With Valentine’s Day comes beautiful red roses, dimly lit candles and more than enough wine to go around! If you play your cards right, it can also mean breakfast in bed. This Sunday, spoil your sweetheart with something hot & homemade…
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Bring Wine Country’s Harvest Season Home!
Having just returned from a welcome retreat to Wine Country, I can tell you – now’s the perfect time to go get lost on the West Coast! We’re entering a GORGEOUS time of year for out there…the air cool and crisp, the scenery exploding with indescribable color. The time of year growers and wine makers live for!
Our Favorite Flapjacks for National Pancake Day!
Night or day, any time of year, pancakes are a pleasure in the purest sense. Friday, September 26 is recognized as National Pancake Day. We thought it might be nice to tailor a list of our top pancake recipes — some seasonal, some offbeat, but ALL plain delicious!
Have it Made This Mother’s Day
Some of the best Mother’s Day gifts I’ve ever received weren’t really gifts at all, at least not in the traditional sense — they weren’t wrapped with paper and bows. Mother’s Day lunches and brunches are always wonderful, but so too are the little things made at home…
A little bit of paradise at the Inn at Occidental
The scenery is just drop dead gorgeous at the Inn at Occidental…I’ve never felt more at home! It’s a spot that I always try to come back to when I’m in wine country.
Inn at Occidental’s Baked Praline French Toast
This french toast is utterly fabulous. Yet another awesome offering by the wonderful folks from Inn at Occidental. And just the perfect pralines…have you tried their orange pancakes yet? Enjoy!
Inn at Occidental’s Lemon Loaf
I just discovered these delicious lemon treats at the delightful Inn at Occidental in Sonoma. We love staying there when visiting the wine country. It’s only about 8 miles from the coast and is nestled in the scenic rolling Sonoma Hills. The breakfasts here are amazing! These lemon bars just happened to be on the […]
Inn at Occidental’s Orange Pancakes
On my recent trip to Napa, I just had to re-visit the Inn at Occidental. This is one of my favorite Bed & Breakfast spots I think I’ve ever come across! The grounds are as pretty as you’d expect to find in wine country. This dish, like their entire menu, is fabulous!
Marvelous Marmalade Benefits a Great Cause
On a recent TV segment on KPRC with anchor Courtney Zavala, I featured some of Houston’s best brunch bets. I say some … there are plenty of awesome choices. One of my favorite brunch spots is Backstreet Café and their Braised Short Rib with Butternut Squash Hash is one of the dishes I took on the show.
Brunch Time on KPRC!
If you saw our Goodtaste Houston segment this morning on KPRC News then no doubt, you’re hungry! I featured a few of my favorite brunch items in Houston and a favorite French Toast delight from the rolling hills of Sonoma, California. The recipe for Backstreet Cafe’s incredible Short Rib Hash is right here. I paired […]
Orange Cream Filled French Toast
We recently spent a few days in heaven – a little slice of heaven in Sonoma called Occidental. It’s an incredibly beautiful area – only about 8 miles from the ocean and nestled in the rolling wine country hills. We stayed in a delightful B&B called the Inn at Occidental
