Nicole Cranston Wells' Sightings

One of the tastiest chocolate beers I've ever tasted. It's strong, but really smooth too.

Made from scratch, no joke, enough said.

Best burrito I've had here in Portland.

This was great, but my girls carnitas burrito was even better.

Strawberries & Cream

Milk chocolate with butter biscuit

I started with a box of Jiffy Buttermilk Biscuit Mix, added 1/2 cup of milk, egg, 4 tablespoons of honey; mix well. Sautee some sausage or Bacon w/ sea salt & pepper, a little cayenne pepper for kick; put aside to drain. Scrabble three eggs in the same pan; set aside to cool. Mix meat and eggs with Jiffy mixture by fluffing it together with a wisk. Spray six baking cups and divide mixture amoungst cups. Bake at 375 for about 10 to 14 minutes. Note: before taking out to cool sprinkle some honey over the tops, return to oven til browned.

You know, a lot of what I'm doing is inspired by other things. Portland, duh. What I'm reading, which lately is food magazines like Lucky Peach and bon appetit (great Southern issue in February). First time I ever tried cooking these...and I love em.

I have been loving the Latin hot drinks for these cold and rainy Portland days. Ive been working on the perfect Mexican Mocha, and been using a mix packet, brewing the coffee fresh, and using 2% organic milk. Maybe I need to go creamier. This pic has some good ideas. Cinnamon sticks. That Southern chocolate looks amazing, and the company does a buttermilk white chocolate version. Intense.