My name is Suzanne Thompson. I enjoy photography, dining at non-chain restaurants, trying new vegetarian recipes, reading, blogging, and exploring new locations...the three most valuable are family, faith, and friends.
I was born in England, moved to Ethiopia when I was four, then to America when I was seven. In American, I have lived in eight states. Bob and I were married in January 2010 and we currently live in California and North Carolina.
One time when I was in NC, Bob had some Matzo balls for our supper. I hadn’t tried them before, but really enjoyed them. This evening our Pastor’s wife made supper for the group that was handing out there. She had me help roll them. I’m glad she showed me how as I didn’t know...
I haven’t cooked with a microwave/convection oven before, and as that’s all there is in the guest house that we’re living in, I decided to try make some pizza in it. It actually turned out really good.
Today I had fun making cake pops for a three year olds “Hello Kitty” themed birthday party. I did a trial run a few days ago (click here to see) to learn how to make them. I also ready how to make them on Bakerella’s blog. Bakeralla has a book that is sold in Williams-Sonoma...
On Sundays, the local Williams-Sonoma store offers complimentary technique classes with recipe handouts, food prep demonstrations and sampling. I have gone to three of the classes: Cooking from the farmers market (summer vegetables that are in season, summer sauces, and fall baking. I have enjoyed the classes and have tried some of the recipes. At...
Today was Ryan’s birthday, last Saturday, it was Sherelle’s birthday and on Thursday, it will be Bob’s birthday. What a great reason to celebrate with three three Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes! We will be spending the weekend together in Capital Reef, UT in the RV…more pictures later.
When I’m in the Costa Mesa area, I always enjoy going to Whole Foods Market. I love their selection of fruits, vege’s, cheeses and bakery items. I always browse through the bakery section just to see what they have. This evening, I purchased this colorful fruit tart. Bob arrives this evening, so we can both...
This evening, Bob took me the Farm Artisan Foods Restaurant in Redlands, CA for my birthday. Last year, we met for the first time on my birthday and he took me there. As it was our first date, we only had a iPhone camera with us. Click here to see last years post. Now a...
The speaker for Thursday evenings OC SmugMug Meeting was Tofurious. Before he started his presentation, we were able to look at a copy of the Grace Ormond book, “being in love never goes out of style“. It’s a large, 416 page, 10+ pound book of gorgeous wedding photographs. As the book was so large, we...
I’m so excited that our North Carolina home is only five minutes from a Whole Foods Market as our California home is 80 miles from the closest store. Last weekend, Bob and I went to the local store. We were looking for some olive oil and I discovered these bottles of truffle olive oil that...
Bob was in North Carolina and I was in California today, but we planned a fun activity together. Neither of us had made Risotto before, so I found a recipe called Spring Green Risotto that sounded good by Barefoot Contessa (click here for the recipe). We both bought the ingredients then cooked our Valentine’s meal...
