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Cherry Pico de Gallo

In my post last week about Cacao Chili-Rubbed Flat Iron Steak, I briefly mentioned the cherry pico de gallo that I made as an accompaniment. But, it wouldn’t be doing it justice to gloss over it, as it was maybe my favorite part of the whole meal, notwithstanding the sweet potato oven fries that were also […]

Four ingredients, and one of them is sweet potatoes . . . need I say more? (Plus, it’s never too early to start planning your celebrations for National Sweet Potato Day next February, right?) I love sweet potato fries, but don’t love the clean up, nor the added calories, that come with deep frying my […]

With it being Bastille Day today (the day that commemorates the beginning of the French revolution on the 14th of July in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille), I am utterly nostalgic, thinking of my time spent living in Paris as a college student. Last week I read The Belly of Paris, written in […]

As a little girl, one of my favorite treats was a cherry limeade. Sometimes when we visited my grandparents in Utah we would make a trip to Hires Big H, a great little Utah-based burger joint, that also happens to serve my all-time favorite cherry limeade. Other people loved going to Hires for their homemade […]

So far this summer has been a whirlwind. This past week I was in Southern California to see my brother’s exhibit at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. (How cool is that?!?) During the week I had a bit of extra time and was able to drive down to see my friend Mimi and her […]

I taped a segment on KSL’s Studio 5 last week, which aired Monday, whipping up the Japanese-style potato salad, which I shared last week. Here is the link to the segment, if you are interested in watching! (Click the play button on the picture once the page has finished loading.) If you’re interested in watching […]

It’s picnic season! Are you as excited as I am? I love eating outdoors, whether it’s taking a picnic to the park, or sitting out in our backyard while Mr. Fuji grills up something amazing. Plus, we’ve got the Fourth of July coming up soon, which is a prime opportunity to serve a feast outside. […]

It has been an exhausting few weeks. I spent the first week of June cooking up in the mountains for our church’s Girls Camp. The day after I got home, our air conditioner died, and so we spent the second week of June without air conditioning as temperatures here in Utah climbed into the 90s. […]

I am not a huge meat eater, with one exception—there is a huge pig-shaped spot in my heart—I love pork. Thankfully (unfortunately?) my friend Noriko understands. Last month we spent Spring Break in Japan, staying at Noriko’s house. Our kids had a blast spending every waking moment together, and are still bemoaning the fact that […]

I am currently neck-deep in preparations for cooking at a church girls’ camp the first week in June . . . let’s just say I haven’t been getting a whole lot of sleep. But it is going to be FUN and the food is going to be great (knock on wood)!!! Somehow I have to […]

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