Restaurant Recommendation: Sweet Basil in Needham, Mass
I have to give Siri, the disembodied voice on my smart phone, all the credit for this find.
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Sorges Restaurant in Corning, NY
I highly recommend this family run Italian restaurant; there is a reason they are still around after six decades! This was a perfect end to a wonderful day.
More Sacramento Food
The above dinner our daughter bought me in the airport as a special treat to thank me for my hard work moving her into her apartment…
Photos of the Sacramento Food Co-op
Yesterday we discovered the Sacramento Food Co-op near our daughter’s new home. What a wonderful place! When first we visited, I thought it was fun that she was wearing my old food co-op shirt from my college days when I was active in the early food movement.
Restaurant Review: City Kitchen
We had a wonderful dinner together at City Kitchen in Chapel Hill. As a special treat I had the swordfish and it was fantastic; it is shown first below. This restaurant is pricey but delicious!
Family Visit to North Carolina Art Museum
We had a wonderful family afternoon at the North Carolina Museum of Art, that started with a delicious lunch at their restaurant (called Iris).
Sacramento’s Freeport Bakery
We enjoyed this bakery in Sacramento and made phone calls from here to get appointments to see apartments in the upcoming week.
Restaurant Recommendation: Uptown Grill
But amid it all was this delightful oasis of a delicious restaurant that we had stumbled on all because of rumbling stomachs and a tiny sign.
Moosewood Restaurant at Last!
One of the things that has been on my bucket list for a long time has been to visit the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY, since for over three decades I have made their recipes.
Restaurant: Green Granary
As I mentioned, my daughter is taking a Botany class a couple mornings a week with a homeschool group north of here in New Milford, Connecticut. While she’s in class and it is is either too cold or too wet for painting (see here) or hiking (see here and here), or biking (see here) or … Read more
The Best Fried Whole-bellied Clams
The website for The Brick House says, the have the best fried clams in the county, but I’ve heard others say they are the best in the whole state of Maine. Either way, they are the best I’ve ever had. I recommend you find yourself in Searsport to enjoy this delectable meal! We ate lunch … Read more
Fabulous Bakery Donuts
This morning, on the way to take our youngest daughter to her program in Maine, we stopped by to get our favorite bakery donuts. These delicacies from the Colonel’s Bakery on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine, are worth going out of your way for! When we’ve come in the fall there are wonderful pumpkin … Read more
Photos and Food of the Westcott Area of Syracuse
We had some intense days working on helping our daughter move in but ate wonderful burritos and spicy calamari at Alto Cinco, and had delicious egg sandwiches at Mom’s Diner (green booths below.) We visited the Food Co-op, and the hardware store twice. I was fascinated with the modern art left behind by a multitude … Read more
Lunch at Bloodroot
I met my friend (and blog reader) Lorraine (see bottom photo) for lunch at the famous Bloodroot restaurant in Bridgeport, CT. I’ve been in Connecticut for over 20 years and had heard of this iconic feminist vegetarian/vegan restaurant since before I moved here, but I had never been before now. We really enjoyed ourselves and … Read more
The Day After Graduation
The day after graduation, I remained to get my daughter moved out of her apartment and facilitate her transition into her next situation in Syracuse. Today was her last day working for the governor, so while she was there, I worked on researching apartment options for her beginning in July. (You can see her above … Read more
Boston Food
Part of the tradition of going to SPLASH is eating out. Here is some of our restaurant food: Delicious, rich and expensive, but I’m glad to be back…