The first time I saw a peach and tomato salad on one of the food blogs, I literally drooled. Oh, yes, I did. I knew there would be one in my immediate future.
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Remember my post about The Tasting of the Rosés party? Where everyone brought a variety of rosé wine and a food pairing? Well, my contribution was Pigmentum Malbec 2010 and this delicious creamed corn empanada with orange-honey drizzle. Big hit! I highly recommend both.
Not quite a revolt of the masses so to speak but Leila, a/k/a @flyingpigfoodie, started this sub-group of So FL Foodies after attending several wine tasting events where diverting attention from the wine, even to pair it with food(!), was frowned upon, seriously poo poo-ed 
. I wasn’t there but I can just picture the group mantra came about with this lighthearted chant.
What I’ve gotten from Social Media is PRICELESS! I found great support and appreciation for my work; I’ve gained knowledge, inspiration and occasional LOLs; I’m never at a loss for restaurant recommendations in unknown areas; I get sales alerts and special offers; I get leads for all sorts of things of interest; and I found tech advice and the answer to any question is generally just a tweet away. I can’t tell you how many times I went on twitter with a panicky question about something technical and got a resolution in minutes! Then there’s ‘search lists’. That’s how I stay plugged into whatever is currently on my mind. These days it’s Tuscany.
And, best of all, I made friends. Lots of virtual ones in places all over the globe…and real, huggable ones to enjoy life with locally.
I was invited by Kitchen Play to participate in a Progressive Dinner Party with five other food bloggers. This is not an invitation to be taken lightly. It could, in fact, send some cooks running out of the kitchen in a tizzy. Why? Well, we’re required to sign up to create a recipe for a course yet assigned, spotlighting a secret ingredient from an unnamed sponsor. Sure, why not? You know food bloggers…we’re fearless. Last week the sponsor was revealed. It was Dreamfields Pasta and my course was salad. I did the happy dance.
This is what happens when you shop ‘fresh’ for dinner. No plan. No list. Just totally market-driven.
I think everyone loves edamame. They’re delicious, good for you and fun to eat in their unshelled natural state. All you need do is boil, drain and heavily salt them. Then ‘have at it.’ Bite/suck those gems of goodness out of their pods. That’s basically how I’ve been eating them. They only variation was occasionally tossing shelled beans in a salad or mixed with rice in some Asian-inspired dishes. Until today.
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