Trattoria Pina, Tucson

Trattoria Pina, Tucson

Worth a visit.  Friendly family- owned restaurant,happy efficient wait staff, lovely setting, and good Italian food.  The baker created a dessert called "The Pope's Pillow" to commemorate Pope's visit to Tucson—crispy puffy puff pastry, filled with "real"whipped cream...

Teresa’s Mosiac Cafe, Tucson

Teresa’s Mosiac Cafe, Tucson

Bobby Flay visited for a Throwdown show. We visited to find great breakfast and hot chocolate! Family-run, authentic tastes, great mosaic tables and overall decor!!!

Christmas Breakfast in Tucson

Christmas Breakfast in Tucson

Karen made  this is less than 30 minutes, including the scratch crust.  Puffy, delicious and filling—of  course,  heavy cream, butter and aged cheddar don't hurt.

Updated Broccoli Quiche

Updated Broccoli Quiche

Prebaked quinoa crust flavored with pesto and held together with an egg filled with Caramelized Onions, Sauteed Mushrooms and Skillet Roasted Broccoli. A work in progress.

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Valuable Vegetables from the estate of Bunny Melon, recently auctioned off by Sotheby’s “It’s an era of elegance that may not come around again,” said Jose Reynoso, an art handler for Sotheby’s, as he stood before a cabinet of Chelsea porcelain soup tureens in the...

But who needs it?

But who needs it?

Tramezzini=bread without crusts at Loblaws.  In Italy the name given for snack sandwiches.  At least it's whole wheat but I never found it that hard to cut the crusts off a loaf of bread. Mom always said "eating crusts will make your hair curly".  Worked for me.

Toasted Barley Christmas Salad

Toasted Barley Christmas Salad

As I tossed the toasted barley with the flavorful dressing, halved cherry tomatoes and diced roasted red pepper with fresh mozzarella pearls, fresh basil and fresh parsley, all I could think of was Christmas. P.S.  To my Canadian friends who save me the gorgeous LCBO...

Fortified Rhubarb Tea- Art In The Age

Fortified Rhubarb Tea- Art In The Age

Amazing ingredients: Certified organic neutral spirits with Rhubarb and other botanicals, including lemon , beets, carrots, vanilla, cardamon, pink peppercorn, coriander and petitgrain. Who thinks up these things?  

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