A Culinary Adventure for the Entire Family
Baked Products made with flaky pastry and/or Pastry Cream
This time I decided to make a batch of Ricotta using Rennet Tablets. It was my understanding that a quarter of a Rennet Tablet would be sufficient to curdle two quarts of milk. Unfortunately, this did not happen. When I used the Lemon Juice the heated Milk curdled within about 2 minutes. With the Rennet, I […]
October boasts of 13 different food Titles. Except for two (Eat Country Ham Month and Vegetarian Awareness Month), all are National Food Months) A few among them are ‘National Caramel Month’, ‘National Popping Corn Month’ and ‘National Chili Month’. However, I think one item is missing and that this should also be ‘National Pumpkin […]
Musical Desserts! What are they? Desserts that play music? Alas no. These are desserts that were created to honor people or certain Arts in the musical world. The Musical Desserts that I am familiar with are: Pavlova – Both New Zealand and Australia lay claim to the creation of Pavlova and it is the National […]
December 3rd is ‘National Apple Pie Day’. Everyone know that there is nothing more American than Apple Pie, but where did the origin of Apple Pie come from? There is more than one school of thought in that direction, but the American Apple Pie probably has its origins in England, where pie making is an […]
Friday, August 24, 2012 is National Peach Pie Day. You can either go out and purchase one or you can have the fun of making one or more, especially if you still have ripe peaches on your tree. If you have never made a Peach Pie, follow the recipe at peach-pie/ and make one for yourself […]
The week of August 13th – 17th was the Teen/Preteen Western Culinary Camp at Let’s Get Cookin’ in Westlake Village. During the week, we traced the evolution of Western Cuisine from its birthplace in the Middle East and followed the trail to Greece, Italy, France and then across the Atlantic to the New England States […]
DAY ONE – French & Italian Bread COUNTRY FRENCH BREAD ————–> We also made French Baguettes, an Italian Country Corn Loaf and a French Corn Loaf in addition to Quick Chocolate Bread from France. […]
Since there are still more peaches, I had Rice Krispies with sliced Peaches for Breakfast. After Breakfast, I decided to ‘feed the freezer’. I do this every year with peaches and apples, since our trees are so productive and because we love fruit turnovers for one of our breakfast items. To make […]
A week and a half ago, our peaches were too green to pick. Now they are falling off the tree and it is all I can do to keep up with them. Of course, the Squirrels and Birds are helping us do that, but they started even before the peaches were ripe enough for […]
NATIONAL FOOD DAYS ‘National Cherry Tart Day’ June 18th, 2012 June is the perfect month for ‘National Cherry Tart Day’. Cherries are ripe and ready for picking, at least in California! Cherries are delicious to eat out of hand and are also delicious in whatever dish you decide to incorporate them into. The three […]
