Oven German Apple Pancake a la Dinah’s
Don’t let the photo scare you, this is Sunday brunch deliciousness in our home. My Westside neighbor and fellow food blogger, Erika Penzer Kerekes, tapped me for a classic Los Angeles recipe to feature...
View ArticleEasy Meyer Lemon Curd
This is a sneaky trick. In my recipe binder there is a stunning magazine lemon custard recipe, which is baked in a water bath. I hadn’t made it yet, but had every intention. That is, until my friend...
View ArticleApple Cinnamon Brunch Braid
What to do with the second half of my dessert dough from the King Arthur Flour baking demo? I did what they said, I froze it. And then I wanted to eat it. They taught us how to do this at the demo,...
View ArticleNamibia Sunset Orange Blossom Cake
African sunsets go on forever; the sun drops behind the horizon quickly, then melts the sky into a full hour of magnificence. Considering there are no buildings to block the view, hundreds of miles of...
View ArticleStrawberry Sour Cream Pie
Strawberry Sour Cream Pie. This pie was scrumdiddlyumptious. So much, in fact, that after Larry and I had our slices, I pawned the rest off on two neighbors’ households. It was TOO good and my fear...
View ArticleRoad Trip! U-Pick Strawberries in Carlsbad
Our home in Westwood is at the north-west end of LA. Cousins Nancy and John graciously hosted a family potluck at their home in Del Mar (North San Diego). That’s about a 2+hour drive IF no traffic....
View ArticleTriple Citrus Cupcakes with Lime Glaze
Culinary throw-down: prepare a dessert elegant enough to complement friends’ upscale picnic contributions, portable, and cannot compete in flavor with the other two desserts: Larry’s Famous Brownies As...
View ArticleLook: My Glazed Lemon Pound Cake Recipe Is Now An Illustration
This blogger is an artist with a delightful idea – draw high-quality illustrations of food bloggers’ recipes and post the art on her blog. Then, allow visitors to click to the source recipe. This is...
View ArticleGuest Recipe ~ Plum Frangipane Tart by Gisele of Pain Perdu
My readers here know by now that I had a big event last Saturday when I produced the Day Camp of Camp Blogaway. One of our sponsors, Viking Range surprised us with door prizes, which lead me to think…...
View ArticleCast Iron Apple Cobbler
arry was enjoying an Ozzie & Harriet Sunday. First, a basketball afternoon game with buddy, Bruce. Returned home to a piping hot Cast Iron Apple Cobbler. “Wow, it smells great in here.” I...
View ArticleYour Advice, Please ~ What Do You Do With Chestnuts?
Help! My longtime food pro friend Lisa Ekus sent me a generous box of Roland specialty food products, lotsa fun stuff. But this California-born and still-lives-in-LA foodie (the Land of Every Kind of...
View ArticleTangerine Pudding with Citrus Yogurt
You know I write from Southern California, right? Here, practically every yard has a heavily laden citrus tree. Ours are lemon and lime. Which was the problem; when I was making Tangerine Pudding one...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Lemon Bars for my Dad
The weekend of my dad’s 87th birthday is also the weekend of Camp Blogaway with 90 passionate foodies in the local mountains. The conflict, of course, is how to not be a jerk of a kid. WHEW, Cousin...
View ArticleMarty’s Spicy Almonds ~ Block Party!
Every early summer for the past nine years, Larry has hosted a neighborhood block party. I say “Larry has,” because two chiefs don’t work so well for this event. He checks a date with a collection of...
View ArticleKahlua-Glazed Peaches & Vanilla-Kahlua Yogurt For Two
Tell me if I’m wrong, but more words aren’t necessary. Fresh summer peach. Kahlua. Dunk, roast. Stir a little more into plain yogurt. Fresh vanilla bean. Drizzle. Sweet. Savoring. Kahlua-Glazed...
View ArticleMini Glazed Lemon Corncakes
Holy Moly, these Mini Glazed Lemon Corncakes are fab!! {TWO exclamation points.} Dense, moist, lemony, sweet. Here’s the brainstorm… first, a too-large bag of cornbread mix in the pantry, left over...
View ArticleMango Avocado Salad ~ “Food, Fast” Is Much Better Than “Fast Food”
Swear on a stack of bibles, I’m not sucking up to sponsors from Camp Blogaway. We ended our Camp with a HUGE supply of goodies, some ripening quickly. Today, I whipped up lunch in five minutes, made a...
View ArticlePucker Up! A Dozen Yumm-O Lemon Recipes
Here in sunny So Cal, citrus grows everywhere. Farms and fields, front and side yards, pots on porches, stairways and terraces. We planted our tree in Y2K following our major home remodel. I’m the tree...
View ArticlePetite Rustic Apple Galette
Rustic is a great word. In “Patti Land,” it means, “lower your expectations and you’ll get a lovely outcome.” Rustic Apple Galette — it’s PIE, but rough around the edges, hand crafted, simple...
View ArticleLattice-Topped Berry Cobbler
One hallmark of a worthwhile recipe, in my opinion, is I can flub some steps and it still works out swell. Case in point, this lip-smacking Lattice-Topped Berry Cobbler from Cooking Light Magazine. My...
View ArticleVery Berry Summer Pudding ~ I Tweaked It Just A Tad
The photo of a Very Berry Summer Pudding recipe in Southern Living magazine caught my eye. Squishy stacks of juicy fresh berries – how is this pudding? I grew up with Jell-o as my definition of...
View ArticleFresh Plum Galette ~ Wait, Didn’t I Already Post A Galette?
It’s time you made a galette. I’m making them a lot these days. Master this simple recipe and it may easily become your signature scratch dessert. Seriously, all this Fresh Plum Galette IS is a flat...
View ArticlePumpkin Blueberry Trifle for Thanksgiving ~ True Blue Treat
The world is shrinking. How to know? Here in California, I can buy fresh blueberries at Thanksgiving. They’re grown in Chile, the upside down seasons to ours. You can also buy frozen blueberries any...
View ArticleFresh Cherry Hand Pies ~ We Even Picked The Cherries
Of course, once you pick 12 pounds of fresh cherries, you bake with them. No more story telling (all that is here on another post), time to make Fresh Cherry Hand Pies. FRESH CHERRY HAND PIES — Each...
View ArticleCh-ch-ch-Cherry Cobbler ~ Our Now-Frozen Cherries Put to Work
Once our luscious fresh-picked Bing cherries were pitted, frozen and bagged, the pressure was OFF to make something quickly. FROZEN cherries are called for in this recipe for Cherry Cobbler. I took...
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