Sunday, March 26, 2006

Eat to Live, or Live to Eat?


...That is the question. This week has been marked by really good food, and I'm becoming more and more convinced that I could easily eat my way through Europe or the U.S. some day, in search of the best restaraunts and markets. Nora and I had an entire Sister Day on Friday on which our entire agenda was centered around where we were going to eat. After a close to 2 hour hike in the San Tan mountains, we had acquired a large appetite and were ready to go. First stop--"My Florist Cafe" in downtown Phoenix. We shared Blackberry Sage tea, a fresh asparagus, artichoke, tomato, feta, argula, and romaine salad, and a small plate of assorted breads with sage butter to go with it. Yumm...next stop was a little bit further downtown to a place called Pane Bianco, an urban, chic restaraunt/bar where we shared a fresh toasted pita, fresh spinach tuna sandwich. The tuna had come from a local Washington guy who sells 10 unique twists to canned gourmet tuna...so good. The last stop was the Lux Coffee Bar, where we each got a small double-shot espresso with foamed cream and cinnamon on top and 1 small homemade caramel nougat that was incredibly chewy and sweet. We thought that we could have died and gone to heaven...isn't food amazing?

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Visiting Sunny Arizona

Visiting my sister Nora and her new husband Travis in the South-East corner of Arizona has inspired me this week to start my own blog. Not that I really have time, but hey, I like to write and comment on life. Why Dutch Days? My Dad is one of five siblings who are 1st born generation in the U.S. His parents, Tom and Cobie Jansen, both came to the states in their teens. Heritage is sort of a big thing for me, and as I am 50% "orange", I wanted to incorporate this aspect of my background into my blog. I hope to write something small about Holland, the Dutch, etc. whenever I can...hence, Dutch Days. Happy blogging everyone.