A Culinary Adventure for the Entire Family
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 […]
For those who attended our Preteen/Teen International Baking Camp on Thursday, July 26, 2012, the Brownie Recipe that was supposed to be in the packet and the Brownie Recipe that we actually used are printed below. BRAZILIAN BROWNIES INGREDIENTS: ½ cup shelled Brazil Nuts 2 Tbsps. Sugar 3/8 (1/4 cup + 2 Tbsps.) cup unsalted […]
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 […]
The week of July 9th – 13th was our ‘Back to Basics’ Culinary Camp for 10-16 year olds at Let’s Get Cookin’ in Westlake Village. I teach all the Kids & Parent/Child Classes as well as Birthday Parties & Private classes. I also teach Food Processor Classes. The photos below depict the activities […]
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 […]
MY CULINARY DIARY Sunday, June 24, 2012 Today was a Culinary Half-Marathon. Since we were almost out of bread, I decided to make some Country White Bread. I once got a T-Shirt at one conference or another that had the White Lily Flour Logo on it. I had never actually ever used White Lily […]
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 […]
Saturday, June 2nd was the day of our Parent/Chlid Pizza Class at Let’s Get Cookin’. Four Teams of 2 parents each made Piizza Dough, their own indivual pizzas and pizzas to share. Everyone was very involved and had a good time. The class ended with everyone enjoying a lunch of Pizza, Salad, Italian Sodas and […]
NATIONAL FOOD DAYS NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY Friday, June 1st is National Doughnut Day. You can either go out and buy some or stay home and make some. Making doughnuts can be fun, if not messy but think how tasty, those Doughnuts, right off the fire would be. I decided to make some Molasses Doughnuts […]
May 25, 2012 When I was at the market today, I noticed that Blackberries and Blueberries were on sale at 4 for $5.00. Since the price was so good and I love Berries, I decided to purchase some. I thought I picked up 2 boxes of each, but when I got home, what do you […]
