August 2012

The Lush and a Miracle named Ginny

August 31, 2012

It struck me that ‘The Lush’ and just ‘Lush’ have such widely different connotations. While ‘The Lush’ infers someone who has over-imbibed ‘Lush’ makes me think of rich and opulent; whether in your home, a garden or the experiences we have with food or drink. This cocktail was on the menu of the Logan-Brown Restaurant [...]

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Piña Colada Frozen Yogurt Cocktail

August 29, 2012

I’m going to have to get serious about the advent of fall soon but it’s August and I’m still in summer mode and nothing says summer cocktail to me quite like the Piña Colada. Put on your most colorful shirt, close your eyes for a moment and let’s pretend we’re immersed in the island life. [...]

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Best Ever Ice Cream is Butter Brickle!

August 27, 2012

Butter Brickle ice cream. This is it. Well, it may not actually be IT but it has brought back a lifetime of childhood memories and so it must be close. I’ve never seen it on grocer’s shelves (which is a big mistake) and yet I’ve never quite let go of how much I loved that [...]

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Strawberry Ricotta Gelato Fizz for #Baketogether and #FridayCocktail

August 24, 2012

If it’s time for Baketogether; what the heck am I doing with another gelato? Well this month I guess it should be called #Freezetogether! You could blame Cuisinart because I got one of their new ice cream machines, you could blame me because I can’t stop using said ice cream machine but really? It’s all [...]

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Chicken with Mushrooms, Rice and a Marsala Cream Sauce

August 22, 2012

Welcome to Whatever Wednesday! It’s my new Whatever…whatever that means! Really, I’m going to start Whatever Wednesday, ostensibly to offer a great recipe from my years of archives in a quick format (like this quick and simple Chicken Marsala) with photo and recipe only. I might occasionally throw in a fun little giveaway like today [...]

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Warm Tomato and Mozzarella Bruschetta

August 20, 2012

Warm tomatoes kissed with the sun epitomize summer for me. I love seasonal tomatoes so much that I won’t eat them any other time of the year and when I do…I want them to shine. Favorites include this tomato pie and this salad with mozzarella, tomato, avocado and pine nuts. Still, I think this simple [...]

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Kahlúa Iced Coffee and Vanilla Ice Cream Float

August 17, 2012

I’m so not ready for summer to be over; our summer was so damn miserably hot (I mean record breaking HOT!); added to the loss of a huge tree last year that shaded the big bay window in my kitchen for 20 years and the combination led to some moments of stifling heat in the [...]

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Port Wine Cherry Mustard and My Personal Mustard Obsession

August 14, 2012

Even without kids around constantly, my fridge door is forever opening and closing. I’ll get inspired in the middle of the day and get something started as a break from work; not to mention that no salad is complete without my own dressing, sandwich without putting together a quick spread and I keep cold water [...]

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Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Apricot Bourbon Barbecue Sauce and Coleslaw

August 13, 2012

Although I usually keep it pretty light here; if you’ve read this blog long enough you’ll know that sometimes something will get under my skin and I will use this space to howl at the moon. I recently noticed some grumbling about the quality of food blogs based on one person’s criteria which for her [...]

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Sicilian Chocolate Gelato with Bourbon and Dark Chocolate Chips

August 10, 2012

Ice cream for a Friday Cocktail? OK, maybe I’m stretching it just a bit but this ice cream, unlike the Blueberry and Basil Martini pops I did recently, offers up bourbon in a most evident way so of course I thought it absolutely appropriate! This started innocently enough; I saw the Twitter account for Scharffenberger [...]

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Cinnamon Bread with Cherries and Almonds for #TwelveLoaves

August 6, 2012

Talk about ‘tardy to the party’ and that would be me. When my friend Lora, THE Cake Duchess, and I discussed my participating in a blog/bread initiative called Twelve Loaves; I was having a decidedly overwhelmed day. Yard work, client work, dog haircut (and cleaning my family room carpets on a 90 degree day because [...]

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Bing Cherry Sorbet with Cava Sparkling Wine and Brandied Cherry Topping

August 3, 2012

For way too many years I walked right by Bing cherries at the market because the thought of removing the pits from all those gorgeous luscious orbs was just mind numbing. I might break down and buy just enough to eat out of hand; of course somewhere that I could enjoy them and had a [...]

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Summer Olympics Barbecue with Marinated, Grilled Flank Steak and Bacardi LIght Mojito

August 1, 2012

Remember when I mentioned that last week felt like Christmas in July? Yes, I got some food and wine in the mail and sure…who doesn’t love that. But the best present? Two different boxes courtesy the folks at Bacardi. One box contained their new Bacardi Light Cocktails, available in both Pina Colada and Mojito. Now [...]

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