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I’ll be away for the holidays and hope to have lots of great stories of sushi in San Diego, character breakfast buffets at Disneyland, Christmas dinners at my mom’s house, late night rolled tacos with guacamole noshes, and the occasional stop at In-N-Out Burgers, too. Please visit the other cooking blogs on my Food Blogs [...]
First the good. My sister sent me Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook. It’s the only cookbook I have with cuss words in it. Anthony manages to drop the f-bomb at least every third page and extols the virtues of eating organ meats, fat and marrow. Needless to say, I love it. Thanks Michele! Then the [...]
(This originally appeared on the Inland Empress‘s site on September 24, 2004.) I made a tapenade (olive paste) today that really kicked tuchus. Thought I’d share. It’s a bit more complicated because of the whole food processor thing, but still doable in the 10-minute time limit. Anne’s seriously tasty tapenade small tube of goat cheese [...]
Having company or family over for Christmas is stressful enough without having to spend the whole day in the kitchen roasting a turkey and preparing elaborate side dishes. Spiral cut ham is a great option since it’s precooked and presliced. Just warm it up and use the included flavor packet to make a sauce. This [...]
Yes, you can nominate me for another blog awards contest. Created by The Accidental Hedonist, pleez nominate This Mama Cooks! for Best New Food Blog. And while you’re at it, check out the nominees in all the categories – tons of great food blogs out there. Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed.
Finally someone’s recogizing us little, we-ain’t-Dooce, non-political blogs! The Best of Blogs (BoB) Awards seek to recognize the best personal blogs of the year. They strive to recognize the smaller blogs in categories that other competitions would never think to honor. Go to the nominations page to see the full list of categories. These categories [...]
The kids and I went to the Celestial Seasonings factory in Boulder last week. It was the closest place that carried their wonderful Candy Cane Lane Holiday Tea and Santa’s Candy Apple Kids’ Holiday Tea. The Candy Cane Lane tea tastes like you have literally dipped a candy cane in green tea. It’s decaf and [...]
When I found out that Chef Genuine was sick with a sore throat, I recommended drinking a hot toddie. Here’s the recipe: In a large travel mug (safety first around the kids!) put in 1 to 2 (or more) ounces of your favorite bourbon, lots of honey and lemon juice. If you have fresh ginger [...]
Chef Genuine and I were just discussing via email how much we love The Denver Post‘s Wednesday food section. Today’s issue was a thought provoking as usual. First, regarding the discussion of the BonJour Crème Brûlée Torch and two crème brûlée recipes. Save yourself the big bucks and buy a small butane plumber’s torch from [...]
Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends! In need of a latke recipe? You can try this one: Traditional Latkes Ingredients:2 potatoes peeled 1 small onion peeled 2 eggs 3 tbsp. milk 2 tbsp. melted butter 1/4 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt black pepper butter, for frying sour cream and/or applesauce Directions: Grate potatoes and [...]
Well knock me over with a spatula, I got an email from Kyle Wagner, the food critic for the Denver Post. She writes: cracking up at your blog, love it! wound up here because our server is down at the post and i needed to find some of my own articles for a christmas piece. [...]
I tried making the Pinwheel Cookies again, and this batch turned out even worse looking that the first ones. The cookies were cracked and not round. And the swirls got all goofed up again. Storing them is impossible because they crumble. But they’re still delicious and the raw dough is addictive. Some thoughts: A friend [...]
Mellie Helen at GollyBlogHowdy writes all about the finding the Holy Grail, er, rather the Magic Pan’s Ham Palascintas with Mustard Cream Sauce recipe via This Mama Cooks! And Michelle from Modern Motherhood gives us the recipes for Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake and Neoclassic Buttercream in her Eat This post. Like this post? Subscribe to my [...]
I just finished making the Pinwheel Cookies from Kraft’s recipe for 4-in-1 cookie dough. The dough was easy to make and absolutely delicious. Another benefit of this recipe (versus a traditional sugar cookie recipe) is that it’s egg-free for those allergic to eggs, or people like me who like to nibble on raw cookie dough. [...]
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