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Announcing Café Paris

I’m back!  Last week was a doozy for me, I put myself through hell and it ended up being for naught.  I was having some serious life sucks feelings these past few days.  To be respective of all parties concerned I won’t be sharing the details. But I’m not one to dwell on decisions made […]

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Garden Walk

I’ve never been a gardener other than just a dabbling here or there, mostly container type gardening and mostly beautification gardening other than some tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. It wasn’t a lack of desire, it’s just that the military lifestyle makes it difficult, new place, new climate…new everything! Then I became a board member of […]

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Glacier National Park and Fort Benton

10 years, he’s kept me around for 10 years! That’s a record for us, we’ve both been married not once but twice before.  Seems like that old adage is true “third times the charm”. To celebrate a momentous milestone we decided to ride the Harleys through Glacier National Park, one of the most pristine and […]

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Little things make the heart sing

  (Photo taken with iphone driving down the road to our cabin…window up obiously) I’ve been blogging for years about the progress on our cabin.  Our little piece of heaven in Big Sky country.  The cabin itself has gotten to the point of really being finished.  Oh we have our issues (like no hot water […]

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2013 IACP San Francisco Conference, Recap

Have you ever really wanted to do something and then talked yourself out of it? There are always reasons why something can’t be done, time, money, trepidations, money…and so it was for this IACP conference.  Actually it started back in photography school, I met fellow student Heather Gill, chef and amazing photographer.  We obviously had […]

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Deviled Ham Stuffed Eggs

Just a quick post today!  I’m busy, busy, busy!  I had a deadline moved up 3 months and with a trip to San Francisco coming up this week I’m scrambling!  I’m going to the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference this week and I’m super excited.  I’ll be bringing my camera along and taking oodles […]

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Deconstructed Pesto Insalata Caprese

Say what?  Are my eyes really seeing what they see?  Does that sign say ‘Heirloom Tomatoes’?  It’s the middle of winter…must be a mistake.  But they look like heirloom tomatoes.  They have variegated colors and bumpy exteriors, they must be heirlooms. Imported from Mexico….ahhh, that’s right, not every place in the world right now has […]

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