Best Burgers in the U.S - Food and Wine Magazine

Food and Wine Magazine just came out with their 25 best burgers in the us and we live by 4 of them. 

4!! 

Here are the 4 local places - in no particular order 

1. California: In-N-Out Burger click here for menu and locations

2. San Francisco, Ca: Zuni Cafe - This is served on a grilled rosemary focaccia- grilled buns are a must for me. click here for menu and location 

3. Napa: Gotts (formally known as Taylor's Refresher)- Food and Wine recommend the Ahi tuna burger but I would recommend the California Chicken and kevin loves loves loves the Wisconsin Sourdough 

- This has been a long time favorite and i remember taking Kevin here when we were dating and sitting out at the picnic tables. _ also take notice of their great breakfast signs because that was hubbys, brothers, and daddy work right there. :) click here for menu and location 

4. Healdsburg, CA: Healdsburg Bar & Grill - i know nothing about the place but hopefully that changes soon ---- i will try everything and give you my recommendations. click here for menu and location 

congrats to the bay area and all the local chefs for taking 4 of the 25 in the U.S 

click here to see if any burgers joints are near you and let us know what your favorite item is 

keep a look out for best ice cream coming soon- and yes we made the list 

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Chicken pesto pizza with red grapes

sorry about the wait fokes. My computer was at it limits and kept corrupting my picture files :(

so I had to get a new one :) !!

 it's beautiful and big and in my kitchen so I can cook and blog.

For all those who are waiting for those yummy recipes for our catering event I have one ready for you.....

click here if you want to watch a video of me cooking my yummy pizza with funky vintage lovely yes it is very embarrassing and i myself have only watched it once. 

recipe 

• 1 pizza dough crust 
• 1/3 cup pesto
• 1 1/2 cups grapes- halved
• 8 oz shredded chicken 
• 3 cloves garlic 
• mozzarella cheese 
• grated Romano
• 1/4 t black pepper

1. Heat oven to 450 
2. spray cookie sheet with pam and lay out pizza dough 
3. cover with a thin layer of pesto 
4. add chicken, grapes, cheese and garlic 
5.  bake for 15-20 minutes 

Thank you cooking light for another great recipe

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catering event

We got asked to do a catering event for a good friend of mine. 

We prepared some amazing...

Chicken Pesto Pizza with Red Grapes 

Bruschetta with Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Bread

Caprese Kabobs 

Three Cheese Tortellini Kabobs with salami drizzled in balsamic  

thank you friends. 

We enjoyed the adventure. We look forward to more events in the future. 

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Review - Napa General Store

For mother's day I took my mom to breakfast in Napa. We tried some place new - 

 Napa General Store.

 I got the cornmeal pancakes. I took a few bites and said,  "I have to tell everyone about this place". Thus the picture has a few bites in it. 

The Napa General Store is an eclectic store on the napa river in downtown. If you walk through the store  the back patio has a few quaint tables and a peaceful atmosphere.  

The cornmeal pancakes - they were delicious and a nice change to normal thick pancakes. I am on a mission to make these myself. --- my new mission...

My mom got the brioche French toast- it was a tad soggy :( 

We also got the hot cocoa which was rich and deliciousness. Yes I did say deliciousness.

We saw some chocolate filled beignets pass and they looked very very good but we were stuffed.

I have not had their lunch menu but I now know my next lunch spot. Look out Napa General Store we are fast becoming BFF's 

Napa General Store 

540 MAIN STREET #100 

NAPA, CA 94559 

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