**photo above is griddled swordfish & Italian beef oxtail I’m slightly embarrassed to say that after living down the street from Hush Public House since it opened in 2019, that we just tried it. Located on the corner of Scottsdale Road and Acoma, the restaurant itself is slightly hidden. From the outside looking in, John […]
Many who know me well, will tell you that I do love a good salad. Salads are one of my favorite meals and side dishes, especially in the summer. They instantly freshen up any meal and add a green centerpiece to any plate. A variety of salads can also be a wonderful welcome if you’ve
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I talk a lot about the importance of finding good lamb when cooking. As a general rule of thumb, the older the lamb, the tougher the meat (AKA mutton). That’s not to say you can’t cook more mature meat, its just that those cuts are better served in a dish where they have been cooking
**photo above: Great Grandparents Farah, Grandmother Jeanette as a young girl, her brother Fred (1931) In our last visit to Minnesota, I was able to reconnect with my family. It FELT SO GOOD!! I’ve mentioned a few times now on the blog and my IG account how much I love a good Lebanese feast. I’m
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We visited Minnesota as a family in May. It was a welcome trip and the first visit to see my family since before the COVID 19 pandemic. We were also really excited to see my family for the first time since the birth of my daughter Farah which also meant traveling on an airplane with
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“In the summer time when the weather is hot” -Mungo Jerry Every spring I do what is possible to cull the last remaining grapefruit off of our trees to preserve their juices for summer in Phoenix. There’s something unbelievably challenging about quenching your thirst in the Phoenix summer. I’ve found that this is something only
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This year the 4th of July seems a little sweeter. Since the COVID 19 vaccine roll out, a lot more people have received their vaccines and are able to spend time with their loved ones. Thankfully, my family is in that camp. We could not be more happy to spend time with our families this
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Our last night in Paris, we did the most cliché thing EVER. We grabbed a baguette, camembert, sausage, a pear we swiped from our hotel buffet and a bottle of red wine and had a picnic outside for dinner. The sun was setting in the Marco-Polo gardens and we were the happiest clams just munching
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When we were in Paris, we stopped at a cafe outside of the Cathedral of Notre Dame for a very late lunch. Having spoken very terrible French, I saw this sandwich on another diner’s table and pointed at it as if to tell our waiter “that one” and muttered off “The Brooklyn Tartine, sil vous
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To set out appropriately into weekend recovery mode, John grabbed me late on Friday afternoon and said “we need a break from the craziness.” 2 minutes later we were in the car on our way to The Sicilian Butcher. Thankfully, we had childcare until 6pm. It had been one of THOSE weeks fraught with emotional
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