Last Saturday the California Avocado Commission hosted a Food Bloggers lunch and cooking demonstration at Ciudad with Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. Ciudad is located in downtown Los Angeles in the middle of the city-scape, the sky scrapers towering all around it. About 20 of us bloggers and food writers came together with our cameras…
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As I have mentioned numerous times, I love to go to cooking classes, so when Mary Ellen invited me to participate in one she was teaching, I jumped at the chance. I was advised to bring my chef’s knife and an apron, and of course I took my camera. It is always fun to see how…
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I recently visited the Farmers Market in Manhattan Beach to see what was in season and bring home some fresh ingredients to cook. I usually am indoors sitting at my computer, so it was a wonderful experience to walk around with the sun on my face in a crowd outdoors. I hadn’t been there this year…
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Finally! The highly awaited and anticipated Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms article is published!! I thought it would never happen, but there it is -.the real deal. The Easy Reader production team did such a great job on taking my words and photographs and turning them into something beautiful. Now you can also go to the…
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When Grace-Marie told me she was cooking something with salmon and avocado today, I immediately volunteered to photograph whatever she came up with. Two of my favorite ingredients that are also photogenic and I’m right there. I arrived when the class was just about over and they all gave me a sitting ovation. They love Grace-Marie…
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The weather in Los Angeles in the spring is like an earthquake with aftershocks. One day it is 80 degrees and the next day it is 50 degrees. And it goes up and down like that until the sun comes up on Fourth of July, and then it is 85 degrees everyday until October. So, today…
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If I was stranded on a desert island and could only have one tart to eat forever, this is the one I would choose. If I go somewhere where I’m supposed to bring the dessert, this is the one I bring. The brown butter is what sets this apart and makes it nutty and deeply rich-tasting.…
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Last October my friend Michelle and I decided to celebrate our birthdays, which both fall in that month, at Osteria Mozza. We made our reservations a month ahead, as required, and waited with anticipation for October 5th to arrive. Mozza holds a special place on my restaurant list because Nancy Silverton is one of the owners,…
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This is the first article I’ve had published in a magazine in my life, so it is really exciting for me. I’m trying not to let it go to my head – in fact, I’m trying to take it with a grain of salt (just ignore my screaming and jumping up and down in the background).…
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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. Grace-Marie’s classroom is the…
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This dessert was the delicious finish to the Easter Brunch at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms last Saturday. I got requests for the recipe so I decided to do a separate post about it. Enjoy! After Grace-Marie had whipped the Meringue ingredients, to test if it was whipped enough, she took a dab between her finger…
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I thought I would give you another recipe from my Thanksgiving 2009 menu, because we’re rushing through 2010 and it will be Thanksgiving again before we know it. Then I’ll have a whole new batch of vegetarian dishes to report on. I bet you are shaking your head, thinking, why is that woman talking about Thanksgiving…
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Hello! My name is Lynne Hemer, and I am a woman obsessed with food and cooking, in search of new, unusual, exotic, and sublime ingredients and recipes. I love reading cookbooks, taking cooking classes, going to restaurants, photographing food, and blogging about it all! I hope you enjoy my website as much as I enjoyed creating it.
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