i8tonite: A Cheat Sheet to Dining in Oregon’s McMinnville, Best Town West of The Mississippi
McMinnville, Oregon is a town so wholesomely picturesque it borders on being a Stephen King settlement – meaning it’s so perfect a spot, something strange is bound to happen. A scant 45 minutes outside of Portland, it’s a charm-filled street scene with a couple of stoplights, red brick Victorian buildings, one post office, a few […]
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i8tonite: A Cheat Sheet to Dining in Downtown Las Vegas
On my fourth or fifth visit to Las Vegas, I wanted something different. I’ve danced at nightclubs, eaten the fancy meals with celebrity chefs, played slots and viewed the shows. On different occasions, I saw Bette Midler and Cher on both of their final farewell concerts before they came back with “I’m still here” tours. […]
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i8tonite: With Chef Chris Hill of Bachelor Kitchen
Editor’s Note: Still in the City of Angels where I’ve had extraordinary dining experiences. I’m wrapping it up tomorrow and headed home. Los Angeles was always a good city for me and I ate very well with friends. That’s what I will remember the most. Atlanta born chef Chris Hill created his name in the […]
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I8tonite: A Cheat Sheet to Dining in Napa’s St. Helena
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack. We have your travel meals covered with one exemplary dish at each destination.
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i8tonite: Facebook, Newsletter and Kim Sunee’s Beet & Apple Salad
Last week was busy at i8tonite, my newly deemed on-line lifestyle publication about food. I set up a Facebook page and then started a bi-weekly newsletter focusing on what lies ahead. I was very hesitant to create the Facebook page. The creation made the website seem realer. And that my career in public relations is […]
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I8tonite: Aromatic Chicken and Goodbye to Hollywood
I’ve feel I’ve discovered something about myself; as much as I love the idea of being a steady beacon in a sea of waves, I might be incapable of it. I mean being that stay-in-one-spot type of person. I think that’s what a parent is, someone that you know will be there. I see that […]
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i8tonite: Braised Leeks in Cream and Tarragon (Kitchen Sense, Mitchell Davis)
I know that as I write this that I’m not the only person who walks into a grocery store or farmers market and says, “I want to make something I’ve never made.” Recently, it was with leeks for me. I’ve cooked leeks but always as a supporting character in pot pies, vichyssoise, and fried for […]
Read MoreA New Cookbook Icon: “Twelve Recipes” by Cal Peternell
As I was reading “Twelve Recipes” by Cal Peternell, chef at Alice Waters’ famed Chez Panisse, lacking a father figure became an even more perceptible limp in my upbringing. Here was a father who was packing up kitchen gear for his son before he went away to college, useful items such as a knife, cutting […]
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2014: My Year in Food
With another year ending, I get a little reflective over 2014 and of my eating. Mulling it over in my head, I chronicled my year with food, cooking and eating as spurring me forward. I still marvel at my ever changing tastebuds. Now that I’m firmly planted in middle age with no way of going back, […]
Read MoreNo Cook Thanksgiving But If I Were…..
I stopped cooking Thanksgiving meals about 5 years ago. I know, I know. It’s one of the big days that all caliber of cooks want to shine showcasing their adeptness in the kitchen, commercial or home. If you know anything about me, cooking is one my favorite of the things. Therefore, you would think that […]
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