It’s been raining here in Northern California for the past several days. The skies have been dark, the breezes chilly, and the rain keeps coming and going as the storms roll by overhead. Perfect weather for enjoying some wine and cheese for a weekend lunchtime feast. We hopped in the car and went to our local Nugget Grocery…
Tag: Eating
A Culinary Dream Come True
To start off with, I’m a foodie. I admit it. I’m a food geek who not only really enjoys cooking all kinds of cuisines at home, I’m also an obsessed eater who goes out of my way to search out great food and drinks every where I go. Since I travel for my job, that has presented a lot of opportunities…
Steak n Shake Restaurant
While in Las Vegas on a recent vacation, my family and I dined in our casino/resort at a restaurant called Steak n Shake. I hear they are famous? This was the first time we had heard of the place and since we were in the mood for burgers we decided to try out them out. For our orders we went with…
Airport breakfast
Traveling all the time I find myself having breakfast or lunch at airports very often. For breakfast I found I tend to like panini sandwiches best. Today at the Sacramento airport I had a egg and cheese panini and it was good.
Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest
Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest in Historic Old Town Folsom California My home town threw a great beer festival this past week and I attended both the first day VIP Beer Brewing with the Brewer Sessions and the second day VIP Access to the Beer Tasting event showcasing 25 craft beer vendors from all over the…
Folsom Tap House
There’s a new beer place in Folsom. Brought to you by a local restaurant owner who we already know knows how to build and run a great place – Jeff Back of Back Wine Bar & Bistro. Folsom Tap House is located in the old Sports Bar building is in the same business area as Back Wine…
Sandwich Goodness
A simple sandwich with few ingredients, which must be fresh, makes for a great lunch both at home and when traveling. Had this sandwich below at an Italian deli in London. Fresh sourdough baguette, parma ham, fresh tomato and lettuce – very tasty!
Fish Central, London UK
On my first night in London, I was beat. After a long 25 hour day of traveling (from the time I left my house until I arrived at my hotel in London), I was beat and ready for dinner. I knew of a couple of nice restaurants a few miles away but after the long…
Lunchcafe Blom, Amsterdam NL
One day for lunch I walked thru the streets for a while before I came upon a cafe who’s entire front of the restaurant was opened up making it a sort of inside/outside restaurant which was cool to see and made for a nice ambiance. The name of the place was Lunchcafe Blom and they…
Sandwich Simplicity at its finest
One of the things I found I enjoyed the most while traveling in Europe, was a simple deli sandwich. What made them exceptionally good was the fact that everything was very fresh, especially the baked breads. A good fresh sourdough baguette always makes for one very delicious sandwich! This sandwich was one of my favorites,…
Ristorante Savini, Amsterdam NL
While working in Amsterdam I dined out nightly at the local restaurants. There were many great ones to choose from, all featuring authentic dishes to their ethnicity – it was foodie nirvana! This night I dined outside at an Italian restaurant called Ristorante Savini, Cucina Italiana. Located at Spuistraat 1D, 1012 SP Amsterdam, their website…
Beers and Pubs in Amsterdam
I recently traveled to Amsterdam for work during June and again in July and found the food and dining there to be absolutely outstanding! So many choices of great food and beverages were to be found everywhere all within walking distance while staying at the city center in Amsterdam. This is the beginning of a…
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