Good friends, good wine, good food, what more could you want… We had the perfect dinner a couple of weeks ago.   A good friend came over while her husband was out of town in Colorado.    We swam, cooked, ate, drank a lot of wine and had a deliciously good time.  We love cooking together [...]

Memories of Napa Valley I have been to Napa Valley 5 times.  Each trip was enjoyable but so different from each other.  The first trip I took with my husband was when we were thinking over a transfer to San Francisco. (Didn’t happen)  We had one day to visit Napa so that was a rushed [...]

I can’t begin to tell you how great this little appetizer was last night.  I have been wanting to try making this for a long time so when buying the Salmon, scallops and shrimp for the kabobs we did, I just bought a little extra salmon.  I made my salmon cakes similar to how I make [...]

I have made these little canapes many times for parties and they are always a hit.  Even with the bacon they still have a great summery taste.  I have cheated before and used guacamole but the presentation isn’t as nice.  Hope you try these, I think the recipe is a “keeper”.  –  Sherry Avocado Bacon [...]

Don’t Play with your food… I’m sure all of us have memories of our mothers saying “don’t play with your food”. I know my twin sister and I did when we were small — we got into everything. I told my own children not to play with their food. Seems like if they didn’t like [...]