Idea: Step up your grilled cheese presentation by cutting your sandwiches in quarters and serve with tomato soup shots. To take it to the next level you may want to check out Campanile’s celebrated grilled cheese menu for some not-your-average-sandwich ideas. Croque monsieur, anyone? As for the shots of soup, […]
recipe: tomato tarte tatin
A bottle of vino, flowers, store bought baked goods and/or a cool book are all wonderful gifts to bring a host. But what about those occasions that require a bit more? Meeting the parents, the dreaded holiday party at the bosses house, your crazy aunts dinner arranged just so you […]
recipe: cucumber jalapeno margarita’s
Idea: Infuse tequila with jalapenos for three days and make these Gastro Chic Cucumber Jalapeno Margarita’s. Just saying…if you start infusing tonight the tequila will be ready just in time to pop off your Saturday night! How to: Cucumber Jalapeno Margarita’s You will need:1/2 L. tequila blanco, 100 percent agave3 […]
coffee cubes
Idea: freeze coffee in ice cube trays to add to your iced cappuccino/coffee/latte/etc. Bye bye to those last few watered down sips and hello to a more intense caffeine jolt! Done and done. We can all thank Martha for the idearrrr. That Stewy, such a clever one. Photo: Martha Stewart
recipe: apricot clafoutis
If shopping along the Champs-Élysées or lounging around St. Tropez aren’t in the cards this summer why not bring a little France to you? I’m thinking a little Édith Piaf, a Parisian inspired ensemble, Vogue Paris on the coffee table and the perfect french summer dessert – apricot clafoutis. If […]
recipe: blueberry, bleu, nectarine and walnut salad
Blueberry’s + fresh bleu cheese + nectarines + walnuts = crack. If bleu cheese does not offend you and blueberries don’t give you those awkward cheek rashes then you NEED this salad in our life.I picked up all of the ingredients while walking through Pike Place Market in Seattle (where […]