Good food feeds the soul
September in Colorado is the start to one of my favorite seasons. Green chile season. All around the city you’ll see tents pop up filled with spinning roasters. And the best scent fills the air, drifting on smokey clouds in the Mexican neighborhoods and local …
I absolutely adore hosting a Spanish tapas night at home. Or, of course, eating them in Spain. It’s the fun of sharing a bunch of small dishes with different flavors with everyone at the table. Bowls of crispy potatoes with sauce, a wedge of eggy …
I was hooked from the first bite of steamed mussels in white wine. I can’t remember where I ate that classic dish the first time, but since then… if steam mussels are on the menu, I happily order them. Which has been every country we’ve …
Originally posted June 2021. Updated July 2026. I LOVE mussels (the other type as well 😉). They are absolutely one of my favorite types of seafood. Cook them up the classic way Steamed Mussels in White Wine with a little butter, garlic, and parsley. OR …
Originally published May 30, 2011, updated April, 2026. The moment we landed in Morocco, someone handed us tea. I was immediately in love because most of the countries we visit are coffee forward. And I’m not a coffee drinker. I love a good tea. Not …
Original published July 2021. Updated August 2026. I didn’t eat rice for thirty years. Yep, not a grain of it, in any form, for three decades because when I was 8 or 9 years old my dad decided I was going to eat the rice …
Things are changing. I’m transferring Simply Sophisticated Cooking from the WordPress free platform to a self-hosted platform this week. So I’m sorry to say, there will not be any new recipes or posting this week because I cannot make any changes to the blog at …
In the course of the year traveling, I’ve contributed quite a few food blogs to my travel site, Bags & Biscuits. Over the course of the next few months, I am going to rework those posts into Simply Sophisticated so that all of my foodie …
I thought at the beginning of the journey that I would find a way to continue blogging through it. To continue sharing food stories and adventures with you. Between lack of reliable internet in the locations we traveled to and a focus on building a …
Yummy ways to use Thanksgiving leftovers in creative ways for breakfast. All of these look awesome and are a great way to transform those leftovers into a new form. No one will realize they are made of leftovers. Source: Turn Thanksgiving Leftovers Into Breakfast