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Palm Springs, Roscoe's, Escena Golf Club, Copley's

I spent a few days in Palm Springs with The ‘Rents and my brother. We stayed at the Horizon Hotel which is a fun mid-century modern hotel near downtown. It has a neat old history and I always love that.

The pool at The Horizon Hotel, Palm Springs

A guest room at The Horizon Hotel, Palm [...]

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Other things I've made lately

A crazy cheesecake for DM’s birthday. You can click the picture for the large printable version.

Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake

It was reallllllly good! Kind of labor intensive, but worth it!

Getting ready to make the cheesecake.

 

Ta Da!

Chicken, Mexican zucchini, and orzo soup

Cheese and green onion quiche

Asian noodle soup

Strawberry Agua Fresca

Pizza [...]

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L.A. restaurants

Last week I went to L.A. We ate at the usual spots!
First was Amici Trattoria.

Mom and Chris at Trattoria Amici at The Americana At Brand, Glendale, CA

I have to figure out how to make this stuff!

Amazing bread at Trattoria Amici

Chris had their famous little meatballs and a salad

I had penne with [...]

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Rancho Liborio Mexican food and my attempt to copy it

Somehow I recently got on a Mexican food kick. But I wanted real Mexican food, not chain restaurant Mexican food. We’ve been to a few local places and remain unimpressed, so I thought I’d go ahead and make it myself. We went down to Rancho Liborio on South Circle Drive to get ingredients (BTW, they are [...]

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Home Cookin'

Some things I’ve made this week:

DM and I took his mom out for drinks and appetizers at Nosh last week. Then we came back here and I made a little quickie dinner.

Mixed greens with roasted corn, tomatoes, tortilla chips, avocado, cheddar cheese, and red wine vinaigrette.

Soft polenta with cheddar served with black beans [...]

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