And, finally, the shortbread

July 10, 2010

Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread from David Lebovitz’s beautiful new book, “Ready for Dessert” – his best recipes and I can’t wait to try many of them. These, by the way, are delicious!

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Chocolate Chess Pie

July 10, 2010

  I’ve been thinking about my friend Cleves who died a couple of years ago. She was originally from North Carolina and every now and then, especially when we talked about food or cooking or baking, her Southern drawl would become more pronounced than usual. She was an excellent cook and baker and I loved being in the [...]

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A baking kind of day

July 10, 2010

  I always have left over buttermilk. No matter what I make – in this case a delightful new banana bread recipe – I can never use up a whole quart in one cooking/baking session. So, bright and early this morning I baked – and I use the term loosely in this particular case – [...]

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The results of “great idea for July 4th”

July 5, 2010

ON THE GRILL -Burgers with lemon-butter centers -Hebrew National hot dogs wrapped in bacon (you know you want one) -Spicy Shrimp with cilantro -Multi-colored carrots rubbed with cumin, salt, pepper, brown sugar -Red, yellow, orange peppers, fennel, onions -Corn served with curry-powder-laced yogurt and minced onion -Maui Gold pineapple served with spicy peanut sauce and [...]

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A great idea for July 4th…

July 1, 2010

…compliments of Gill, Jane, and, of course Mark Bittman. Send Mark’s latest amazing 101 list – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/dining/30mini.html?_r=1&ref=dining to your friends and suggest that each choose one or two or four or ten of these great, EASY grilling ideas and have a party.

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amazon.com

June 24, 2010

Love it when the box arrives. Especially when everything in it has to do with FOOD.  

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Robert’s Absolute Best Brownies via David Lebovitz

June 16, 2010

I love David Lebovitz’s recipes, books, blog, everything from and about him. I needed a spur-of-the-moment dessert for dinner last Sunday night and remembered I’d been meaning for a while to try these brownies. You can never have/try/perfect (eat!) too many brownie recipes. These are absolutely luscious – especially when topped with vanilla bean ice [...]

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Yankees 8, Phillies 3

June 16, 2010

9th consecutive win at home I’m just sayin’…

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Cooking Light, The Assignment

June 15, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised when my friend Lesa Griffith asked me to collaborate on an assignment for Cooking Light magazine. My mission – and I did accept it – was to develop “light” recipes based on dishes from three of the Honolulu restaurants she was profiling in her story. To be honest, I wasn’t absolutely [...]

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HOME PLATE

June 1, 2010

Welcome to Tour da Food. If there’s delicious/interesting/amusing food to be tasted, we’re going. Restaurants, home kitchens, markets, farm stands, producers, manufacturers. And not just on Maui. All over the place. So buckle up. It’s going to be a thrilling filling ride! Oh, the name – Home Plate. Yeah. The Yankees, too…occasionally.

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