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The Grilled Cheese Invitational Revisited

April 30, 2012

The day has come – our celebration of National Grilled Cheese Month must draw to a close. We’ve had a great cheesy run this year with some great new sandwich recipes and interviews with a few of my favorite cheese experts. But before we bid farewell to grilled cheese for a while (at least a week), I [...]

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New York City

April 8, 2012

There was no containing the excitement I had over the opportunity to spend a morning exploring the Lower East Side of New York City with Ruth Reichl. A lucky group of about 25 of us, in conjunction with last week’s IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) conference, joined the iconic Gourmet editor and food writer to [...]

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A Visit to the Columbus Salame Plant

October 25, 2011

No, these aren’t early Halloween costumes. Our stylish regalia – hair net, hard hat, glasses, plastic shoe covers and an enormous lab-style coat – are what one wears on a tour of a salami plant. Columbus Salame (you might remember the Columbus salami and cheese plate I posted earlier this year) was kind enough to invite my [...]

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A Sandwich Party for the Teachers + Giveaway!

October 18, 2011

Those of us who love to cook know how it is. Nothing makes us happier than to pour our hearts into preparing a special meal and see delight on the faces of our guests as they enjoy it. I spent a good chunk of last week chopping, slow cooking, baking and caramelizing to pull off [...]

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Food Entrepreneurs Abound at The Gourmet Experience

October 12, 2011

I love to watch entrepreneurship in action – people with a dream and a business plan (or perhaps not) and the moxie to see it all come to fruition. When I went back to school for an MBA my hope was that some day I would run my own successful business. That dream is still [...]

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A Chef, Bloggers, Friends and a Flash Mob

August 8, 2011

Attending blogging conferences, for me, is all about gathering up all of my extroverted tendencies I can muster, sticking my neck out there a little and making the most of the experience. At BlogHer ’11, which took place right here in San Diego this past weekend, I jumped in with both feet and had an [...]

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National Food Blogger Bake Sale ~ Sat, May 14!

May 1, 2011

Mark your calendars – Saturday, May 14, 2011 is the date for this year’s National Food Blogger Bake Sale! Organized by Gaby Dalkin of What’s Gaby Cooking, the National Food Blogger Bake Sale is now an annual event in which food bloggers from across the country unite to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales [...]

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Judging LA’s Grilled Cheese Invitational

April 25, 2011

What better way to conclude our celebration of Grilled Cheese Month on Panini Happy than with an inside look at a one-of-a-kind event that draws 300 amateur and professional competitors and thousands of grilled cheese fans annually: The Grilled Cheese Invitational. The event, founded eight years ago by Tim Walker, started out as a friendly [...]

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A “Taste” of Taste of the Nation

May 5, 2009

When Foodbuzz presented me with the opportunity to cover the San Diego installment of Taste of the Nation I absolutely jumped at the chance. Spend a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at a sculpture garden in Balboa Park, indulging and imbibing on food and drink from twenty of the city’s finest dining establishments? You need not ask [...]

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