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White Chocolate Chunk and Pecan Cookies

November 30, 2011

Hi everybody! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and your waistband is still the same size. My holiday was fantastic because I got to see my brother, who lives in San Francisco, and my older son, who lives in Davis, California. They came to our feast with their wives and it was so much […]

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Kalamata Olive & Sun-Dried Tomato Toasts

October 15, 2011

I recently wrote a post about the book Chicken and Egg by Janice Cole and my fascination with keeping chickens. If I lived in a place where that was possible, I would have a whole flock, I think. So when Kim, of Rustic Garden Bistro, invited me to a little blogger get-together to see her […]

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Spanakopita & Food Bloggers LA February Meeting

February 27, 2011

Last Saturday the FBLA (Food Bloggers Los Angeles) group got together to discuss the relationship between bloggers and PR people. And as we are all foodies, we all brought dishes for the buffet table to share. You can see in the photo above some of these marvelous creations. I was so busy photographing everyone elses […]

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Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup with Thai Pesto

October 20, 2010

Right around this time of year I start trying to figure out what I am going to serve for our Thanksgiving Day feast. As I explained in my post about Thanksgiving 2009, my guests include a bunch of vegetarians, so this is a big challenge for me. So I thought I would take that old […]

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The Best Spinach Dip Recipe on the Planet

October 10, 2010

The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays will be here soon and I am looking forward to making this Spinach Dip, which is a tradition on our hor d’oeuvres buffet. I usually make several appetizers to welcome my guests at my holiday feasts, but I must have this dip. For me. I know you can buy spinach […]

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End of Summer Zucchini Soup & Smoked Salmon Tomato Cups From Grace-Marie’s Kitchen

September 30, 2010

The theme for the Saturday Tea class this week at Grace-Marie’s Kitchen at Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach was Back to School Autumn Tea. This week the menu was End of Summer Zucchini Soup, Smoked Salmon Tomato Cups, Apple and Cheddar Bread, Caramelized Onion and Brie Croissants, Autumn Harvest Brandy Pear Cake and Autumn Berry […]

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Kalamata Olive Tapenade

August 18, 2010

This is the first time I have repeated a recipe (see Kalamata Olive Tapenade and Osteria Mozza), but I want to talk about another interesting aspect of blogging that I find really fascinating and frequently amusing. My content management system is WordPress and every day on my dashboard it tells me what search engine terms […]

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

July 31, 2010

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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Barbara Schaefer and MyKickAssGlass

February 14, 2010

How often in our lives do we get to say to ourselves that we got to do a truly amazing and exciting thing. Something absolutely unique to our experience. That is what happened to me. I have known Barbara Schaefer for several years and when I launched my blog I sent her an email with […]

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