Pillsbury G-E Bake-Off Contest Host, then-actor, President Ronald Reagan, and Bake-Off contestant, my Nana, Mrs. (Claire) Nathan Robb From The Cleveland Press, August 1959: Shaker Heights Woman Competes With 99 Bakers By Florence LaGanke, Press Food Editor “LOS ANGELES: Not even a Geiger counter could keep track of the butterflies that are harbored by the [...]
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Category Archives: Desserts
Keeping it Real
November 11, 2008 – 8:58 am
While shopping at the neighborhood grocery store last week I bumped into a tall leggy blonde, the mother of one my daughter’s friends (there is no way to get through my store without running into at least ten people I know; I’m fairly sure there would be ten people YOU would know). She wistfully said [...]
Banana Mango Malted Ice Cream With Agave Caramel
April 24, 2008 – 10:12 pm
With innovative use of choice ingredients and a few key pieces of equipment, the pleasures of eating raw foods can easily move beyond a simple and beautiful salad to complex dishes of fine cuisine. A high-speed blender is a necessity for the creation of ultra smooth and creamy sauces, dressings and nut milks, mixtures to [...]
Cookie Power
April 17, 2008 – 10:52 pm
She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me not. She loves me not. “Mom, it’s my turn to bring a treat on Thursday can you pleeeeeeeease make those oatmeal cookies, please? Those really yummy ones that are my favorites? [...]
The Tiramisu that Launched a Blog
March 18, 2008 – 7:53 pm
This is the time of year when my food cravings are anxious for early Spring gifts newly sprung from fresh earth. These treasures will arrive in varied hues of pinks and greens in the forms of rhubarb, wild leeks and asparagus. However, I happen to live in The Land That The Sun Forgot (really, watch [...]
