Southern California On our flight home from Paris, we craved Mexican food. It is a staple in our home and often on our menus for entertaining. Our Fiesta Cheese Platter is inspired by the presentations we often saw in Paris, but features cheeses from Mexico. Once you find a source for quality Mexican cheese, the preparation is…
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Peanutty Menu for MLB Opening Day Party
Southern California We are on our way home from Paris as we speak. But when we return home, we are planning an opening day menu to celebrate our favorite major league baseball team and hopes for a winning season. Peanuts are the theme and you will find them in every dish. So let’s celebrate and…
Tonight’s Menu: Pizza and Black Kale Salad
Tonight’s Menu is featured in our new Ebook on pages 15 and 24. Click here to download and enjoy tonight! The recipes are easy and full of Mediterranean Flavors.
Mediterranean Flavors in Your Diet: $4.99 Ebook
Mission Viejo, CA The Mediterranean diet is touted all over the news for its heart-healthy benefits. Mediterranean cuisine and ingredients are staples in our kitchen. Olive oil often supersedes butter and other oils in our cooking. Lemons, garlic and tomatoes are always on the kitchen counter. Beans, quinoa and couscous as well as combinations of…
Our New Cookbook Is Here
Our first cookbook is finally here! We are so excited to launch it. Click below for a preview of the book and link to place your order for Ebook (only $4.95) or soft cover printed version. Here is more about the cookbook! Mediterranean Flavors Easy Recipes and Menus in the RoadTripFlavors Style MEDITERRANEAN flavors by…
Tonight’s Menu: Chili with Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins
Second in a series, here is another Tonight’s Menu suggestion: Big Bowl of Red Chili Garnishes: Diced Red Onion, Sour Cream, Shredded Cheddar Cheese Tossed Green Salad Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins Honey It is cool, drizzly and overcast in Southern California this week. Yes, it pales in comparison to the cold blast in the…
Tonight’s Menu: Yucatan Fish Cakes Platter
Our Kitchen at “The Resort” K.O. and I jokingly call our home “The Resort”. Not that it is located on an isolated beach or anything, but it is a relaxing place where we enjoy entertaining family and friends. As we have been writing our cookbook, which will be available in printed and ebook formats on…
RoadTripFlavors New Cookbook Launches April 30
The first RoadTripFlavors cookbook is coming April 30! “Mediterranean Flavors, Easy Recipes and Menus in the RoadTripFlavors Style” is a 40-page cookbook packed with more than 50 recipes and augmented by appetite-stimulating photographs. The compact format is designed to inspire, not overwhelm home cooks who have busy lives, but still want intriguing meals on the…
This Way Leads to #SomethingTasty
What is RoadTripFlavors.com? The RoadTripFlavors blog chronicles our quests throughout the world for culinary inspiration. Our journeys are spurred by our passion to find: a destination that excites our senses and heightens our appetites for local flavors a dining experience that tells a unique story of ingredients, technique, style and creativity a…
Can You Top This New Orleans-Style BBQ Shrimp?
Laguna Hills, California MAPPING THE DAY New Orleans is one of our favorite travel and dining destinations. There is nothing like fresh gulf shrimp. On our many trips there, we have ordered shrimp boiled, fried, sauced, Po Boy sandwiched and sautéed. It is sweet, firm and fresh-tasting. Nearly 15 years ago, KO and I lived…