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Help Chile Rebuild After the Earthquake

Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk. As I walked quietly, I observed the pristine yards in our neighborhood. The mountains turned pink at dusk. On my way home, I saw the first pile of rubble in our area. Images from the south flashed through my mind. Ironically, it wasn’t destruction from the earthquake. It [...]

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Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, Places, Wines, food, restaurants, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Santiago’s First Food and Drink E-guide is Born!

Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Wooohooo! As many of you may know, I have been working diligently on the newest member of the Liz Caskey Culinary & Wine Experiences’ family during most of 2009: our new foodie e-guide series, Eat Wine, the first of its kind in Chile, and in South America. We are t-o-t-a-l-l-y pysched to announce that the inaugural guide [...]

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Ditch that Guidebook…Foodie Travel E-guides are Hot

Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

You know the sensation. You are packed out, weighed within the luggage allowance, and are ready to roll. Then you look at the bed and spot that 2-inch thick, 4-pound monster of a guidebook that you have to schlep with you everywhere on vacation. If you don’t though, uh oh, you may not be in the [...]

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Mixer Melodrama

Posted in Books & Gadgets, tagged , , on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

For years, I dreamed about owning a Kitchen Aid Mixer. A bright cherry red one. It was my ultimate baking toy. I thought of all the amazing Christmas cookies I would whip up, the creamiest mashed potatoes I would make. Then I realized that my love for the mixer (and brand association) had been engrained [...]

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Me & My Microplane

Posted in Books & Gadgets, tagged on March 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Living down here in South America, at times I feel a little out of the gourmet loop in terms of kitchen gadgets. While we have the basics, there is no Williams-Sonoma, Sur Le Table, and imagine, Food Network. Back in October, a couple food-and-wine minded clients were raving about this special grater called the Microplane [...]

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