Arroz con Habichuelas (rice and beans) on a lazy Sunday Rice and Beans is a staple dish in Latino and African cultures all around the globe. It’s nutritious, it’s fresh, it’s a little spicy, and it’s delicious. Best of all, like a homemade stew, it lasts multiple days. While there is not one right way…
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Mama Love’s Zucchini and Tomato Extravaganza
A day in the bite is my food blog, YOUR food blog, our food blog. On Sunday, Joyce a.k.a. Mama-Love made a simple, yet delicious and nutritious dish for us- I call it Mama Love’s Zucchini and Tomato Extravaganza! This is one of those Mediterranean dishes in which you think you’re getting an appetizer…
Follow the Yellow Brick Road ….. to Bouchon Bakery!
The last week of August, we stopped for breakfast at acclaimed chef Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery. Bouchon bakery is a little bit of Paris right in the heart of Napa Valley California. I had a feeling Bouchon was going to be good but this good, come on!! I sunk my teeth into a pork belly…
Table for Two at Rendezvous
Nehru (saffron, gin, lemon, cardamom) and The Mint & Cucumber One of my new favorite restaurants is in Central Square, right next to the Middle East, and it’s called Rendezvous. Two criteria make a restaurant a favorite; one is quality of food (freshness of ingredients and execution of those ingredients to make a tasty dish);…