Kitty Deschanel | Food, Wine, and Travel Adventures in an Airstream Basecamp

I t's soup weather and the SOUPER Bowl is back! Join the fun in Santa Fe, NM this weekend on 1/28/23  from noon to 2:30 pm.   We had such a blast last time! Will Jambo Cafe's Ginger Coconut Parsnip with Roasted Sweet Corn soup make another appearance? How about the Chilled Chocolate Cherry Soup with Espelette Chile Pepper, Almond Nougatine, and Lavender Cream soup from L'Olivier? Uh oh, this post is making me hungry! Don't just take my word for it. Scroll for photos from the 26th annual Souper Bowl. And h urry - 2023 VIP tickets have already sold out!  TICKETS:  https://thefooddepot.org/souper-bowl-2023/ Thank you for supporting The Food Depot, Northern New Mexico’s food bank. Souper Bowl in Santa Fe, NM Instant Pot soup recipe at the end of this post. Sexy Nerd and I had a great time for a great cause at The Food Depot's 26th annual Souper Bowl fundraiser.  We don't live in Santa Fe and you-know-who tried to skip the long drive to the Souper Bo...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, bloggy friends! We spent Christmas with my parents this year, drinking Costco eggnog (delicious) and playing Mexican Train Dominoes. We didn't even bother to decorate our house, lazy folks that we are. Actually, I did put out a holiday hand towel. Does that count? (Totally counts.) Christmas (2020)  It's unusual for SN and I to spend a New Mexico Christmas at home, all alone. As much as I'd like to say we made the most of it, celebrating another COVID holiday with just the two of us seemed a bit...old?  Repetitive? Pointless? We had our tinsel in a tangle. At first, it seemed like Christmas was just going to be like any other day. Another boring quarantine breakfast followed by another boring quarantine lunch. But then... We were visited by Santa's reindeer! What do you mean that's just a normal deer outside our window? It's clearly Blitzen. Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow,  Olive and Bernadette were consumed by holiday m...

Here's a Christmas update of my popular recipe for Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies , along with a free download to include with your holiday cards. I don't know about you, but the only way I'm going to get cards in the mail in time is to get started now... for Christmas, 2023. (Click the Image to Enlarge) I love this recipe! The key to these yummy, soft sugar cookie bars is not to over mix the batter. I slice them up into 24 cookies straight out of the oven with a pizza cutter. They're always gone by the end of the day! Who am I kidding? SN and I have the entire pan polished off within 30 minutes. Well, at least they're only sugar cookies , you think? Not that many calories, surely. We love to mix in chocolate chips. I had the image above printed at CVS as 4x6 photos and included one with each Christmas card we sent.

Thanksgiving snuck up on us this year. SN and I had been enjoying a relaxing week in Fort Walton Beach, FL right before the holiday. Thanksgiving was not on our minds. Prior to our getaway, I'd sent out a Thanksgiving invitation, then put the holiday on the back-burner. There's nothing 'harvest' about Fort Walton Beach. No pumpkins, no chill in the air, no mulled apple cider . Actually, everywhere we visited was already decked out with Christmas decorations. Actually, as long as I'm starting sentences with 'actually,' I might as well correct what I said earlier. This was a relaxing week in Florida other than the fact that we were both working full time while there. I'm getting off topic though. And here you thought you were going to see some Thanksgiving photos.  It's hard to think about Thanksgiving when you're at the beach.  We returned home and SN mentioned getting ready for company. It was still so far away - no need to think about that now. ...