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Pork Roulade With Mushrooms & Blue Cheese Sauce
This is a elegant main entrée dish and the stuffing inside gives the pork a softer and more tender texture. Roulade is a French culinary term meaning “roll,” and refers to a thin slice of meat rolled around a variety of fillings, including ground pork, breadcrumbs, vegetables, mushrooms, pickles, cheese and others. The roll is seared and […]
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Dim sum is the Cantonese term for a type of Chinese dish that involves small individual portions of food, usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate. Sunday morning we were invited by our new friends for Dim Sum at a wonderful restaurant in Alhambra, CA. I happen to love Dim […]
Continue ReadingCheese Spread With Pepper Jelly
Cheesy Dip! I’m feeling like a really fattening dip. I need cheese and carbs! Here’s one that really appeals to me. The whole cream cheese, cheddar, spicy factor does it for me. Cheese Spread With Pepper Jelly Serves 10 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup green onions, sliced 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 tsp garlic […]
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Last night we went to this amazing Brazilian “hole in the wall” restaurant in downtown Los Angeles called WoodSpoon. I had seen it on The Best Thing I Ever Ate with Giada De Laurentiis. Her husband took her there for the Brazilian Chicken Pot Pie, which has hearts of palm, olives and roasted corn. It was excellent, […]
Continue ReadingMediterranean Chicken And Artichoke Potpie
It’s Potpie Weather! I found this recipe in the South Bend, IN Tribune, which is close to where I grew up. This potpie recipe has a golden phyllo pastry crust that envelopes a lemony filling of chicken, feta cheese, convenient canned artichoke hearts and rice. For the chicken you can use leftovers or the meat from a […]
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A Bright Red, Bittersweet Aperitif One of my husband’s favorite drinks is the bright red, bittersweet aperitif Campari. I can’t stand it and after years of being coaxed to “take a sip—try it again, it is an acquired taste,” I have given up. It is just too bitter for me! Eric likes it because it […]
Continue ReadingChicken & Bacon Stew
A Crowd Pleasing Meal Over the weekend, I made this amazing stew for a spontaneous dinner party that we had. Everyone loved it. It was very easy and served a crowd, plus we had left overs. Chicken & Bacon Stew Serves 8 3 Tbs olive oil 16 chicken pieces on the bone 6 oz Bacon, […]
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Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is also known as the Day of Atonement. It is observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. At the end of Yom Kippur, Jews traditionally share a joyful Break Fast meal with family and friends. […]
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I’m sure I will get in some kind of hot water for this, but I suppose I should bring up Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress that she wore to the MTV Video Music Awards. I personally think it’s brilliant. I love watching all the “special” interest groups up in arms. People take things way to seriously, […]
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Hot Dip! In anticipation of some cooler weather here in Los Angeles, I am giving you a recipe for a hot dip to serve your hungry friends. I like this because it’s a little different than the usual hot spinach artichoke dip – don’t get me wrong, I love hot artichoke dip! Curried Crab Dip […]
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