HUMMUS
FINNISH COOKIES
FINNISH COOKIES
Also called Snowball cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, and Mexican Wedding Cookies
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PAIN A L’ANCIENNE FRENCH BREAD
French bread using the Traditional Method
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FARMERS MARKET IN STRASBOURG FRANCE
We were able to catch a farmers market while visiting Strasbourg, France.
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FIG STAR BREAD IN ITALY
A Soft Sweet Bread that Looks Very Festive
Rome, Italy. We love the look of this fig star bread. We first saw the star shaped bread in Italy. The bread is made from a basic sweet bread dough, and for this version we used fig jam and fresh figs.
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FRENCH VANILLA ICE CREAM
Paris, France. French vanilla ice cream.
Christmas came early and Santa just left me a Whynter ice cream maker. Wow! We made one batch of ice cream in it and I immediately got rid of all the previous ice cream makers we had hanging out in the garage never being used. No messing with ice and rock salt or freezing the inner container. But best of all, it made the most incredible French vanilla ice cream I have ever had. Better than anything we had found in France. I was stunned.
BEURRE NOISETTE
CREME FRAICHE
CREME FRAICHE
Creme fraiche is like a French version of sour cream. It sounds fancy, but it is very easy to make.
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CASSOULET IN PARIS
Made with Pork Shoulder, Duck Confit, Garlic Sausage and topped with Bread crumbs.
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TOMATO TART
A tomato tart is a nice summertime celebration of the tomato.
An elegant brunch item which can be made ahead. And though it looks special, it is easy to make since it is a basic tart shell with cheese and tomato.
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VIETNAMESE CANH SOUP
The Vietnamese Canh soup is similar to Italian Wedding soup, so Tony added orzo for the pasta, and Brussels sprouts as one of the vegetables.
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SWEET-AND-SOUR SPARE RIBS
A popular appetizer from Hunan province in China, sweet-and-sour spare ribs, or tang cu pai gu, are not that difficult to make, and are incredible with the right ingredients.
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RYE BREAD FOR SOLSTICE
RYE BREAD FOR SOLSTICE
Maybe it’s the Nordic influenced area where I grew up, Ballard in Seattle, but Rye bread and Salmon always seemed appropriate for celebrating the Solstice in June.
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Strasbourg France, bridge
Strasbourg France
Strasbourg France, restaurant
Strasbourg France
Strasbourg France
Strasbourg France, bridge
Strasbourg France, cafe sign
Strasbourg France, side street
Strasbourg France
Strasbourg France, fall leaves
Discovering Mushrooms in Santa Cruz
DISCOVERING MUSHROOMS IN SANTA CRUZ
Just after a rain is a perfect time for photographing mushrooms in the Santa Cruz hills.
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FALL FOLIAGE IN VERMONT
Flowers of Maui
Bagels in Montreal Canada
We went looking for outstanding leaf colors in Montreal, and found incredible bagels as well.
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We have found POG available in cans all over Hawaii. POG is a drink of Passion fruit juice, Orange juice and Guava juice. But only recently did I discover POG in Maui that was fresh squeezed. An incredible discovery.
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