Alinea Restaurant

I just added the Alinea Restaurant in Chicago to my foodie dream list. Do you keep one of those? A list of places both elegant and causal that you want to try locally and around the world? What is on your list?

At Alinea there is a 12 and 23-course experimental menu where the food seriously looks like little sculptures created under the direction of the amazing chef Grant Achatz. It would be an evening that would knock my socks off! I believe you have to reserve months in advance but wow... what a place to try. Have any of you lucky readers been there?

Read and see more here.




photos from Alinea

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Autumn Morning...

I hope you had a most excellent weekend! Did you do anything fun or relaxing? The highlight of our weekend was attending our food group that was centered all around Thanksgiving -- I guess we are spoiled this year to indulge in two turkey dinners.

These items all put together are making me happy and feel so autumn-like this morning. Pause and take a moment with me to enjoy ... pretend to turn on some tunes on that sweet Orla Kiely Radio, maybe something classic like Al Green. Get some yummy crust bread out of that bread bin and slather it with orange marmalade. Then indulge in some spiced hot apple cider or your drink of choice in one of those polka-dot travel mugs all while doing whatever it is you do this lovely Monday. Top of the morning to you!

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Designer Chocolate

It is really hard to turn away from sweets when there is beautiful chocolate like this in the world. See more beautiful designer chocolate from Chocolate Editions by Mary & Matt. I'm thinking these would be great stocking stuffers or gifts to have on hand.

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Martha Stewart Makes Cookies

This Martha Stewart Cookie app for the iPad makes my mouth water. Wouldn't it be awesome to have all of these recipes at your fingertips in an elegant virtual way? For cookie lovers everywhere, the app is $7.99.

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Feeling Pink...

Feeling Pink this week and this month.

1 : Flower Wall Lamp 2: Star Scarf 3: Weekend Bag 4: Lollipops 5: Painting

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Bakery Books

Because breakfast is my favorite meal of the day (Coffee and a sweet? What's not to like?) I have go-to bakeries in every city I visit. In San Francisco, it's Tartine for a morning bun. When I go to Boston, there's no doubt I'm stopping at Flour to peruse my options. So it's no surprise that I'm eagerly awaiting these new fall cookbooks. Even though I'll probably never cook from either (let's face facts) I'll still devour the pictures and narratives and dream of when I can return.

For more peeks at the new Tartine Bread book, visit tartinebread.com.

(photos from amazon.com)

Post by guest blogger: Jane Potrykus from Simple + Pretty

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Home Canning Supplies

I had 'good intentions' to do some canning this season, but I am not sure if I will be able to get around to it with the baby coming and all. I tried it for the very first time last year -- canning some various jams and it has been delightful to pull some fresh and delicious jam off of our shelves all year long. Although I know people have been doing it for ages, have you noticed the growing trend and increased canning exposure all around the last few years? It is popping up all over the place and there are lots of lovely things to make your canned goods look pretty along with great new resources too. Here are a few that caught my eye.

1: Canning for a New Generation : This book by Liana Krissoff came out this month, and I received a nice copy in the mail, it a most excellent canning resource and even has labels in the back of the book you can use.
2: Although a bit on the spendy side, these Weck jars are stunning.
3: Pretty Fabric Jar Covers -- which you can also DIY if you are more crafty.
4: Canning & Preserving with Ashley English - I haven't seen this book in person, but it looks wonderful.



5: Chalkboard Labels : Cool for not only canning, but other projects too.
6: Stainless Steel Funnel : Simply beautiful.
7: Retro Canning Set : Looks like a great packaged set.
8: Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It : I checked this out at the library and it has some fantastic looking recipes.

Other Ideas:
I love the idea of making labels inspired by these, or these.
Here is a great idea if you have leftover canning jars and kids -- clever!

Inspiring posts about Canning & Labels :
This Strawberry Lemon-Grass Jam looks delicious.
If you are reluctant to can -- you can make yummy freezer jam.
Ez did a beautiful tutorial and free printable tags for your jars here.
Jessica did a very informative post for Canning for beginners .

What about you? Have you tried canning before? Are you a preserving expert? Share with us your favorite things to preserve and successful recipes you've tried. If you have seen other great posts and canning tips-- hit up the comments section with your links and share your finds.

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Curious Chocolate

This Curious Chocolate packaging by Nineteen Seventy-Three looks rather fun, don't you think?

(via stickers & stuff)

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Capital Kitchen

Flipping through an Australian magazine the other day, I came across Capital Kitchen out of Melbourne and it was love at first sight. I enjoy the combo of rustic and industrial modern elements and was very surprised to find out this place is located within a shopping center. What a fantastic place this would be to grab a bite to eat and peruse for some pretty housewares.

After a bit of research, I found out this lovely place was designed by Australian based interior design firm Mim Design and you can see even more photos here. It also looks like they have designed a second location.



(All photos from Mim Design)

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Jim Denevan

I came across the work of Jim Denevan a few weeks ago.... not only does he do these breathtaking amazing drawings in the sand but is also the founder and organizer of a worldwide moveable feast called Outstanding in the Field. You should check to see if they are coming to a town near you. So inspiring!



(images from Jim Denevan)

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Week no. 29

I've been feeling a little under the weather the last few days coupled with being quite pregnant -- hence the light posting and slow response to emails, I will be better next week. Here are a few things to leave you with for the weekend that have made me smile. I really hope you have a nice weekend!

Weekend Magazine Covers by Khuan Caveman Co.(via Design Work Life)

Amazing Book art by Cara Barer (via Style Swoon)

Beautiful new Paris Apple Store -- I want to go to there.

Another great outfit worn by Giovanna Battaglia.

Genius packaging for Panasonic headphones designed by Scholz & Friends (via Lovely Package)

Yummy recipes we've tried lately : Chipotle Shrimp Tacos | Summer Corn Chowder | Perfect Spaghetti w/ tomato sauce (tweeted about here)

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Forage Restaurant

Last weekend a friend and I had a girl's night and decided to treat ourselves by going to the lovely restaurant Forage in Salt Lake City. If you are ever looking to go out for a special evening dinner in Salt Lake, I would very highly recommend this place. They have two fixed-price course menus (we went with the 3-course) with options changing depending on seasons and local availability. Chef's Bowman Brown and Viet Pham created flavors that were unique and delectable and as you can see from my phone shots -- there was definitely artful beauty on the plates. It was delightful to have some amuse-bouches and I still can't get over how stunning the 'vegetable garden' first course was. I can't wait to take my husband back for a special occasion.



Forage website | Forage Blog | Located at 370 E 900 S in Salt Lake City.

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Gourmet reborn?

My husband just let me know that Gourmet is coming back, well sort of... They are relaunching an app/magazine designed for digital format and calling it Gourmet Live. They will be sharing lots of recipes and content from their previous 70 years. Should be something to check out. What are your thoughts? Read more about it here.

Thanks Mac!

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Gourmet Cookies + Patterns

Do you see the cookies within the patterns? I just got back from the grocery store after flipping through the most recent Gourmet magazine. I came away stunned by the rich-colored, gorgeous spreads and photography by Romulo Yanes that I had to tell you all about it. They even turned the beautiful photos into recipe greeting cards. Gourmet also has a historical cookie recipe chart currently up on their site, check it out here.

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Turkey leftover meals

I made this Turkey Mulligatawny soup Monday, and thought it would be an excellent recipe to make with turkey leftovers. Next time I'll add a little more rice + curry powder and use regular plain yogurt instead of soy yogurt.

This turkey chili recipe is great too.

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Carrot Flowers

Looking for a creative twist to add to your turkey day meal? I thought these carrot flowers were pretty cool which you can find over at the Kitchn. (via Happy Mundane)

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Kor's Hydration Vessel

I am swooning over this water bottle, which has now been added to my wishlist. It is beautifully designed, BPA free, and portions of it profits support safe water programs. The A plus R store also has an impeccable variety of other well-designed goods check it out. (via Better Living Through Design)

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Recipe I'm trying tonight...

Wolfgang Puck Chinois Chicken Salad.

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Vintage Kid's Betty Crocker

Going through some of my photo files, I found phone shots of an old kid's cookbook. Vintagely charming, eh?

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Turkey Chili

Coming home to an empty fridge, I decided it was a great time to revisit "menu planning" and trying new recipes. On the menu today is this White Turkey Chili.

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