Courtney Price

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Zephyr's Food, Wine, Design Experience

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ZephyrFoodWineDesign

What do you do when an industry leader invites you for three days of high-end design, food and wine indulgence in San Francisco? You say heck yeah and go. Zephyr Ventilation knows a few things about the details of living well because that is the highly detailed world they inhabit. Their scheduled events were so up my alley and beyond what any of our expectations could’ve been- delivering a memorable dose of the San Francisco area. Zephyr treated our design-focused group like royalty with an agenda that was equal parts destination and journey. [Read more…] about Zephyr's Food, Wine, Design Experience

A Cookbook That Will Make You WANT to Eat Your Vegetables

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Plenty, Vegetarian cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi
So here we are, half a month into the new year, many of us having made health or diet related resolutions. Are you sticking to yours?  The owner of my old gym once told me that you can work out for hours every day at the gym, but if your eating is undisciplined, you are wasting your time. I believe him… so just to clear the air, that’s not why I don’t work out there anymore.  Today I want to share a cookbook that shifts healthy eating to a preferred alternative. Yotam Ottolenghi, the British restaurateur, chef, and cookbook writer, brings the upscale spa dining experience to your kitchen. That’s how eating at home should be.  Ottolenghi keeps healthy cuisine uncomplicated and delicious with 120 beautifully photographed recipes. [Read more…] about A Cookbook That Will Make You WANT to Eat Your Vegetables

Home Innovation Buzz, 2016

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CES 2016, home innovation roundup
Consumer Electronics Show regulars reported that this year’s show was pretty similar to last year- no real standouts. CES buzz somewhat predictably centered around drones, cars, wearables, tracking technologies, oculus, and home innovations. Here’s the skinny: Drones drones drones. Embracing the millennial attitude, Lyft has partnered with GM to bring us self driving cars, because do we really need to own a car when we can simply pay a subscription fee to drive one? Wearables are expected to “disappear” in 2016, meaning that they will morph from clunky to fashionable. Tracking technologies and cameras will be everywhere, so you better behave.
Now, onto home innovation standouts, here and on the way: [Read more…] about Home Innovation Buzz, 2016

Champagne and a New Year

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How to properly pour champagne

According to a study released by the American Chemical Society, how you pour that bottle of bubbly may be as important as what you’re pouring. French chemists at the Universite´de Reims found that pouring champagne or sparkling wine at an angle, so that it hits the side of the glass, is the most effective pouring technique for maintaining the taste, aroma, and those essential bubbles. –Elle Decor

The art of the proper pour is most definitely need to know information for today, of all days. I gathered a few New Years, entertaining, and champagne related quotes… they might be useful later on when the toasting begins: [Read more…] about Champagne and a New Year

Castiglione: Lost Genius. Masterworks on Paper from the Royal Collection

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Castiglione: Lost Genius. Masterworks on Paper from the Royal Collection, at the Kimbell Museum

Castiglione: Lost Genius. Masterworks on Paper from the Royal Collection
On view November 22, 2015, through February 14, 2016

Known mainly through court papers documenting his acts of violence, Baroque master draftsman, painter and printmaker Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609–1664) was arguably the most innovative and technically brilliant Italian draftsman of his time. [Read more…] about Castiglione: Lost Genius. Masterworks on Paper from the Royal Collection

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