When you have two back to back trips, things happen. #theyearthatis2015 #2015yip #100daysofsummer #hangry #197/365 A photo posted by N...

A photo posted by Nazila (@nazilam) on Feb 5, 2015 at 1:49pm PST I'm all for packing snacks to take on the road. You nev...

Pain aux raisins at the Park Hyatt Vendome. These could be my most favorite things in the world.  In October, I went on a modified El...

We're in the middle of a canning frenzy. Honestly, we've been canning since June, but now, we're really getting into it. TH is ...

I have been rejoicing over plums this year. There is a big plum tree that overhangs the ppatch wall. I have no idea on the variety, all I ...

Dinner, all ready. I'm over it. My father knows how to make three dishes tops, which considering his age and the era in which he was ra...

On the hottest day of the year, I bought two cases of peaches for canning. It always seems to be that we start preserving for the fall and ...

I love book reviews in magazines, online journals and on Amazon. The idea that you can search for one book and find several similar books o...

TH requested one thing for her cruise, a breakfast biscotti that I first made in 1994 from Martha Stewart living. I managed to get rid of al...

I'm up to 1002 views of my profile on blogger. Wow, what a big deal. Other than that, I'm back from Paris. It was lovely, the weath...

Oh Champs Elysees, Paris,December 2005. Looks like my birthday lunch locale is demoted to 2 stars. Looks like my first 3 star restaurant has...

Bleeding heart, March 2006, Seattle, WA. Thanks for your well wishes. Ernest is just fine after a spacey and clingy Tuesday night. He is c...

Sorry, no pictures. In my other life I play an harried overweight cranky person (hah, had you fooled) that cares about what she eats. Today...

Pearl Bakery, pain aux raisins, January 2007. Seriously. Yesterday, we got an email from Ernest's peeps. There was no snow in Goldendal...

I have been in a funk recently, I'll admit it. London was great, Brussels remains fabulous, being treated like a high flyer once in a wh...

Quick post before blogger goes bye bye for the night. I am five freaking hours away from my certificate. Not five course credits, five hours...