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Affordable King Crab Quesadilla Recipe

You guys are in for SUCH a treat today! It may surprise you to find a recipe for King Crab on a blog all about cheap cooking, but it is possible to enjoy such a decadent ingredient on a tight budget. I’ve mentioned several times that one of my favorite tips to save money on food is stretching your more expensive ingredients like meat and seafood. If you buy just one or two King Crab legs, you can stretch them with other more affordable ingredients to make an incredible dish that’s perfect for a special occasion. Read more

Video of Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival and Day 3 Recap

Finally, the long awaited day 3 recap of the Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival in San Francisco. I had been waiting until I finished the video to post it and then got overwhelmed with the holidays and forgot about it. Here you go!

Foodbuzz Festival Jaden Bacon Bloody Mary

We had brunch at Restaurant Lulu, an excellent spread using Nature’s Pride bread in a lot of the dishes. The bacon was the most popular, and Jaden used hers to create a new signature cocktail, The Bacon Bloody Mary!

Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Local and Seasonal Cooking for a Christmas Party

pupu table Christmas party appetizers

For this month’s 24, 24, 24 event I proposed preparing food for a big party using ingredients that were locally produced, grown, and made. Some ingredients I used were ones that I canned or froze over the summer months. But most of the ingredients were ones that I bought this week, and in season. It was a lot of fun talking with farmers and vendors about what’s in season during the cold month of December, and what’s available locally. Eric and I were getting pretty excited about being locavores, and are considering trying a month of only eating local because of the bounty of local food in Washington. Here’s a video of the local producers and the party.

Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival in San Francisco Day 2

I managed to take a LOT more photos on day two of the Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival, and boy what an exciting day it was!

Foodbuzz festival San Francisco Farmer's Market Buddha Hand

We started out at the Ferry Building again, this time for the GIGANTIC farmer’s market! It was pretty amazing, and I saw a fruit I’d never heard of, the Buddha’s Hand which is apparently similar to a lemon. According to wikipedia it is typically used in cooking for the zest because the pith is less bitter than a lemon.

Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival Recap Day 1

I was so busy having fun the first day that I forgot to take many pictures, but here’s day 1 of the festival, and there will be tons from day 2 and 3!

Foodbuzz Festival cocktail party

Our Foodbuzz Food Blogger Festival started with a cocktail and pupu (those are appetizers for all of you not from Hawaii!) party out on the terrace of my hotel. I loved the bacon and cream filled gruyere gourgeres!