This week, Slow Food USA launched its Time for Lunch campaign. They’re gathering signatures to show support for prioritizing “real food” in reauthorization of the upcoming Child Nutrition Act, which funds school lunch (and breakfast) programs nationwide.
Reauthorization by Congress is slated for September and Slow Food is organizing a national day of action this Labor Day, with local Eat-Ins around the country. Join the National Day of Action to get REAL FOOD in schools!
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/campaign/time_for_lunch/
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Cucumber and Lime...
Martinis...my new favorite thing! Drew has discovered my juicer and has created a signature cocktail that is delicious! Fresh cucumber juice and fresh squeezed lime, tequila and triple sec.
Come find out the secrets behind this drink along with others at the next cocktail clinic!
Come find out the secrets behind this drink along with others at the next cocktail clinic!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
La Bella Living Mission...
La Bella Living is dedicated to bringing local, organic, sustainable awareness within our urban market through our special dinners, catering events, cooking classes and seminars, which will showcase purveyors within our city. Each event is designed to feature local and regional food producers that practice organic and sustainable production methods and love growing food as much as we love eating it!
Each dinner will celebrate a menu of seasonal ingredients paired with artisanal wines. We are committed to using the highest quality, local, regional and domestic products.
Some of the services we offer include wine/food pairings, cocktail clinics, chef's table dinners, cooking classes, mindful eating classes, and other educational seminars and events. Menus and events will be customized per client needs and can include expo cooking demos, specialty desserts, and signature cocktails.
We have a product line of cutlery and cookware that we recommend to clients that need tools to help them in the kitchen and provide in home instruction and personal chef services.
Our desire is to bring people back to the table and celebrate fresh food and fellowship, and help individuals and families live a beautiful life!
Each dinner will celebrate a menu of seasonal ingredients paired with artisanal wines. We are committed to using the highest quality, local, regional and domestic products.
Some of the services we offer include wine/food pairings, cocktail clinics, chef's table dinners, cooking classes, mindful eating classes, and other educational seminars and events. Menus and events will be customized per client needs and can include expo cooking demos, specialty desserts, and signature cocktails.
We have a product line of cutlery and cookware that we recommend to clients that need tools to help them in the kitchen and provide in home instruction and personal chef services.
Our desire is to bring people back to the table and celebrate fresh food and fellowship, and help individuals and families live a beautiful life!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Chef's Table
Last night we launched a really fun event we are calling the Chef's Table. It basically consists of wonderful people coming to the house for some really incredible food, wine, and fellowship. This week Drew prepared a fresh corn and poblano soup that was so good I wanted to flat out lick the bowl, followed by the mother ship crab cakes...great story about these that we'll tell later, but let's just say they were so good one of our guests almost cried! Then he "threw together" this plum cake that was the perfect combination of sweetness, but not too much. Then the guys played the guitar and sang for a couple of hours. My idea of a perfect Friday!
We had such a great response this week that we are going to do it again next Friday! It will probably be 2-3 Fridays each month with a different theme each time. We'd love for you to join us soon!
Here was the feedback from our guests last week...
THANK YOU!
We had such a fabulous time. Your home is beautiful and Drew is awesome. Dan and I have been fortunate to dine at some really fine restaurants in different parts of the world and I can honestly say that Friday night rates right up there with the best. Nothing is better than when great food and great company come together to create a night to remember. (not to mention the live entertainment!) Can't wait until the next one! Katie
We had such a great response this week that we are going to do it again next Friday! It will probably be 2-3 Fridays each month with a different theme each time. We'd love for you to join us soon!
Here was the feedback from our guests last week...
THANK YOU!
We had such a fabulous time. Your home is beautiful and Drew is awesome. Dan and I have been fortunate to dine at some really fine restaurants in different parts of the world and I can honestly say that Friday night rates right up there with the best. Nothing is better than when great food and great company come together to create a night to remember. (not to mention the live entertainment!) Can't wait until the next one! Katie
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Love makin at the gas station...
Our very first road trip together was a trip to San Antonio. It was a very relaxing trip. We left on a Sunday and were able to take our time getting to San Antonio, stopping along the way in Austin for some shopping and sight-seeing.
One of the highlights of the trip was when we stopped at Manuel's in downtown Austin. If you've never had the pleasure of eating at this establishment you should make it a point to do so the next time you're in Austin. They have some amazing seafood (try the ceviche!) along with a cucumber-lime martini that is to die for.
However, as great as this trip was, it will always be known to us by something that happened in the first five minutes of the trip. I'm not kidding when I say that we were less than a quarter-mile from home. We stopped to get gas at the Green Spot. It's a little hippie gas station down the street that sells homemade butter and flax seed bars and rhubarb soda in a bottle. You know...your typical 7-11.
As I was filling up the car with gas Hayley ran inside to get a few things (probably some of her crazy flax seed bars). When she came back out she stopped by the side of the car to give me my "thanks for putting gas in the car" smooch...pretty standard, right? Not really. The smooch apparently turned into something of a sight. In mid-smooch an older gentleman with white hair steps out of the store and from 50 feet away shouts, "HEY! DON'T Y'ALL KNOW...THERE'S NO LOVE-MAKIN' AT THE GAS STATION!" It didn't end there. Before I was able to get in the car, confused and laughing about the whole situation, he was able to repeat his call to ethics three more times. It was quite a sight to the innocent bystanders.
So to all the ladies out there, beware the next time that you give your hard-workin' man some lovin' while he is pumping gas. And always remember, there is no love-makin' at the gas station!
One of the highlights of the trip was when we stopped at Manuel's in downtown Austin. If you've never had the pleasure of eating at this establishment you should make it a point to do so the next time you're in Austin. They have some amazing seafood (try the ceviche!) along with a cucumber-lime martini that is to die for.
However, as great as this trip was, it will always be known to us by something that happened in the first five minutes of the trip. I'm not kidding when I say that we were less than a quarter-mile from home. We stopped to get gas at the Green Spot. It's a little hippie gas station down the street that sells homemade butter and flax seed bars and rhubarb soda in a bottle. You know...your typical 7-11.
As I was filling up the car with gas Hayley ran inside to get a few things (probably some of her crazy flax seed bars). When she came back out she stopped by the side of the car to give me my "thanks for putting gas in the car" smooch...pretty standard, right? Not really. The smooch apparently turned into something of a sight. In mid-smooch an older gentleman with white hair steps out of the store and from 50 feet away shouts, "HEY! DON'T Y'ALL KNOW...THERE'S NO LOVE-MAKIN' AT THE GAS STATION!" It didn't end there. Before I was able to get in the car, confused and laughing about the whole situation, he was able to repeat his call to ethics three more times. It was quite a sight to the innocent bystanders.
So to all the ladies out there, beware the next time that you give your hard-workin' man some lovin' while he is pumping gas. And always remember, there is no love-makin' at the gas station!
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