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Kahlua-Glazed Peaches & Vanilla-Kahlua Yogurt For Two

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Tell me if I’m wrong, but more words aren’t necessary. Fresh summer peach. Kahlua. Dunk, roast. Stir a little more into plain yogurt. Fresh vanilla bean. Drizzle. Sweet. Savoring. Kahlua-Glazed Peaches & Vanilla-Kahlua Yogurt for Two. Only Larry and me here, today that’s all that counts.

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Cast Iron Apple Cobbler

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Larry was enjoying an Ozzie & Harriet Sunday. First, a basketball afternoon game with buddy, Bruce. Returned home to a piping hot Cast Iron Apple Cobbler. “Wow, it smells great in here.” I appreciated the Ozzie reaction, thank you. Too early for dinner, they then watched another game on TV. Are they living the life, [...]

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Little Lucy’s Excellent Cake Pops

Lovely Lucy belongs to Yoga Jen, our way-cool yoga instructor at Camp GetAway for Mothers & Others. They were excited to show me their Cake Pops project. These gals are big fans of “Bakerella” and decided for Lucy’s classmates, they would make some of her Snowman Cake Pops – here is Bakerella’s recipe for these guys!

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Citrusy Olive Oil Cake with Limoncello Drizzle

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This cake was such a surprise! It’s not a fluffy commercial texture, nor is it a brick – which was my first thought when I heard we’d be making an Olive Oil Cake with Limoncello Drizzle at our “Date Night Romantic Mediterranean” cooking class with Chef Diane Brown. If you haven’t noticed, we’re a [...]

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Strawberry Sour Cream Pie

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This pie was scrumdiddlyumptious. So much, in fact, that after Larry and I had our slices, I pawned the rest off on two neighbors’ households. It was TOO good and my fear was we’d eat it all. Larry wasn’t thrilled with this, scored one more slice, tucked it into the fridge and I bolted up [...]

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Australian Impossible Pie

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The internet is a magic carpet ride for me when I go recipe surfing. And I’m drawn to Australian food blogs, like Gourmet Jack. His slogan: Foodie Nirvana, Australian Style. There he presented Impossible Pie — is it really impossible? Coconut, crustless, custardy… crikey – sounds great!

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Easy Almond Pecan Toffee

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This recipe made me wonder if our candy thermometer was broken. It seemed stuck at 240 degrees, all the while the syrup was getting pretty tan. After some brain wracking, I remembered how to do the “ol’ fashioned water drop.” You know that one, right? Cook your candy base over medium-high heat. As it reaches [...]

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Zinfandel Soaked Cherry Clafoutis

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There was Larry, the winning bidder of a Food Lover’s Basket at a recent fundraising event for Project Angel Food. I was eyeing something a little more WOW, like the beauty basket which included botox services; I was outbid. The experience turned out OK, the basket had a pile of autographed cookbooks, biscotti, and a [...]

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Light Pumpkin Custard

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Is it really, truly, finally Autumn? Gimme Pumpkin! Here is what’s so great about Light Pumpkin Custard… you can eat piles of it with little concern. The calorie intake is fairly low, your Vitamin A intake is sky high and you are enjoying one of the best holiday flavors ever (which then contributes to one’s [...]

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Truvy’s Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa from Steel Magnolias

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Movie food pretty much grabs my attention. One favorite flick of mine is Steel Magnolias. I watch practically any time it airs — food has such an active role. The Easter eggs getting smashed in Truvy’s car trunk starts it off. Truvy (Dolly Parton) and Annelle (Darryl Hannah) scooping corn and potatoes at the fair [...]

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Wisconsin Schaum Tortes

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Happy birthday to my mom, Gloria. She used to make us Schaum Tortes. Googling around, I had a laugh reading, “Unless you’re from Wisconsin, you won’t know what a Schaum Torte is.” I’m a native Californian who ate a lot of ‘em but that makes sense… both my folks are from Wisconsin. Mom, a Kewaunee [...]

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Mocha Marshmallows

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Why make homemade marshmallows? Because they really are SO much better than store-bought. Fresh, fresh, yummy fresh. Another reason is, because you are a grownup now, so you can do stuff to them, like make a batch with Amaretto. I did that, and then decided it didn’t really do anything for them, but dredging them [...]

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Pomegranate Popsicles

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The weather here today in LA is perfect. Our Augusts are usually nicer than September as the beginning of school often coincides with a furnace-blast heat wave. As kids, we had the double whammy of wool Catholic school uniforms and classrooms with no AC. Brutal. To cool her kids, Mom froze cubes of cranberry juice [...]

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Extreme Kahlua Chocolate Mousse

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It doesn’t get much better’n this. Besides being remarkably easy to make (thanks to the crockpot), once chilled, this food from the Gods becomes super dense, like the center of an incredible chocolate bon bon. Take a bite and you will go, “mmmmmmmm.” But heed this warning: do not dish up a portion the size [...]

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Easy Fresh Apple Tart ~ Homage to Julia Child

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Fellow IACP members, who recognizes this plate? Julia Child was a founding member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals; over the years, the group’s cookbook awards gala grew to a rather big splash. The year 1997 was so splashy, attendees received this commemorative platter and Julia took the time to autograph plates for anyone [...]

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Butterscotch Pudding

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I cannot stop thinking about this Butterscotch Pudding. Friends Barbara, David and Annie were coming for dinner and I wanted a simple killer dessert you might see at a cool restaurant and say, “oh boy!” Oh boy oh boy oh boy Butterscotch Pudding. Thank you, Gourmet’s Ruth Cousineau for this. A few of the reviews [...]

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Roadkill Cake

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In the spirit of a kicking off your fun, long holiday weekend, I present this ROADKILL CAKE. No, I didn’t make this, it was Adriana Shoning’s blue ribbon winner in the Ugly Cake Contest at the Iowa State Fair, a competition for teens. Animal lovers like me needn’t stew… better this happened to a cake [...]

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Mini Kahlua Carrot Cakes with Maple Icing

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Mini cake, giant cupcake or big muffin, you decide. It’s the same pan – the large one-cup muffin tins. I obviously like to bake with Kahlua. If you’ve read previous posts, you know that Kahlua was a longtime PR client of mine. Few days went by without a learning experience, and now-friend, Madeline was responsible [...]

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Glazed Lemon Pound Cake

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Do you have a go-to recipe that works for most occasions? Add Glazed Lemon Poundcake to your list. Hostess gift? Check. Dessert for potluck? Check. Neighbor thanks for taking in your mail? Check. Oops, I forgot a birthday? Check, check, check.

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Sour Cherry Rice Pudding

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A few years back, our friends Vicki and Rich made a yummy discovery: a store in New York City called Rice to Riches sold rice pudding. Really excellent rice pudding. Rich then noticed he could order it for delivery to Los Angeles. One dinner party, they brought us a mouthwatering bucket of the good stuff. [...]

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How to Make a Flower Pot Ice Cream Sundae

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This tiny treat is just plain cute and got me thinking about the slice of leftover chocolate cake in the freezer. Honestly, you cannot screw this up. For example, chunks of frozen frosting on my cake became corks for plugging the flower pot drain holes. I smashed up the rest of the cake for the “dirt.” [...]

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Peppered Strawberries in Balsamic Vinegar

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The year was maybe 1965. My dad’s job involved transforming a Southern California strawberry farm into a housing development. Families were invited to “pick all you want berries” on a festive day prior to plowing the field under. Our family of seven had a Country Squire Station Wagon. With all the seats down and five [...]

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Orange-Flavored Shortcakes with Strawberries and Cream

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The article in the LA Times Food Section was long-winded, but I was committed to discovering if it was a good shortcake recipe: Orange-Flavored Shortcakes with Strawberries and Cream. As a kid, I tasted two versions of shortcake. One was made from Biscuick, which I don’t buy. The other was technically the outside of a [...]

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Graham Cracker Chewy Bars

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Last week’s Neighborhood Watch meeting, Hostess Jane served what I thought were Blondies. Gimme one, and one for Larry. When Jane told us she clipped the recipe from the LA Times, I thought: are you serious? I haven’t seen a recipe worth tearing out of our local paper for ages, how did I miss a [...]

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