Dear Friends, Foodies, and Fellow Adventurers, Today is a day of celebration! And one of my all-time favorites. I’ll be making my most-loved shrimp tacos and dreaming of the wonderful times I’ve spent in Baja California and Oaxaca, Mexico. How will you celebrate this cultural fiesta? Cook an authentic Mexican meal? Don’t forget the margarita. […]
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Camping During COVID — Part 6 — The Lovely Walnut Grove
Dear Friends and Followers, Gourmet Girl Gail here writing from windy Santa Barbara. We trust you are remaining safe and healthy. Boy, what a year 2020 was! And here we are, already six weeks or so into 2021 with a bit of hope on the horizon. Even though the vaccine rollout is slow and spotty […]
Camping During COVID — Part 4
Hello Friends, Foodies, and Fellow Campers, Gourmet Girl Gail here writing from sunny Santa Barbara. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving, however you celebrated during this year of COVID. I stayed low key and cooked a small turkey with my neighbor, ordered sides from Lazy Acres (yum!), and three of us dined al […]
Camping During COVID — Part 3
Dear Friends and Fellow Adventurers, Gourmet Girl Gail here writing from sunny and now temperate Santa Barbara. We’ve had some oppressive heat waves the past few weeks. Over now, hopefully, and I trust everyone is still doing well considering the challenges we’re facing at the moment. I’ve written about our stays at Hipcamps before. They […]
Travels with Abigail — Part 1
Dear Friends and Fur Baby Lovers, A few weeks ago I announced that I rescued a sweet dog from the Bay Area named Abigail. My dear friend and client, Dr. Ann Schiebert, sent me pictures of this cutie, saying she would be the perfect dog for me. And she is! Believe it or not, it’s […]
Hipcamp Adventure Number One!
Hello Fellow Adventurers! Gourmet Girl Gail here. If you missed our post last week, it’s because the lights went out in France’s Loire Valley where Denise is setting up camp these days. Her internet, which runs through the phone lines over there, was down due to high winds. With any luck, we’ll be hearing from […]
Odds ‘n Ends from the Gourmet Girls on Fire
Hello Friends and Followers, And you thought bunnies don’t camp! Well, apparently they do. We posted this photo especially for Gourmet Girl Denise who had to give up her beloved pet bunny, Violetta, when she moved to the Loire Valley in France. The likeness to Violetta is kinda close actually. We hope it brings back […]