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The Art of Coffee — and Coffee Cupping!
By no means am I a coffee aficionado. As long as it is hot and caffeinated it will suffice. So when an invitation to tour and attend a coffee cupping at a local coffee plant popped up in my email, I...
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Hamming It Up at the Waikiki Spam Jam
Even when you plan a vacation with a multi-page itinerary, about 20 different confirmation numbers and notes on which restaurants you don’t want to miss in each area you visit, you sometimes (kind of...
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Curly Endive: Gorgeous and Grillable, Too!
A few weeks back I posted a “get out of your rut” salad recipe that shook things up with one of the lesser-known salad greens: Belgian endive. The premise of the post (besides sharing a kick-ass salad...
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A Night at Nobu Lanai
Normally, when I go out to eat, budget is a consideration. I mean, I’m not often one to get something just because it’s the least expensive thing on the menu, but it’s not like I walk in and tell the...
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Wine Country In … Kansas?!
Wine country and Kansas. Those are two concepts I’d never put together and think it was a good idea. But, people, I’m telling you, I went to some Kansas wineries recently and they were surprisingly...
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Yeast Bread On The Grill? Why Not!
My husband’s supposition is that any food source can be grilled. It just takes a little imagination and a fanaticism for cooking over an open flame. I swear we aren’t cavemen. It looks better like...
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Making New Memories While Celebrating the Old at Roy’s Waikiki
When we travel, Jared and I make a solid effort to avoid chain restaurants, preferring to explore local spots with food that better represents the area. Plus, that tends to be a great way to chat with...
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8 Smoothie Ideas That Kicked My Smoothie Rut
Guys, I have been in the biggest smoothie rut. There for awhile I was rocking the green smoothies daily, but then, all of a sudden, my usual kale-spinach-berry-protein-powder concoction just wasn’t...
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Pizza on the Grill? It’s a Thrill!
Over the last couple of summers, several bloggers I adore have extolled the virtues of grilling pizza. And while it’s always looked and sounded fantastic, I couldn’t quite get on board. I have a...
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My 7 Favorite Restaurants and Most Epic Meals
When I travel, I like to eat. In fact, some of my favorite vacation memories have to do with food. Epic meals … flavors I can’t get at home … just that special feel of a place. There’s nothing better...
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An All-Day Slow Cooker Adventure
The slow cooker is the busy person’s dream come true. You throw a few items in the Crock-Pot in the morning, turn it on, and by the time you get home after work, you’ve got a delicious meal waiting...
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Gardening Triumphs and Woes of 2014
The first year Bill and I planted a small garden we didn’t have much success. I like to blame it on the heat wave of 2012, which didn’t help, but in actuality our lack of general gardening knowledge...
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My Baking and Cooking Adventures With Red Palm
Of all our time writing and trying and, in some cases, worshiping superfoods, there’s one I haven’t tried yet (and, honestly, we haven’t really even discussed): red palm. Red palm is a plant-based oil...
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Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut: Taking a Ride in the NUTmobile
A month or two ago, I got an email asking if I wanted to go for a spin in the NUTmobile. Yes, the giant vehicle that’s shaped like a peanut and promotes Planters. That NUTmobile. It was going to be in...
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Dinner Party: A New Tradition Could Change Your Life
Sitcoms love to make the dinner party seem like the pinnacle of grown-up entertaining. If you were to go by an episode of say, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, you’d envision it as a complicated balancing...
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My Almond Orchard Experience
The Almond Board of California graciously sponsored my Almond Orchard Experience. The trip encompassed all there is to know about this wonderful nut and culminated with a tour of Stewart & Jasper...
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My New Favorite Cookbook: Chopped!
A few years ago, FBG got to ask Ted Allen a question. We’re HUGE Chopped and Ted Allen fans, so clearly, this was a big moment for us. And, in true Ted Allen smart and sarcastic fashion, he had...
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Baking Gluten-Free Bread That Really Is Delicious
Like I briefly mentioned in another post, years ago Ryan got into baking bread. And I mean, into it. I got him a copy of this book as a gift for Christmas, and he started making bread pretty much on...
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Swap the Sports Gel for Chia Power
With the amount of time I spend on my bike and on long runs, I tend to go through a good number of sports gels. And, believe you me, it’s not because I love them so much, but I appreciate nutrition...
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A Gluten Free Bake-Off
What happens when an avid baker gets diagnosed with Celiac disease and can no longer create delectable baked goods that boast the perfect flake or texture or rise? She goes in search of a replacement;...
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