From the orchard, to the kitchen, to the table… ideas for using California sun dried fruit.
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There's so much more coming soon...
While we've come to a blog intermission, fear not, sun dried fans, I'm scattering bits of sun dried fruit so I'll know my way back to this page and fun days of cooking, writing, photographing and enticing you to experiment more with sun dried apricots, peaches, red plums and lots more. And...
March, 1 2012 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
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Just in the St. Nick of Valen-time
The shelves have been stacked high with red packaging, and cut-out hearts have covered store windows for weeks, but it snuck up on me again... Valentine's Day! So close to Christmas, January Birthday's, Groundhog Day - it's easy to let Valentine's Day slide by. But there's Martha Stewart on TV going...
February, 14 2012 • 3 Comments • 0 Faves
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The very old New Micro Vegetable
Barbie and I launched into the world about the same time. (I know she looks a lot younger, but that's not what this blog is all about.) To enhance Barbie's Dream House life I stocked her kitchen with real prop foods; the tiniest Chinese corn was tossed on the fake grill, droplets of pancake batter...
February, 2 2012 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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A Sunday Morning Quickie – sun dried Cherry Almond Sweet Bread
It took just 6 minutes to bake this yummy sweet morning “pastry” bread. It’s not loaded with butter, but has enough rich flavor, accented with freshly ground nutmeg, to become a regular Sunday morning coffee pairing. The hot from the oven flavors of almond, nutmeg and warm cherries is irresistible...
January, 30 2012 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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What a Night for Awards - at the Chinese Foods Annual Gala!
Congratulations to all the winners of the Top 100 Chinese Restaurant Food Awards, but especially to China Wok, Los Angeles California for taking home the top prize in the Best Carry-Out category. The drab palates of boomer kids were forever changed because of Chinese carryout; a world of interesting...
January, 24 2012 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
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Ooh la la a crustless quiche (aka frittata)
A tart (quiche, tortilla, tartlet, frittata) by any other name is still a baked egg dish. I was reminded of this when a friend sent over a picture of a super easy frittata on the same day I spotted a recipe for sun dried tomato & goat cheese tartlets in the Culinary Institute of America's newsletter...
January, 11 2012 • 1 Comment • 1 Faves
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New Year's Resolution that's full of Beans
When I need to feel less indulged and more in touch with my peasant self, I reach for the kitchen canisters filled with beans. I'm obsessed with unapologetically plain dry beans. They line up attractively on the window ledge (additional storage area), rattle rhythmically when jostled, and cook up...
January, 4 2012 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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700 Years Old and Still Fresh
My first copy of Eating Well magazine just arrived. I'm not sure what to expect from the magazine, but I do know it's a harbinger of a new year (read: new me). And it arrived just in time because it's been a decadent and delicious holiday season - no dried fruit went unsoaked in spirits or unwrapped...
December, 28 2011 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Attempted Holiday Theft by Cat Burglar
He knew something good was happening on the kitchen table, and lurked just outside the kitchen door as I dipped California sun dried Apricots into melted, deep dark chocolate. I stepped out of the room for a moment. In the St. Nick of time I returned just as Reggie, our housecat burglar, was reaching...
December, 21 2011 • 1 Comment • 1 Faves
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It must be Christmastime. It's red, green and gaudy out there.
Everybody's talking about it. The ugly Christmas sweater is this year's big thing. Finally it's being celebrated for its essence - portable festiveness! Pull it out of the bottom drawer, shake it out, put in on and show your colors proudly. You're happy it's holiday time. Several years ago we gathered...
December, 18 2011 • 3 Comments • 0 Faves
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