Dinner

Manresa 320 Village Ln, Los Gatos, CA Exceptional, exquisite, artful, and posh only begin to describe my experience at Manresa. Manresa is a fine dining extravaganza designed to delight all your senses.  Plan to arrive and spend your entire evening here. Complete with attentive servers, sommelier, amazing chefs, and a planned 14 course meal, yes …

Classic Westwood Eatery been around since 1920 this is the original location but now there are 6 around the Los Angeles area. So I’ve always heard of Barney’s Beanery and my recent trip to  UCLA had me looking for an original place for lunch.  I ventured in and sat down at the open seating patio.  …

If your family is like mine taco night is a BIG hit.  Everyone seems to like Mexican food in my house.  The kids love it because it tastes good and I love it because you can be so creative.  Whether you like sweet, spicy, cheesy, creamy, crunchy or all of the above you can make …

I discovered this recipe by accident.  It was one of those Saturday afternoons when our family had spend the whole day busily exploring and a relaxing evening was in order.  Since it was the end of the week as I looked in the fridge to see what we had, I discovered it was very sparse …

Working at Google has many perks and one of the top perks for a nutritionist is all the expertly prepared gourmet foods.  I love going to one of the 27 odd cafe’s and finding some vegetable I have never seen before.  Recently, I found a roasted squash in the salad bar with a light colored, …

Split pea soup is absolutely a classic.  I first fell in love with split pea soup when I went away to college.  There is this restaurant in Buellton California that serves probably some of the best split pea soup I’ve ever had.  If you’ve ever had a road trip on the 1 going south from …