Posted in Las Vegas, tagged enoteca san marco, food, italian, Las Vegas, mario batali, venetian hotel on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On our last night in Vegas we decided to have a light, casual meal at Mario Batali’s Enoteca San Marco at the Venetian. The restaurant is located in the Grand Canal Shoppes area of the hotel.
We started things off with a Caprese salad. It was the most interesting and tasty version of a caprese salad [...]
Posted in Las Vegas, tagged art, bellagio, food, french, Julian Serrano, Las Vegas, picasso, spanish on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
For our ”Big” night out in Las Vegas we decided to dine at Picasso which is located in the Bellagio Hotel. Mike had always wanted to go. Picasso named after artist Pablo Picasso serves elegant French cuisine with a Spanish influence and is prepared by chef Julian Serrano. The award winning restaurant has paintings and ceramic art by Picasso throughout [...]
Posted in Las Vegas, tagged bobby flay, brunch, Caesars Palace, food, iron chef, Las Vegas, mesa grill, southwestern on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
As you may have guessed from the previous post Mike and I spent the weekend in Vegas. Since I am a food network fanatic I decided we would check out a couple of the iron chef restaurants while in town. We started things off with brunch at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace. I was [...]
Posted in Las Vegas, PLACES TO EAT, tagged Double Helix Bar, food, Las Vegas, palazzo hotel, wine on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’re in Las Vegas and looking for a wine bar, stop by Double Helix in the beautiful Palazzo Hotel. They offer VERY generous 2 and 5 oz. glasses of wine from around the world. Due to their unique preservation system they are able to offer highly sought-after wines not usually poured by the glass. Mike was impressed by [...]
Posted in Los Gatos, tagged breakfast, eggs benedict, food, grits, Los Gatos, southern kitchen on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever seen the mob of people on a Saturday or Sunday morning on the corner of Main & Maple in LG?
Well, they are waiting for a table at the Southern Kitchen, another small diner in Los Gatos. I had to venture in to see what all the fuss was about.
I of course had [...]
Posted in Food Prepared @ Home, tagged chocolate cream pie, dessert, food, food and wine magazine, whipped cream on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
There is an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G chocolate cream pie in the February 08 issue of Food and Wine magazine. It actually has you sieve the chocolate filling before you add to the crust. This process makes the pie extra silky and creamy. Since you can prepare this up to a day in advance it is great for when you are [...]
Posted in Food Prepared @ Home, tagged asparagus tips, food, risotto, shiitaki mushrooms, veal on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Mike went and did it again. Another killer risotto — this time with veal, shiitaki mushrooms and asparagus tips. The recipe can be found in the Risotto cookbook. If you make this dish, add more veal and double the amount of asparagus. We chose to omit the cream and add Emmentaler cheese. Serve with a simple green salad, some [...]
Posted in San Jose/Silicon Valley, tagged burger, chicken, food, fries, onion strings, san jose, santana row, shakes, the counter on April 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you’re at Santana Row in San Jose and you want a slammin’ burger, stop by the Counter. The beef/chicken is tender and always tastes extremely fresh. Be warned a little goes a long way. I always leave feeling stuffed. This is the only burger I usually end up eating with a fork and knife. It’s a [...]
Posted in East Bay, tagged East Bay, food, Gimanelli Deli, pleasanton, sandwich on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Whenever I’m in my old stompin’ grounds and I’m craving a turkey sandwich, I stop by Gimanelli’s. It’s a fantastic little Italian deli with a variety of sandwiches, homemade soups, pastas and salads. It is located in downtown Pleasanton and is a little hard to find but is worth the search. Cruise by if you’re in the area around lunchtime.
Address: 915 Main [...]
Posted in Food Prepared @ Home, Tasty Tips, tagged food, homemade, pizza, pizza stone, trader joe's, whole wheat dough on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mike and I finally broke out the pizza stone we got as an engagement gift (2 years ago!). We decided to make a vegetable pizza with whole wheat crust. I don’t know why we didn’t do this earlier. I loooove pizza. We have it at least 4 times a month. I actually worked at a pizza place for 2 [...]
Posted in Food Prepared @ Home, tagged cod, fish, food, recipe, tarragon butter sauce on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Mike whipped up this classic french fish dish the other night. He got the recipe out of the “best of Cooking Light 9″ special edition magazine. It can also be prepared using sole or flounder.
Take the cod and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium heat then coat with cooking spray. Add fish. Cook [...]
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