it