Author: sylveee

I am a Culinary Educator with a MS in Nutrition Education from Cal State Northridge. I taught High School Culinary Arts and Food Science for 26 years while at the same time (on weekends and vacations) teaching Parent/Child and Teen Classes at the former Let's Get Cookin' in Westlake Village, CA. Village, CA.

FOOD ODYSSEY – CONCLUSION

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The Monday after our Mountain Trip we hit another spot on my son’s  Food List.  This was Hooter’s which recently opened up a Restaurant in our locale.  Again, Monti had made sure to be on their mailing list and had Birthday Coupons for Kratae and himself.  We indulged in 3 different kinds of Chicken Wings with Bleu […]

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FAMILY FOOD ODESSY CONTINUES

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On Thursday we drove to South Lake Tahoe and had dinner at Taco Bell – another place on Monti and Quinn’s  list.  I think after this dinner, they have had their fill of Taco Bell  and don’t necessarily want to go back again.  In the morning we drove to the North Shore and took some […]

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FAMILY FOOD ODESSY – DAYS FIVE & SIX

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    On Day Six which was a Monday set out on our Road Trip to Mammoth. On the way there it seemed that we stopped at numerous ‘Starbucks’ to get Lattés and for Monti and Kratae to use their ‘Birthday’ Coffees from Starbucks. Starbucks has a new ruling where you cannot use an American […]

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FOOD ODYSSEY – DAYS THREE & FOUR

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                              The next morning Q and I went to the local Farmer’s Market.  Along with the Vegetables and Fruit that I had purchased we also had some Tamales from the Tamale Vendor that frequents all of our local Farmer’s Markets.  Uh […]

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A FAMILY FOOD ODYSSEY – DAYS ONE & TWO

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  My two sons and daughter-in-law who all live in a foreign country came home to visit for 2 ½ weeks during their school vacation.  Aside from visiting with friends and relatives, one of their objectives was to visit some of their favorite food haunts. This Odyssey started right off the plane with a visit […]

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ONE DISH MEALS

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!  New Years seems to be a time for Resolutions, but quite honestly, I never make them.  Unfortunately, most New Year’s Resolutions are never implemented.  The trick is to just add new self-improvement items on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.  One at a time would be much easier to do.  All […]

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THANKSGIVING FAVORITES

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Thanksgiving in the United States is a family holiday that is usually celebrated with a huge Turkey Dinner.  Although Thanksgiving Celebrations occurred sporadically since the Pilgrims first Thanksgiving, it wasn’t until President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be the official National Holiday.  In 1939 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday in […]

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