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Breakfast and Brunch

Mushroom and Spinach Quiche with Shredded Potato Crust and the Top 10 Googled Recipes

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If you have been following along with me, you know I am fascinated with the search engine terms people use to get to my blog. So the other day I asked Google what the most googled food recipes are. Apparently there aren’t any lists compiled for 2010 yet, but there were several lists for 2009 [...]

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Summer Stuffed Mushrooms from Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms

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The theme for the luncheon cooking class this past Wednesday at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen Cooking School at Bristol Farms was Family Summer Reunion, which is sort of how I felt when I arrived. Many of the regulars who attend these classes know me from previous times when I was shooting during class or have visited my [...]

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Spinach & Feta Quiche with Kalamata Olive Tapenade and the Food Bloggers LA July Meeting

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Last Saturday the FBLA (Food Bloggers Los Angeles) group got together to eat, talk and discuss. It is so much fun to be with this group and just talk about food blogging, and nobody thinks you’re boring or crazy. Everyone brought food for the buffet, and it was a delicious spread. I brought the Spinach [...]

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Fig Salad with Walnuts and Mint

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Last Saturday I was invited by Pam, of My Man’s Belly, to go with her to the Torrance Farmers Market to do an Ingredient Challenge. Each person buys an item they find at the farmers market for the other person to use in a recipe they create. Pam had done this previously with Greg, of [...]

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Wisconsin Farmhouse Gooey Cheddar Bread from Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms

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A Patriotic Family Picnic was the theme last Saturday for the cooking class at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach. Grace-Marie said she wanted to choose recipes from the four corners of our country, so we had the pleasure of Wisconsin Farmhouse Gooey Cheddar Bread, California Coast Grilled Vege Picnic Salad, Alabama Back [...]

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Chicken and Avocado Skillet Chilaquiles

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The first time in my life that I ate Chilaquiles was at the Food Bloggers lunch and cooking demonstration sponsored by the California Avocado Commission at Ciudad Restaurant with the Too Hot Tamales, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. I saw on the menu that they were going to prepare it, but I had no [...]

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Easter Brunch at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen

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Today I went to the most amazing Easter Brunch at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen Cooking School at Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach. The dishes she prepared were just beautiful and delicious. We had Asparagus and Tomato Salad with Warm Easter Ham Vinaigrette, Springtime Strawberry Muffins, Mushroom and Pepper Brunch Clafouti, and Lemon Curd Meringues.
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Maple-Pecan Bread

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This Maple-Pecan Bread is beautifully flavored with maple syrup and when you take it out of the oven, your whole house will be filled with that wonderful smell. It is so good to eat when it is still warm, spread just with butter, along with coffee and believe me, your brunch guests will be giving [...]

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Eggs Benedict

January 13, 2010
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I wanted my first post to be an Eggs Benedict recipe, because I think it is one of the most wonderful dishes ever invented by man. I love the drama of the stacked ingredients, the variations in texture, from crunchy to creamy, and of course the buttery, lemony Hollandaise Sauce that marries all of the [...]

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