Worth The Whisk

Santa Monica to Carmel ~ Foodie Road Trip!

Nine hours – home to destination. Drive, stop, eat, shop, sightsee, gas up again, go! Print this post out. Tuck it in your “California road trip” file. Good eats on the horizon.

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“Think Pink” ~ Where to Stay in Carmel By The Sea

The Hofsas House is a boutique family-owned inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, run by savvy proprietress Carrie, granddaughter of founder Donna. The inn is famously PINK, and a perfect destination for a girlfriend getaway.

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Why Girlfriend Getaways Are A Necessity

This is the first installment of a series inspired by a recent Girlfriend Getaway to Carmel-by-the-Sea with fellow food and travel bloggers, Dorothy of Shockingly Delicious and Erika of In Erika’s Kitchen.

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Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda. You Read That Right

That is a silverback gorilla. But he isn’t the entire reason I have the look of fear on my face. It’s because I am holding on for dear life to not slip down the mountain, basically how I felt all this day. Because, to be honest, we DID fall a lot. But that is part [...]

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Creamy Buttermilk-Herb Potato Salad

Calorie-laden picnic food in WINTER? Come on, hasn’t everyone’s Muffin Top made a grand appearance since the holiday season? I, for one, am already back on the LoseIt app to track my calorie intake. But I made this dish because it’s light, and oooh, really tasty still warm from prep– Cooking Light magazine’s recipe for [...]

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Lighter German Apple Pancake

It’s January. {Deep sigh} Time to re-acquaint myself with my LoseIt app (it counts my calories). But, DANG… it’s a cold LA Sunday. I want to turn on the oven and warm up the house by baking a cinnamony German Apple Pancake like this previous post.

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Lattice-Topped Berry Cobbler

One hallmark of a worthwhile recipe, in my opinion, is I can flub some steps and it still works out swell. Case in point, this lip-smacking Lattice-Topped Berry Cobbler from Cooking Light Magazine.

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Split Pea Soup ~ All Hail The Christmas Ham Bone!

46 degrees yesterday morning. Split Pea Soup time. Making homemade pea soup is a snap. And the reason I snag the bone from Christmas or Easter family dinners {this one courtesy of sis Janie} – it makes split pea soup REALLY great.

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Salade Lyonnais: a Bacon and Egg Salad. This is About the Egg

This is an homage to the perfect poached egg atop salads at our Gourmet Club potluck dinner last weekend. Salade Lyonnais: lettuce, quality bacon, homemade croutons, fresh-made vinaigrette and that glorious warm poached egg on top.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins ~ Guest Post by In Erika’s Kitchen

Thank you to Southern California food writer and working mom Erika Kerekes for these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins and guest post. Erika publishes the family-friendly food blog In Erika’s Kitchen as often as her schedule permits. She’s proud to have two boys who are equally skilled at making messes in the kitchen and cleaning [...]

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Masala, That Yummy Indian Gravy ~ Guest Post by Neha of Much More Than A Homemaker

Hello dear readers, today we go to “the source” for a recipe I’ve yet to make but Larry and I LOVE TO EAT: the Indian yummy Chicken Masala! When friend, Neha the blogger behind Much More Than A Homemaker offered to guest post for me… “A recipe from a FAB Indian cook? Mmmm masala, [...]

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Gravy Soppin’ Options from Three Lovely Ladies

Still have gravy? When we were kids, on rare occasion, we’d get Bread ‘N Gravy for dinner. Wonder bread + t-bird gravy. Decadence! The grownup version is awesome comfort food – fresh-baked Southern Biscuits, Cheese Biscuits or Popovers smothered in Thanksgiving gravy.

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Irish Potato Soup ~ I Devoured This at Camp Blogaway

Camp Blogaway is my baby. It’s where close to a hundred passionate food bloggers join me in our gorgeous So Cal mountains to study food, talk about food, debate food, write about food, photograph food and EAT FOOD… like this yummy-rich Irish Potato Soup. I’ve been holding this recipe back until chilly weather arrived, [...]