http://www.cookingwithclive.com Eat Enjoy Enlighten Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:32:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2149 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2149#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:42:57 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2149 Heard that question a zillion times….Is there a $90 difference between the $10 bottle of wine and the $100 one. My answer “Whatever your pocket book can afford…”  (Personally  anything over $15 is beyond my wallet and taste buds) What about olive oil?   Here is a great article and wonderful web site from California Olive [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=2149 0 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2143 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2143#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:28:36 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2143 One thing I have learnt…Having foundational principals in my life are as important as crusts are to pies…more than important “It is everything” (see perfect recipe below) How many different foundations have I tried to build in my life? From work, play, hobbies, collectibles (The center pieces of my life that I thought I had [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=2143 0 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2087 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2087#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:34:57 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=2087 Every time Pandora plays the U2 song “I still haven’t found what I am looking for” tears form in my eyes. When I go to the Doctor with a stomach problem they push all round and ask if it hurts. When they come to a tender spot I jump and express some form of pain. Why? [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=2087 2 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1977 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1977#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:46:20 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1977 About 6 years ago I bought a home that was in need of a major remodel.  It was outdated and looked like the previous owners had made remodel and upgrade decisions at a number of empty bottle moments. I stripped the home to the bare necessities-  the studs, foundation and flooring . My ultimate goal was [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1977 1 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1910 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1910#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:30:10 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1910 Over the years I have been given the same piece of  advice  in a number of different ways.  ”Get over it!” Move on! stop dwelling on the past, stop looking back. It is so easy for  me to dwell and live in my past hurts, failures  and even successes?  In the most subtle ways I focus [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1910 1 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1898 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1898#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:38:57 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1898 I feel like I am living in the garden of Eden. Moved into a new guest house  with a swimming pool and a couple of soon to be friends, (Isabella and Rust) especially Rusty a baby pit bull who is petrified of water and I am determined to get him to swim. (I am [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1898 1 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1891 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1891#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:45:37 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1891 A friend and co worker used to shout out “I am S.O.S”. every time he would burn a batch of Bruchettas. (Toast that require 5 minutes in the oven, a relatively easy kitchen task)…. SOS most of us would know stands for Save our Souls. However in his case it was not only a [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1891 1 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1815 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1815#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:56:06 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1815 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1815 2 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1812 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1812#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:08:42 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1812 The dining table (whatever it may look like) is the platform from which we eat and celebrate.  For many years I thought my platform was the tables and chairs of my restaurant. It was the place I was most comfortable  and the area in which I served others. Seems when our platform meets our giftedness [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1812 0 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1802 http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1802#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 05:06:50 +0000 admin http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?p=1802 One of my favorite stories in the life of King David is Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth is the son of Jonathan with whom David had made a covenant. After Jonathan’s death David asks if there is anyone left in his family that he should have favor towards . During the battle  Mephibosheth was crippled for life and upon [...]]]> http://www.cookingwithclive.com/?feed=rss2&p=1802 1