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I guess I have commitment issues with brownie recipes, but I never get tired of trying out new ones. Just when I think the last brownies I made are the best ever and will be my permanent go-to brownie recipe — I try something new. So here I go again. This was another experiment. I […]
You need to stop whatever you’re doing and make this recipe immediately! I know it freezes well because the first time I made it (as a test), it was so good, I had to tightly wrap it, seal it up and put in my garage freezer to stop from eating it all. And as good […]
Saturday Night
7:00 P.M.
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MORNING:
AFTERNOON:
LATE AFTERNOON:
7:00 P.M.:
* Grilled veggie crostini with goat cheese and red pepper spread or pesto
Lamb sliders with caramelized onions and raita, and roasted jalapenos
Crab claws with red sauce (GF)
Shrimp & Corn Cakes with Sauces (GF)
* Cheese platter with fresh figs and fruit (GF)
* Crackers
* Individual mini veggie frittatas (GF)
* Individual onion pies with blue cheese and walnuts
* Cauliflower fritters with cumin and raita
* Olive tapenade tart with ricotta cheese
* Mozzarella tart with fresh tomatoes and roasted garlic
* Cardamom rice pudding with peach chutney (GF)
* Mocha pot de crème with whipped cream (GF)
* White and dark chocolate brownies with white chocolate ganache
* Rocky road toffee (GF)
* Vegetarian
(GF) Gluten free
Last year’s party was so much fun, I couldn’t wait to do it again. Since part of my joy comes from the planning and cooking, I decided to do all new recipes. At the last minute, I added the Kaleakopita because people couldn’t get enough of it last year — or this. This year’s party […]
Every time I travel, I try to take a cooking class with a local chef. I never really know what to expect and this time was no different. On my last day in Hvar, I was fortunate to spend a morning cooking with Ivan Buzolić and his daughter Maja Mačković, in the kitchen of their […]
“I have never eaten a piece of frozen fish in my life,” said the guide who met us at the airport and escorted us to our hotel in Split. This was my first inkling of what to expect in Croatian cuisine. The guide knew I was interested in food and had read my blog. Fresh, […]
Some people have a bucket list of where they’d always dreamed of visiting. I have no list. Things cross my desk, I read an article in a travel magazine or the New York Times, and a destination calls to me. This is how it was with Croatia. I didn’t do a lot of research and […]
Many years ago, I had the good fortune to be in a cooking school in Tuscany, at Badia a Coltibuono Lorenza de’ Medici’s home, with Lorenza herself as my instructor. This experience totally changed the way I thought about planning a menu and cooking. One of the things Lorenza did when preparing a salad was […]
