fig & caramelized onion tart I started my culinary career as a line cook. I had studied Culinary Arts and had no aspiration at all to work with pastries, though that is exactly what I ended up doing and loving. When I am in the kitchen at work, I am either making desserts or ice […]
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thai spiced bolognese When we cook, we usually come up with our own spice mixes instead of buying blends. It gives us more freedom to season the food just how we want it, plus many mixes aren’t really that great. It wasn’t until our friend and fellow chef introduced us to Spiceology spices that we
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roasted tomatillo salsa I bought Toby a sous vide machine for his birthday earlier this month. It was something that he had been wanting for a long time, especially to make sous vide eggs and meats. He made the juiciest Pork Loin, as well as some Roasted Tomatillo Salsa to go on top. I’m not
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indiana sugar cream pie Family get-togethers and holidays at my grandparents’ house meant pie! My grandma would buy an assortment from the local pie shop, ranging from fruit-filled to chocolate cream pie. Regardless of what flavors she bought, there was always my favorite, a Wick’s Sugar Cream Pie. Wick’s pies started in 1944 in Winchester
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10 Things to Do on Your First Trip to Paris Paris is known as the City of Love and the City of Light. There is something so magical about this French capital that has been romanticized in movies, novels, and plays for hundreds of years. It is one of the most visited cities in the
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Nice & Monaco After five days in Avignon, we left early in the morning on the regional train to Nice, where we stayed the second half of our trip. This route hugged the coastline, so we had planned to stop in a beach town or two along the way. Unfortunately, our youngest son woke up
Avignon, Provence I didn’t plan to go to France the first time that I visited. I had applied for a scholarship through Culinary school to be part of a study abroad program that was planned for Santiago, Chile. South America had been high on my “to visit” list and Chile was a rising star in
The first time that I had the opportunity to travel outside of the United States was during college when I signed up for a study abroad program in Seville, Spain, so it only seemed fitting that it would be the inspiration for my first Wayfarers’ post and recipe. I had never traveled by myself, let
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Costa Rica What I love most about traveling are the differences that I find. Everyday differences in logistics, culture, food – whatever it may be. Many times, they can be inconvenient and even unwelcome when travel stress is high, but these little pecadillos are always what I remember most about trips. In Costa Rica, it
