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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:creativeCommons="http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 12:57:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Drink</category><category>Life</category><category>Amsterdam</category><category>Beer and Wine</category><category>Italy</category><category>Huntington Beach</category><category>victory garden</category><category>Wine Country</category><category>Fruit</category><category>Travel</category><category>Paris</category><category>Dessert</category><category>Re</category><category>Dining</category><category>Vegetables</category><category>Dining Out</category><category>Food Photography</category><category>Pasta</category><category>Recipes</category><category>Food Blogger Camp</category><category>Decadent</category><category>healthy</category><title>A Beach Home Companion | Food Photography, Recipes and Travels</title><description>Welcome to Sarah and Anson's blog where we will be periodically updating you with pictures and stories from our lives...gardening, cooking, food photography and all the other trouble we get into at our beach home in Huntington Beach, California. Don't let our post be a reason not to call us though. It is our hope that our posts will give us something to talk about when you come over for dinner!</description><link>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>140</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ABeachHomeCompanion" /><feedburner:info uri="abeachhomecompanion" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:emailServiceId>ABeachHomeCompanion</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-2676606849302100526</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-27T21:29:27.720-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fruit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Rhubarb Slush: The Grown-Up Snow Cone</title><atom:summary>When I was a kid, there was nothing I looked forward to more than our trips to my Grandma's cabin in Cross Lake, Minnesota. (It is just north of Brainerd, and if you are an American folklore buff, you will know Brainerd as the home of Paul Bunyan Land.) Everyone who grew up in Minnesota either had a cabin on a lake, was related to someone with a cabin on a lake, or lived on a lake. It's pretty </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/9rpdw_x5lRY/rhubarb-slush-grown-up-snow-cone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cmvp1kfuRMc/UXygdnJS4hI/AAAAAAAACYo/oWcRZPjNFnI/s72-c/Cross+Lake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/9rpdw_x5lRY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/04/rhubarb-slush-grown-up-snow-cone.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-8264900099522828128</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-14T13:39:45.432-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Sauce Gribiche: Hardboiled Eggs All Grown Up</title><atom:summary>
So, you've eaten the ears off the chocolate rabbits, filled your cheeks with jelly beans, and polished off several boxes of marshmallow Peeps. But what to do with all those painstakingly dyed hardboiled eggs still staring at you from your Easter basket? There's egg salad sandwiches, Cobb salad, Casey's Ham Salad recipe, perhaps some ramen noodle soup. And then what?



Might I suggest a savory </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/Mx8gXP7nR-I/sauce-gribiche-hardboiled-eggs-all.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gtdzHrslmvY/UVinrF3xE3I/AAAAAAAACYE/YmzBZtLkcEU/s72-c/Sauce+Gribiche-0094-2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/Mx8gXP7nR-I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/04/sauce-gribiche-hardboiled-eggs-all.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-4309334303022922344</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-17T17:01:57.314-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Super Ramen: Instantly Healthier</title><atom:summary>



Recently, I had a discussion on Facebook about "white trash food" with my friend, Brook, from Learn to Preserve. She described making a "mocha" out of hot cocoa mix and coffee while on jury duty, and I related my undying love for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and ramen noodles. (Just so there is no confusion, when I say "ramen noodles," I don't mean a steaming bowl of hand-made noodles from an </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/64I3L_07JGo/super-ramen-instantly-healthier.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6khGOCH3lpM/USF5xofSOnI/AAAAAAAACXY/2g0_DR3Bzk8/s72-c/Super+Ramen+Noodles+with+Soycutash-0027.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/64I3L_07JGo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/02/super-ramen-instantly-healthier.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-4746939819493643104</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-29T19:13:33.939-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Decadent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Vegan Queso Dip with a Side of Rant</title><atom:summary>

The other day I was searching the internet for uses for the bag - of all things - of nutritional yeast flakes I found tucked behind the lentils in my cupboard, which I was using for a Vegan Carrot and Lentil Soup. I had bought the smallest amount I could find several months ago to make Stephanie Stiavetti's Vegan Mac &amp; Cheese, and wanted to make sure I used up that expensive bag of dust.

The </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/m8yBj-Fba-E/vegan-queso-dip-with-side-of-rant.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KLSeix26ATw/UQW6yz6_cMI/AAAAAAAACWA/GqUf7wBMDLM/s72-c/Vegan+Queso+Cheese+Dip-0038.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/m8yBj-Fba-E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/01/vegan-queso-dip-with-side-of-rant.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-7721391391701405924</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-12T19:28:01.133-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Decadent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title> Vegan Carrot and Lentil Soup with Spinach Pesto</title><atom:summary>


I should know better by now. The Costco 5-pound bag of carrots is only a good deal if you eat all of it. And yet, every time I leave the anesthetizing aisles of Costco I somehow have a cartful of what I can only describe as Hope. Hope that Anson and I will eat a standard pillow case-sized bag of spinach in a week. Hope that there is enough room in my freezer for three pounds of Antioxidant </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/Td5oTztrV7Q/vegan-carrot-and-lentil-soup-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yeXbpM1dV1Y/UOnbEMLiWVI/AAAAAAAACVc/TC3bMd4rou4/s72-c/IMG_0024.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/Td5oTztrV7Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/01/vegan-carrot-and-lentil-soup-with.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-5189045596985385266</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-07T22:08:05.036-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><title>Paso Robles Wine Country Vacation</title><atom:summary>I first remember adding Paso Robles to my wine country checklist back in 2007 when Sunset magazine ran an article touting it as "The Next Wine Country." What used to be cattle ranching country with a handful of vineyards (whose grapes were mostly sent to Napa), was slowly becoming a destination in itself for wine lovers. Over the last decade or so, more of those grapes began to stay in "Paso", as</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/-5lJJXdwUvA/paso-robles-wine-country-vacation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Y7GI_UwNAA/UONAN9faOdI/AAAAAAAACTs/IA2AZapgEPI/s72-c/Paso+Robles+Wine+Country-2199.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/-5lJJXdwUvA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2013/01/paso-robles-wine-country-vacation.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-451243033331794839</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-18T15:17:18.710-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Decadent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dessert</category><title>Boozy Christmas Cookies: Not For the Little Ones</title><atom:summary>


It's that time of year when circumstances may necessitate that even the most baking averse person may need to produce a plate of cookies for the company Christmas party. Feeling your pain, I am here to help you out with these decadent, no-bake "Glop-Topped Cookies" that will convince your co-workers you really do keep all that booze in your liquor cabinet for baking, not for self-medicating.

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/CFJG1JHxrc0/boozy-christmas-cookies-not-for-little.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoDJNzMzJ_c/UJiZXyVfPHI/AAAAAAAACRM/IHpXL9JtV9A/s72-c/Glop+Topped+Cookies-2088.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/CFJG1JHxrc0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/11/boozy-christmas-cookies-not-for-little.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-6933333601286759714</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-01T18:26:57.253-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Oven Roasted Tomatoes: The Cure for Abundance</title><atom:summary>


There are few things as evocative of summer as tomatoes, picked fresh from the vine in your backyard, drizzled with olive oil, and sprinkled with basil and salt. And there are also few things as daunting as coming up with enough ways to use those fresh-picked tomatoes. Really, how many days in a row can you make a cucumber and tomato salad before you just want some macaroni and cheese?

A </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/NoY7JA038r0/oven-roasted-tomatoes-cure-for-abundance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-esA1i9F_v34/UI2r23EaSVI/AAAAAAAACQg/4hHNQCWkVCA/s72-c/Oven+Roasted+Tomatoes-2064.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/NoY7JA038r0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/10/oven-roasted-tomatoes-cure-for-abundance.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-3512325376968190226</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-07T18:58:08.899-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Chipotle Hot Sauce Recipe</title><atom:summary>

Do you ever wake up with cravings for certain foods? I mean, open your eyes in the morning and think, "Ooohhh, I am going to make (fill in the blank) for dinner tonight"? Or, "For lunch I'm going to (fill in the blank) today"? My guess is that if you are reading this blog, you probably do.

(Which leads me to ask another rhetorical question: Do you know people who couldn't care less about food?</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/i3YS1CdARl0/chipotle-hot-sauce-recipe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B3dwYxRUht0/UHzUSjWQYnI/AAAAAAAACP4/P-JjzP5Dac8/s72-c/Chipotle+Hot+Sauce-2011.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/i3YS1CdARl0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/10/chipotle-hot-sauce-recipe.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-112360742545432843</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-08T12:52:24.759-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dining Out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><title>Rome: Do I Love Thee?</title><atom:summary>

Rome, Rome Rome...what can I tell you? I still haven't decided if I even liked Rome. My lasting impression was of being overwhelmed by the heat, frustrated getting around, and tired of the crowds. And yet, there was so much that was so incredible about Rome that I wonder if we wouldn't have had a different experience if we had gone during a more agreeable time of year.
So let's break Rome down </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/naWNi34KXys/rome-do-i-love-thee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k2wEcy5c3Cc/UFag0PSrdbI/AAAAAAAACLo/iPlHEivExac/s72-c/Rome+Trastevere+apartment.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/naWNi34KXys" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/09/rome-do-i-love-thee.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-1614165817590806914</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-30T16:10:25.322-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pasta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dining Out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><title>Tuscany: Podere di Pieve and La Piscina</title><atom:summary>
On our last day in Tuscany, we decided, beautiful as they were, we had had enough of medieval hillside towns and we really wanted to explore the area we were staying in more and spend our last afternoon under the Tuscan sun at our pool.



 But first, we had to do some laundry, especially Anson, who had been in Germany and Spain for the ten days before I joined him. I was delighted at this </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/FMwlrkLdXik/tuscany-podere-di-pieve-and-la-piscina.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KlKS2_IuR7A/UE0Um0r1y_I/AAAAAAAACGk/owQp9MWmfpw/s72-c/001.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/FMwlrkLdXik" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuscany-podere-di-pieve-and-la-piscina.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-3608286437768650894</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-09T17:54:40.608-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dining Out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><title>Tuscany: Montalcino and Montepulciano</title><atom:summary>



I thought a little on driving in Tuscany would be helpful to anyone planning a vacation there. We spent a lot of time on the road in our zippy little Fiat 500, and as we drove the country roads Anson became one with the car, hugging the turns like a Formula One driver and parking like a pro. We found the roads in Tuscany to be really well maintained, and we didn't come across the crazy </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/0vMcyMn57C8/tuscany-montalcino-and-montepulciano.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AXCyXfjU8dw/UETcNh-9ZDI/AAAAAAAACFM/vqEM1RU6ZhU/s72-c/Italy-0678.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/0vMcyMn57C8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuscany-montalcino-and-montepulciano.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-3459551548526222690</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-08-06T21:17:18.010-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><title>Tuscany: Poggio alle Lame</title><atom:summary>I can't go too much further without showing you what our agriturismo looked like, because it was half of what made the Tuscan leg of our trip so memorable.


Poggio alle Lame is located in a little town south of Florence called Tavernelle Val di Pesa. In planning our trip, it was really tough to decide where to stay, because every agriturismo (like a bed-and-breakfast on a farm, from a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/foSkFRnrxc0/tuscany-poggio-alle-lame.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TBP16U0gkoE/UB3tYf7EUuI/AAAAAAAAB_o/0wBbvyqWX88/s72-c/033.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/foSkFRnrxc0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/08/tuscany-poggio-alle-lame.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-724617160744462764</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-02T13:04:08.342-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pasta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dining Out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Tuscany: Chianti Classico and San Gimignano</title><atom:summary>



We've been back from our vacation for a month now, and in that time everyone has asked what Italy was like. It's hard to know where to start, how to summarize a place as dreamed of and rhapsodized about as Italy. Mostly I tell people, "Oh, it was sooo great." And then I came up with a good way to describe it: "It was as great as you imagine." And it's true. Hopefully I'll be able to convey </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/kQlC9YCOWoQ/tuscany-chianti-classico-and-san.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0CAtDi2nVQQ/UBiMTU2WQrI/AAAAAAAAB8o/sA1m1LMe56M/s72-c/Italy-0426.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/kQlC9YCOWoQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/07/tuscany-chianti-classico-and-san.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-8274564055629639265</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-17T21:11:46.317-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fruit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">victory garden</category><title>From Our Rustic Gardens</title><atom:summary>


A few weeks ago we had our friends, Kim and Barry from Rustic Garden Bistro, over for dinner and they bestowed on us a dozen multicolored eggs from the chickens they keep in their enchanted backyard. They have these really cool heirloom chickens (is that what the fancy chickens are called?) that produce the most beautiful eggs in white, beige, brown, and green.  


Even the packaging is great,</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/22upwde3Mxg/from-our-rustic-gardens.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zmaghhsaVJs/T96ZE-PQ6wI/AAAAAAAAB5A/THHZS2nNeg0/s72-c/Chicken+Eggs-9994.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/22upwde3Mxg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/06/from-our-rustic-gardens.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-2334749164965001600</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-17T19:27:38.872-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Sangrita: Surprise Your Taste Buds</title><atom:summary>


You may remember a couple months ago Anson and I were invited to a wine, tequila and mezcal tasting at Vinoteque on Melrose. We tasted some really surprising wines, an oaky tequila, and a smokey mezcal, but the drink that I came away with was the sangrita we were served with the tequila. 



One sip and I was completely intrigued by the many layers of flavors: bright citrus, sweet juice, some </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/sAwhgc8K_K4/sangrita-surprise-your-taste-buds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w4kumn4lnxE/T8bx6IIyPdI/AAAAAAAAB34/WqUF4JCjqo8/s72-c/Sangrita+-9932.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/sAwhgc8K_K4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/06/sangrita-surprise-your-taste-buds.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-5566307995797274381</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-23T22:11:24.931-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Decadent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dining Out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Hot Fries: Cool Idea</title><atom:summary>There are few things we Americans love more than a juicy burger with french fries. But admit it, when you go through the drive-through, what is the first thing you grab when you reach into that paper bag? The burger? Napkins? A straw? No, you grab a hot french fry and slurp it down like a baby bird eating it's first worm.


So one industrious couple has decided to take the burger out of the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/CrrwJpbiLDM/hot-fries-cool-idea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WMaQjBFsyho/T7lnv57nt0I/AAAAAAAAB3s/5EFFNQFl9lE/s72-c/Hot+Fries+Ranch.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/CrrwJpbiLDM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/05/hot-fries-cool-idea.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-8688327483113158730</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-22T14:45:51.715-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Super Salad: The Salad that Eats like a Meal</title><atom:summary>Over the years, I've always had the intention to incorporate salads into my dinner routine. I would buy the spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers and dressing, and wouldn't you know, a week would go by and it would all still be sitting there, sad and wilted.

I just don't like salad that much, and the idea of eating a big bowl of spinach for dinner seemed like punishment. Don't get me wrong, I love </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/-2LEcUGyh4I/super-salad-salad-that-eats-like-meal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vh3EGE2EWQg/T4wrScMQeUI/AAAAAAAAB3E/SdvH0S1NwcQ/s72-c/Super+Salad-0622.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/-2LEcUGyh4I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/04/super-salad-salad-that-eats-like-meal.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-3636443497203574453</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-02T14:10:54.313-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Huntington Beach</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>This, That, and a Pussycat</title><atom:summary>Anson and I started this blog on a whim 3 years ago so that we could share our gardening and life happenings with our friends and family who live far away from us. It ended up taking on a life of it's own and I began to really enjoy the food photography and writing. I imagined making a living photographing food and got serious about the blog reflecting these aspirations. In the process, I lost </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/fMmMq3O480U/anson-and-i-started-this-blog-on-whim-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wOc80qGOoDc/T0PP-o4Z1dI/AAAAAAAAB28/mvdIyITCUy4/s72-c/Kim's+Silkie.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/fMmMq3O480U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/02/anson-and-i-started-this-blog-on-whim-3.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-5056330978459942855</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-19T20:44:17.040-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pasta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Spaghetti Pancake: It's Better Than it Sounds</title><atom:summary>Spaghetti Pancake is one of a handful of comfort foods that I've been eating since my childhood. From what I can tell, it probably comes from an Italian dish called Spaghetti Fritatta. I'll have to remember to ask my mom where she got the original recipe, probably from an old church cookbook or another local source. Until the last decade or so, "pancake" would have been a much easier concept than</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/V3OxwUL9QYU/spaghetti-pancake-its-better-than-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7dhex6lfgwU/TyXJ6kruwyI/AAAAAAAAB1g/f3GXBtjoszk/s72-c/Spaghetti+Pancake-8671.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/V3OxwUL9QYU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/02/spaghetti-pancake-its-better-than-it.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-3921540763882321731</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-26T08:00:06.026-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pasta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Tuna for Buttercup</title><atom:summary>I woke up one night last February and, not finding Buttercup in her usual spot at my feet, I got up to look for her in the living room. I always liked knowing where she was when she wasn't nearby. I stood there for a second in the room, lit up by the porch light. I shook my head, sighed, and went back to bed.
A year ago today we lost Buttercup, the best cat ever. I got her and her brother, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/XiyuoRMS1rY/tuna-for-buttercup.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rLgcElkugSY/TyD1eSo9API/AAAAAAAAB1A/yFhFimt8uok/s72-c/Pasta+Tuna+Capers-8608.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/XiyuoRMS1rY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/01/tuna-for-buttercup.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-4141953226362710513</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-18T07:50:17.046-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Northern California Coast and Big Sur: Time Trippin'</title><atom:summary>Anson's birthday usually lands on Thanksgiving weekend, so we decided to tack on a small vacation to the end of our week in Napa and Sonoma. We dropped my parents off at SFO on Saturday morning and started heading south on Pacific Coast Highway. Anson grew up in the Bay area and spent time exploring this stretch of PCH with his mom and brother as a child. It would be a bit of a trip down memory </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/ukA4n7n80gU/ansons-birthday-usually-lands-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1XFb58fsQQ/TwkpdQN8ttI/AAAAAAAABx4/tfntFfA1zs4/s72-c/1322339485173.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/ukA4n7n80gU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/01/ansons-birthday-usually-lands-on.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-2371030431719307432</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T20:15:55.304-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Thanksgiving in Napa and Sonoma</title><atom:summary>Is it too late for a post about Thanksgiving? Yes, probably. But that won't keep me from doing it anyway. I think you should see a little bit of one of the most picturesque areas of the country, Napa and Sonoma during one of the most picturesque times of the year---fall. You know, for as much time as we've spent in various wine countries, we've never been there in the fall. I guess we went to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/LgibFGUAWfo/thanksgiving-in-napa-and-sonoma.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U-s7iOeuIKs/TwFCktHjeWI/AAAAAAAABvE/sGkPwZRIT6A/s72-c/Golden+Gate+Bridge+Thanksgiving+2011-7903.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/LgibFGUAWfo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2012/01/thanksgiving-in-napa-and-sonoma.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-1089664849404292385</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-12T17:37:28.911-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food Photography</category><title>Kraft Macaroni &amp; Cheese: A Love Letter</title><atom:summary>For the most part, I eat a pretty good diet: lots of fresh veggies, whole grains, red wine, little meat, etc. I keep it healthy, but, like Sharon Stone in Casino, I have an old love that I just can't let go, no matter how bad it is for me. Instead of a skeezy con man, my love is Kraft Macaroni &amp; Cheese in the blue box.

Kraft Mac &amp; Cheese was the second thing I learned to cook as a child, and for</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/fd-Pzx608gI/kraft-macaroni-cheese-love-letter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_oF4H1Funk/TuWKTbFA2nI/AAAAAAAABj8/gGjKorHEZRg/s72-c/Kraft+Mac+and+Cheese-8457.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/fd-Pzx608gI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2011/11/kraft-macaroni-cheese-love-letter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749534837361060064.post-4123783929192370265</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-11T21:22:35.341-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wine Country</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beer and Wine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drink</category><title>Temecula Wine Country Birthday</title><atom:summary>There really is no other way I'd rather spend my birthday than to head to wine country. The closest to us, about and hour and a half away, is Temecula. You may remember I've written about Temecula wine country in the past, but I think it deserves revisiting after this last visit. The truth is, by and large, the wines in Temecula aren't that good. It's a fun place for a costume bachelorette party </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~3/AgBBG2lopMw/temecula-wine-country-birthday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sarah and Anson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JNGmoaVpIxw/TsAjZlSdd1I/AAAAAAAABhI/28j1nxBYmKo/s72-c/Temecula+-74.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ABeachHomeCompanion/~4/AgBBG2lopMw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://abeachhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2011/11/temecula-wine-country-birthday.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
