Queenkv’s Brainpickings

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Here’s my savory tomato ravioli soup from Butch-N-Nellie’s in Sacramento. I liked the cheese-filled pasta and the hint of basil.

I’m spending my weekend catching up on my blogs. So, I’m going through this month and trying to expand on some memorable meals.
This year, we spread out our Valentine’s Celebration over three days. We started in Lodi with a decadent tour of the wineries. The next day, we celebrated the romantic holiday at Ella [...]

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I did lunch with my hubby at Bj’s today. I tried the Grand Cru. It was described as a Belgium-inspired brew. I thought it was OK. But I also thought it had too sharp of a flavor to be considered Belgian. BJ’s also has some tasty lunch specials. I had the angel [...]

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Here’s our beautiful tree, all decked out for the holidays! Right now, we’re cooking our Christmas dinner: Ham, pineapples, chorizo, pasta and good times. Then I head off to work. Sigh. My vampire schedule is painful but I’m getting used to it. I end up sleeping by day and then I spend [...]

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I could feel my mouth water while reading through this recipe for “fresh bacon”. I’m a huge fan of Top Chef and I’m love trying all things by Tom Colicchio. His recipe made it easy for people who are new to working with pork bellies, like me.

Last weekend, we had to [...]

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This weekend, the hubby and I whipped up pasta with sausages and chick peas. I was inspired by this Times article. It urged readers to flip the proportions of pasta, sauce and toppings. Then it linked to a pasta recipe with bread crumbs, chorizo and chick peas.

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OK — this is a new thing I’m trying out. I kicked started the daily blog feature on my del.icio.us account. That means all the links I’ve bookmarked for the day will be posted around 10:00 PM, nightly. I thought it was kinda neat to have that coincide with my newscast. Basically, these are links [...]

We ended up spreading out our 2 year anniversary over three days. Tasty food, good drinks, Trivia Smackdown and happy memories. We even got a card from Daisy. Mark said one day she asked for the car keys and she came back with our present: a porcelain mug from Starbucks. He said “china” is the [...]

Last Friday, I came home with tears in my eyes.
I felt frustrated about work and tired of sleeping by myself with Mark away in Cali. Daisy sensed something was wrong. Instead of pawing at me to play fetch with her Binkie , she climbed into my lap and rested her head on my chest. [...]

Once again…I can’t sleep. I woke up just before 2:00 AM. I’m draining glasses of water to dehydrate from a day of mead and one blue margarita. Downloading pictures from our Canon Elph. Chilling to Jenni Alpert and other mello tracks on my iPod Shuffle playlist for Buffalo.
Mark leaves today. We spent our last weekend [...]