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Pulled Pork at the Bon Appetit Kitchen
Photo courtesy of Bon Appetit Call me Dorothy…and my little dog too. Well, his name is really Toto…and I don’t have a dog, I have a cat named Boris. But for one giddy day, I was able to see the …...
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Networking with chefs, food brands, and bloggers at IACP
Hundreds of chefs, food brands, publishers, editors, writers, photographers, food stylists and bloggers all under one roof. The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2012...
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Cupcake cakes & pies at Ivy Bakery
Where everybody knows your name. Walking into Ivy Bakery I couldn’t help but be transported back to watching re-runs of Cheers–weathered wooden tables and a warm glow bouncing off an exposed brick wall...
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California Avocado Honey Lime Ice Cream
Avocado Honey Lime Ice Cream – Photo Courtesy of the California Avocado Commission It’s all a matter of perspective: what we consider normal, weird, or just plain crazy. I grew up on a tropical island...
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Soups – Use Different Cooking Techniques for Depth of Flavor
Sometimes the simple dishes are the hardest to make well. One of the best dishes I had on my recent Maldives Aggressor trip was an unassuming Tomato Soup bursting with flavor. Before then I never...
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Cranberry Relish Meatballs with Simmered Pumpkin Gravy
Photo Courtesy of Williams-Sonoma My favorite part about working with food is giving cooking demonstrations…sharing what I know and having two-way conversations with people. I’ve also been challenging...
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Chicken Tacos with Mango Salsa and Chipotle Aioli
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” I am a huge proponent of this proverb. Primarily because I don’t have time to keep … Continue reading →
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Sharffen Berger Banana Cacao Nib Pine Nut Cookies
Walking in to the Momofuku Milk Bar commissary felt a bit magical…a place where sugar dreams come true. Or at least it seemed like it with a long table adorned with flickering candlelight and stacks of...
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Chicken Tikka Masala Cooking Lesson on Skype
In a world of Twitter, Facebook, emails and text messages there are still times when we need that personal connection. I have always used Skype to be able to see and talk to loved ones when we are...
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Gluten-Free Ginger and Orange Chocolate Bombe (with Giveaway)
I first found out about Divine Chocolate when Ivy Bakery started selling Divine Chocolate Butter Gooey Cakes and Divine Whoopie Pies. Daniellan had created these chocolatey desserts using the new line...
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C-CAP Sweet Sensations Dessert Event
If you are looking to satisfy your sweet tooth, join us on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 3:00-5:30 p.m., at The Old Bowery Station, when local bakers and food bloggers gather for the first time to present...
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Thai Cuisine – Travelling North for Chicken Larb
Walk in to any Thai restaurant and you will find the same menu featuring the typical Pad Thai, Tom Yum soup and Green Curry…but having already met Jonathan Bayer and his wife Sutheera Denprapa I expect...
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Ice Cream Inspiration
You truly love ice cream when you are willing to make it with just a fork and a freezer. Sutheera Denprapa grew up in Bangkok eating ice cream to survive the hot, humid days. It was better than...
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Smoked Sumatra Coffee Cupcakes
I live to eat…rather than eat to live. Food means more to me than filling a grumbling belly; it means friends, laughter, creativity and inspiration. A meal is all about the experience, sharing and...
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Diamonds and Champagne Event
Spring is here! That means Spring cleaning and re-vamping our closets. And even though half of my closet is home to bins labelled “cookie cutters”, “chocolate molds” and “rolling pins” I have a weak...
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How to Taste Chocolate
See, smell, feel and taste…food is a multi-sensory experience engulfing us in four of the five senses. The only sense missing is hearing the food. But what if your food could speak to you? What if it...
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Barrow’s Intense Apricot Grilled Chicken
Big bold Helvetica letters “K-I-S-S” were plastered on the wall of my Graphic Design class. “Keep It Simple Stupid” was ingrained into us as we created one white-on-white design after another. It was...
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Brownies
I’m not sure what to name this post. Chewy Brownies? Fudgey Brownies? I don’t want them to be typecast, so I am settling on just “Brownies.” I like this direct, simple title because it also speaks to...
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Chicken Tacos with Mango Salsa and Chipotle Aioli
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” I am a huge proponent of this proverb. Primarily because I don’t have time to keep … Continue reading →
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Sharffen Berger Banana Cacao Nib Pine Nut Cookies
Walking in to the Momofuku Milk Bar commissary felt a bit magical…a place where sugar dreams come true. Or at least it seemed like it with a long table adorned with flickering candlelight and stacks of...
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