A (Partial) Tour of the West Coast, Vol. 3: Tillamook Cheese and Cannon Beach The third leg of our trip was a little less exciting than the first two. Driving up 101 from Southern Oregon to Northern Oregon was a long, long day. It was beautiful – watching the coast creep up on our left … Continue reading
Paul Bunyan and the Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California Between our first night in Eureka, California and second night in Gold Beach, Oregon, we had hoped to stop and ride the gondola through the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, California. We did stop but we didn’t stay. We had lollygagged enough that day. It was … Continue reading
A (Partial) Tour of the West Coast Vol.1 : The Drive Thru Tree; Lost Coast Brewery; Bear River Casino & Hotel Our daughter was lucky enough to go spend 2 weeks at Grandma and Papa’s house in western Washington. I’m not sure who was luckier – the little girl who had a wonderful two weeks … Continue reading
It’s Fast Food Friday again and, there isn’t any food much faster than Pop-Tarts, though I’m still baffled at the fact there are microwave instructions on the Pop-Tarts package. I guess in our world of instant gratification, toasters just aren’t fast enough. I do enjoy an occasional Pop-Tart but it always seems that when in … Continue reading
This past month, I had the pleasure of meeting with Chris Kollar and Naomi Pasztor of Kollar Chocolates in Yountville’s V Marketplace. What an awesome place full of delicious and beautiful chocolates! No golden ticket required! Check out the article at http://www.localhappeningsmagazine.com. Eat Well! ~Trish Continue reading
Every year for the past 11 years, our friends, the Briseños put on the most incredible party – Pig-A-Palooza. It was first conceived of when Regina said she’d like to go to a luau. Robert decided he could roast a whole pig in his own back yard and invite friends and loved ones from near … Continue reading
This past weekend was Amelia’s 25th birthday and what did CPM do to celebrate? We spent a couple of days in Reno, NV to have a rockin’ good time at the Motley Crüe/Alice Cooper concert. Woot! Woot! The show was pretty awesome. Motley Crüe is on their “final” (um, sure) tour and Alice Cooper … Continue reading
by: Trish Lee & Amelia Rea. If we had to pick four words to describe Chef Robert Hesse, they would be: open, honest, humble, and gracious. It was our great pleasure to see this two-time Hell’s Kitchen contestant and Assistant Executive Chef working at The Brews Brothers restaurant in the Eldorado Casino Hotel in Reno, … Continue reading
As summer is in full swing, we thought it appropriate to cover a subject near and dear to our hearts here at CPM – amusement park food! We admit it – we love a good corndog, cotton candy or a churro at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks alike. But when it comes to these culinary … Continue reading
Hap-pie Birthday to us! Hap-pie Birthday to us! That’s right, Friday was cookplantmeditate’s first birthday! Thank you to all who have read, followed, liked, tweeted, facebooked, googled, yahoo’d, pinterested, reposted, emailed and just generally supported us. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Cheers to another year! And just how did we celebrate our first birthday? … Continue reading
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