Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! Things have been pretty insane these last few days… lots of stuff going on, family visiting and a ton of holiday baking… I just haven’t quite found time to put it all into words for my blog! Photo styled by Miriam L. and photographed by yours truly! But… I couldn’t just leave […]
zSo… after the first day of the Food Styling and Food Photography class we were sent home with a homework assignment, we had to think of what we wanted to shoot the next day and we were responsible for all the food and prop styling. Now let me tell you, normally I don’t have a […]
First off I want to say – Happy 1 year Blog-iversary to ME!!!!!! I plan to celebrate all week long, kinda like my birthday, so feel free to send gifts and love and food my way! It has officially been 1 year to the day when I first created this blog. When I started I […]
Wow – what a weekend! The first annual Foodbuzz Festival was a total success, everything was delicious, the people were amazing and I officially gained 21.56 pounds over the course of 48 hours! The entire weekend was devoted to food and wine and I got to meet some fabulous new food blogger friends and hang […]
For those of you who don’t know who the Pioneer Woman is… you need to climb out from under that rock and get with it! I can’t remember when exactly I first heard about the Pioneer Woman, aka Ree Drummond, but when I eventually made my way over to her blog it was pretty much […]
Ta-Da!!! I finally have all the photos from my Culinary School Graduation! These were taken by Andy, a gracious photographer who volunteered his time at our graduation! After an intensive 24 week course covering everything from basic knife skills to advanced preparation of meat and lobster, my fellow classmates and I finally made it to […]
I guess I have been bitten by the baking bug! I have been baking up a storm – which in turn makes my kitchen a sauna – but nothing that can’t be fixed with a quick jump in the pool! As a kid I used to eat those double chocolate chip muffins from Costco like […]
Talk about PROCRASTINATION – I literally just finished my masterpiece this morning! And now I get to eat it for breakfast 🙂 The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick […]
I would just like to preface this posting by saying that chances are you will gain weight by just reading this post. I am fairly certain that I gained weight by just making these pastries… not to mention eating them. Pull out your elastic waist pants because this advanced pastry class is a bucket full […]
Read More… from Culinary School – Week Nineteen – Advanced Pastries
Everyone… I would like you to meet Fred. I am fairly certain that Fred knows his life is about to be over. He was flailing his claws around and freaking out while we were observing him on the cutting board. I am pretty sure he took one look at the cleaver sitting next to him […]
Wine tasting is always fun… I have been a few times in Napa with my girl friends from college and then we did it again this past weekend at Culinary School. Not only did we try 10 different wines ranging from Prosecco to a full bodied Shiraz that is said to “Body Slam Your Toungue” […]
Normally for birthdays and special occasions I make big elaborate cakes but Thomas, my boyfriend, requested smores for his birthday party! I decided to put a little twist on the normal smore and instead of using graham crackers I made chocolate chip (pictured) and sugar cookies to make the top and bottom part of the […]
Notice anything new…like my website!!! What do you think? Do you love it! We are still in the process of tweaking a few things but I couldn’t let another day go by without sharing my Culinary School Adventures from this week. And… if you are looking to get your site designed you should talk to […]
Read More… from Culinary School – Week Eleven – Classic Desserts
oh my goodness. This has been a big big week for me. Not only was it my birthday on Monday (I am still celebrating) but I tried so many different kinds of shellfish that I never even thought I would ever try! And so many fabulous people at culinary school made me cakes, cupcakes and […]
This salad is nice and light and perfect for a summer day. I made this for Mother’s Day dinner as well as Grilled Halibut with an Herb Butter, Bruschetta, Grilled Asparagus and an Angel Food Cake with Strawberries on top. It was a great healthy meal that was packed with flavor. Let the flavors marinate […]
This week at Culinary School is all about pasta, pasta, and more pasta. Did I mention pasta? The amount of carbs I consumed cannot even be described and it will take at least 72 million hours of spin class to burn them all off! Pasta is and has always been one of my favorite foods. […]
My latest Cookbook is now available for pre-sale
