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Asador Extebarri - Axpe, Spain

posted February 08, 2009 in Things You Should Do

Best Basque Restaurant Spain Guest Author: Jeanine Barone Spain is one of my specialties and I’ve visited the Basque Country many times. Etxebarri is one of my favorite restaurants because everything about it is unexpected, starting with its l (read full article)

Strawberry Cassata Cake Heaven

posted February 02, 2009 in Bake Our Day

Making this cake definitely pushes the cold and grey winter out of my mind. I'm whisked away to a summer evening celebration with family and friends. This cake has been one of family favorites for years! It is also one of my favorite cakes to put tog (read full article)

More STUFF for Dessert

posted January 26, 2009 in Cucina Domenico

This week I allowed my sweet tooth to follow up on one of my earlier blogs, Cherry Pretzel Dessert. Another decadent dish that follows suit in my family's Dessert Stuff tradition is Chocolate Stuff. My cousin Sandra was the first to introduce us to t (read full article)

Welcome to My Kitchen: Week 1 - Balsamic Vinegar

posted January 23, 2009 in Ordinary Recipes Made Gourmet

This month, the whole entire month, I'm inviting you into my kitchen so you can see what ingredients I keep on hand and how I use them in my cooking. With the economy struggles, I've had to really be frugal but I will NOT sacrifice the taste of my fo (read full article)

Wonderful World Of Japanese Ice Cream

posted January 23, 2009 in Japanese Ice Cream

A Japanese cafe with a huge, huge range of soft serve ice cream. The flavours? Try vanilla, blueberry, vanilla & green tea, banana, caramel, Hokkaido melon, mikan orange peel, vanilla & chocolate, vanilla & strawberry, chestnut, black ses (read full article)

Art of Viennese Pastry Cookbook Review - Collectibility

posted September 15, 2008 in Cookbook Collecting and Reviews

The Art of Viennese Pastry Cookbook Cover Cookbook Title: The Art of Viennese Pastry Cookbook Author: Marcia Colman Morton Publisher: Doubleday & Company Copyright: 1969 Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 228 pages Specialization Categories: B (read full article)

Paula Deen Magazine Cake Recipe

posted June 25, 2008 in In the Kitchen At Gear Acres

Paula Deen...what can I say.....I can feel my arteries clogging when I read one of her recipes....but her recipes and photos of her food look sooooooo delicious. I swear if I ever get to Savannah I will try my best to eat at her restaurant. Maybe I s (read full article)

Rhubarb Cake Recipe

posted April 29, 2008 in In the Kitchen At Gear Acres

In my family the cooking gene was bestowed upon my sister Ranee, I got the tool gene. The other day she emailed me this recipe for rhubarb cake. She must also have the ESP gene because I was contemplating planting rhubarb but I really didn't have any (read full article)

How to make your own strawberry jam

posted January 01, 1970 in Chilli and Chocolate

[caption id="attachment_982" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Make your own strawberry jam"][/caption]  The last time we walked around our local supermarket I spied some sorry looking strawberries - small and misshapen they might have been, b (read full article)

Just desserts for Niall McKenna

posted January 01, 1970 in Chilli and Chocolate

There are times when you taste something so good that it becomes an event. You just know that it’s special, and you’ll be reminiscing about it in years to come. That’s what this was – on Tuesday 29 June 2010 we tasted Chef Nia (read full article)

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