Growing up in a family of six kids meant a lot of hungry mouths to feed! My mom's delicious cooking really whetted my appetite to create meals as yummy as hers (my dad had a few tricks up his sleeve too), but it wasn't until I was living on my own that I began to cook... Read more.
A few months ago, I spent some time doing volunteer work in Kenya through the volunteer agency International Volunteer HQ. I stayed with a Kenyan family and volunteered at an orphanage, Internally Displaced Persons camps, and with the Masai (warrior tribes in Kenya). It was an extremely moving experience. Read more.
Ever since watching Hubert Keller’s innovative and daring style on Top Chef Masters, I have wanted to eat at one of his restaurants. So I wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to dine at Fleur by Hubert Keller at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas last week. I was there for a conference, and convinced a group of colleagues and friends to come with, which worked perfectly as the restaurant is done tapas-style, so we ordered several dishes and shared.
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