I had my first dinner party in my new place. I had forgotten how much I love to entertain. It is fun to actually have a table where I can have more than one friend over at a time. It was great to share my new home with my friends, who are always willing taste [...]
Popovers
March 30, 2009 By 3 Comments
Growing up it was a family tradition on Saturday to go to Bullocks for lunch. It was quite the generational outing that included my mom, grandmother, great grandmothers and aunts. The event was usually for a birthday or special celebration. We would get there early and shop for a while. Then we would go into [...]
Tomato Goat Cheese Tart
March 26, 2009 By 12 Comments
This week Anne of Anne Strawberry chose Tomato and Goat Cheese Tarts from Ina Garten’s Back to Basics. Halfway through making these I realized I had made these for a dinner party in December. Well, these were just as yummy the second time. I made them into little individual size tartlets, just like the first [...]
Grapefruit Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
March 25, 2009 By 3 Comments
I love grapefruit, really any citrus fruit. I found this recipe for grapefruit cake and as I was reading the history it was “allegedly” from the Brown Derby in Hollywood. It has been gone for a long time but it was legendary in its day. The grapefruit and the restaurant capture the essence of Southern [...]
Banana Nut Bread
March 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I have been cooking up a storm and am excited to share the new recipes with you. This weekend I made Banana Nut Bread. Three bananas were starting to ripen and calling out to be made. I looked at my cookbooks and saw Pastries from La Brea Bakery. The recipe was from created by one [...]
Brownie Pudding
March 19, 2009 By 9 Comments
Today is my first official entry with the Barefoot Bloggers. I told you about them here. I don’t know that I have ever been disappointed by one of Ina Garten’s recipe so it will be fun to cook through her books with fellow Barefoot Bloggers. The Brownie Pudding is a cross between brownies and lava [...]
Sweet Molly’s Cookies
March 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
Today I am serving you up Sweet Molly’s; a cookie from my past. There used to be a bakery in Yorba Linda called Sweet Nicks, and they served the best cookie with butterscotch and potato chips. The cookie became so popular that the city named it the “Official Cookie of Yorba Linda”. Over the last [...]
Capellini with Lime and Arugula
March 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Several years ago on a trip to Australia I discovered Donna Hay, a cookbook author. She has published many cookbooks and a magazine. She is the Aussie Martha but with a more straightforward Australian approach. Many of her recipes are quick and easy. She has 5, 10 & 15 minute recipes with a no fuss [...]
Friday Finds
March 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
It is Friday and I thought I would share a few of the things that caught my eye on the web this week. Come back next week to sign up for the first ever Adventures In the Kitchen giveaway! At Matt Bites you can see beautiful pictures from a recent trip with other food bloggers [...]
Chicken Piccata
March 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
My love of cooking really blossomed in my early twenties. I would cook for the guy I was dating at the time or a groups of friends One of my favorite dishes to make was Chicken Piccata. Somehow over the years that recipe dropped off my rotation. I have been considering joining the group Barefoot [...]
