by Audrey -

Good food in Napa

Title says it all. Weekend of way too much good food, and some quality time w/ Kai, Ingrid, and Amanda.

Favorites?  

Such a difficult question, that. Actually, our group of four came to a surprising amount of consensus as to our favorites.  Favorite restaurant of the lot (lot = French Laundry, Ubuntu, Bistro Jeanty), was definitely Ubuntu.  The chef was also really really nice to us because of a friend ;). 

The dishes are maybe what you’re most interested in…my faves below.

Sorry for some fuzziness of pics, still trying to work out some disagreements with my new SLR :) 

Lavender sugar almonds, Ubuntu
Mushroom pizza w/ local egg, Ubuntu
Cheesecake in a jar, Ubuntu 

 

 

Pearls + Oysters (Caviar + Oyster + Tapioca), French Laundry
Uni on warm rice + Granny smith slices, French Laundry

 

 And some good tomato soup from Bistro Jeanty

 

 

Assorted goodness from Bouchon Bakery (the bouchons, unsurprisingly, are pretty darned good.) 

 

 

by Audrey -

Chocolate con Churros

I’m back from Spain, as of last Sunday. 

Due to some well planned out naps on the plane back, I think this return has been my least jet-lagged ever. (In stark contrast to my return from S. Africa – which was almost the same time zone as Spain, but which had me waking up at 4am for a full week). 

I’ve culled my 800 photos down to 67 for your viewing pleasure, with captions to boot! 

Enjoy :) 

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