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Crêpes

posted August 17, 2029 in Al Dente Gourmet

Quite some time ago one of my brilliant cooking teachers, who was from Brittany- France, taught me this wonderful Crêpe recipe. It’s an absolutely terrific recipe that became one of my favorites! First time that I made crêpes, I ended up with (read full article)

Dulce de Leche Recipe

posted July 16, 2029 in Al Dente Gourmet

What Is Dulce de Leche? –The most irresistible Sweet, Creamy and Sticky Temptation with Caramelized Flavor, that would make anyone feel Rejoiced-- Dulce de Leche, pronounce – ‘Dool-say day Ley-chay’ is the name given to a South American (read full article)

2005 Girard Artistry Napa Valley Red Wine

posted August 17, 2010 in The Blog Wine Cellar

The 2005 Girard Artistry is a proprietary blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc, 14% Petit Verdot, 9% Malbec, and 1% Merlot. The fruit is primarily sourced from vineyards located in the Oakville and St. Helena appellations of Napa. Th (read full article)

Happy Food

posted August 17, 2010 in Second Time Parenthood

Hi folks,   What food makes you happy? For me, besides a bowl of salad, fruits and nuts, anothe pick-me-up food would be ICE-CREAM :)   I feel ice-cream is a "happy" food. I associate ice-cream with joy 'cos when we were young, we only (read full article)

Low Fat Oatmeal-Banana Muffins

posted August 16, 2010 in Family Spice

In our house, we are counting down to the first day of school. T-minus 9 days 'til school days! And continuing with my breakfast ideas to make the Back-To-School morning rush go easier, I have another great recipe to start your day off right: Low Fat (read full article)

Mes légumes du soleil en bocal, transformés en bruschetta improvisée pour l'occasion

posted August 16, 2010 in Au Yéti gourmand

                     - Durée totale : 2h environ                            (read full article)

Bees, Oysters, ... FM Briefs

posted August 16, 2010 in Food Meditations

A Good Appetite ~ Follow the Bees to the Sweetest Fruit ~ "Bees can show you the way to the juiciest fruits to match with crostini with ricotta..." One recent afternoon at the Greenmarket in Union... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs (read full article)

Stir. Chop. Mix. Puree. Liquefy-AAH!

posted August 16, 2010 in Eats & Everything.

This new addition to our kitchen has me trading my morning cup of hot coffee for a cool glass of smoothie. Frozen fruits, yogurt, apple or orange juice,and a couple drops of honey. Cool, yummy,and surprisingly filling! I'm loving this blender:)One of (read full article)

Millions of Peaches

posted August 15, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

Can one have too many peaches? While I may claim to be more veggie than fruit the rest of the year, I definitely can survive on fruit alone during the summer months. What with the glut of berries, tomatoes, and stone fruits, who needs veggies? (Okay, (read full article)

Chocolate Fountain and Fruit Buffet

           More romantic fruit displays: Pair Of Cacadu Present a Vegetable Plate Romantis Fruit Basket Watermelon Vase with Fruits (read full article)

Green Pepper Green Peppercorn Piper nigrum

posted August 15, 2010 in The Foodist a Foodies Delight

Green pepper are the unripe, green peppercorns, the fruits of the tropical vine Piper nigrum, a plant of the family Piperaceae. Pepper plants can grow to a length of about ...Read more... (read full article)

The Mad Apple

posted August 14, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

I love eggplants. For as far as I can remember, I've always eaten these vegetable-fruits, they were part of my family's culinary landscape. Both my parents have their eggplant repertoire: stuffed and fried; sliced in a fan and roasted; pickled; in sa (read full article)

A TOUCH OF AUTUMN

posted August 14, 2010 in CHEW ON THIS

Autumn is on its way and with it comes the vegetables that the Farmers' Markets in this area are so well noted for. Squash, pumpkin, beets and of course zucchini, lots and lots of zucchini. A trip to our local farmers' market a couple of days ago pro (read full article)

Best Picnic Spots

posted August 14, 2010 in Picnic Food Ideas

Best Picnic Spots The tradition of having picnics is spread worldwide nowadays. It has been scientifically proved that eating in a relaxed manner and especially in the open air is very good for health. In the scurrying rhythm of our modern civilizati (read full article)

Duckie's Healthy Saturday - 3 Foods to Fight Knee Pain

posted August 14, 2010 in Duckie\'s Food Blog

Millions of people have stiff, painful knees thanks to osteoarthritis. Remedies range from keeping active and dropping excess weight to steroid injections and even surgery. But research shows that you can take a tastier route to improvement: Soy Peo (read full article)

Tour: Hollywood Farmers’ Market

posted August 14, 2010 in 100 Miles

Felicia Friesema There’s a reason Felicia Friesema writes the farmers’ markets report for the L.A. Weekly.  There’s also a reason she leads tours of area farmers’ markets.  She really knows her vegetables and fruits — (read full article)

Oh Nuts! WebSite and Product Review

posted August 13, 2010 in Southern Grace Gourmet

I just found out about OhNuts! recently. They are company with 4 locations in New York and a beautiful online store. You can tell by the name they specialize in nuts. They also have seeds and dried fruits. You can buy all these is bulk, at incredibl (read full article)

Let's Talk Strategy: Step Away from the Chips Challenge

posted August 13, 2010 in The Skinny Fight

Do you have a game plan for Monday's challenge? Let's start with listing which processed foods we're going to avoid. I'm giving  up cookies, chips, other snacks, most dairy and fast food. I eat Greek yogurt, salmon in a pouch, frozen seafood (read full article)

Back-To-School with Banana-Chocolate Chip Whole Wheat Pancakes

posted August 12, 2010 in Family Spice

It's that time of the year: back-to-school preparations are in order! You'll see moms and dads at the malls, arguing with their kids while they the power struggle over their kids' back-to-school wardrobe teeters back and forth. You'll see kids throwi (read full article)

Strawberry Ice-Cream

posted August 12, 2010 in Cookiss @ Sheryl's Kitchen

Singapore's weather is getting crazy nowadays. It was cold, windy and rainy yesterday (flooding in some areas) and today the sun is blazing hot outside!Well, the weather's perfect for the strawberry ice-cream that I've just made :)Maybe I'm missing a (read full article)

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