Last week I mentioned the honor of having not just one, but two of my dessert recipes featured in Tina Turbin‘s latest cookbook. This goddess of Paleo Gluten Free Recipes found me and my love of coconut ~ I’m so pleased to share! Originally posted in March of 2013, these little delights reflect my childhood love…
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I am once again humbled, thrilled, and honored to host a guest post from one of my most favorite people on earth! Alisa from Paleo in PDX continues to inspire me daily with her gifts in the kitchen, her life story, and her gracious outlook on life. She creates amazing and spectacular food to share,…
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I am incredibly honored to host one of my best “blogging buddies” today for a guest post. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to post for her, and now she has reciprocated. The more I learn about Naz, the more I discover commonalities and traits that we share ~ and the more I…
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I have no idea where or how the disconnect occurred, having grown up “gifted” in the realm of food. A separation did exist, though, between my idea of cherries, and the true beauty of the fruit. For some strange reason, I had in my mind that cherries lived only in the form of the sickly syruped…
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Cupcakes used to be a really big deal. Beyond a little carry-along treat that may have accompanied a school child for a shared birthday celebration in the classroom, the little “fairy tale” cake rose to the top of the ranking foodie trends nationwide. Cupcake shops popped up all over the place – “Baby Cakes” in NYC and…
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Chocolate and peanut butter taste really, really good together. And they look pretty good together too! I attended a conference recently and learned some darn amazing tricks regarding food photography with my little iPhone. REALLY amazing. There are apps out there that fix and finagle anything, to make it look more than appetizing. In all…
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Granted and blessed with the opportunity to attend a food blogger conference over the weekend, I stepped into the doors of Vida Vegan Con amazingly grateful, excited to learn, and surprisingly unaware of all that I was due to encounter. It’s very clear from reading most of what I compose that I am not, by…
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The poor forgotten chickpea. It always seems to lose out when it comes to desserts and delicacies. It’s the seemingly omnipresent black bean that is always paired with chocolate and espresso for oh so rich brownies and tortes that garners all the creative culinary pulse attention. I, however, will stand to cheer for the garbanzo. …
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In last Friday’s Awesome Ending Fridays’ post, I teased with images of these amazing little treats for my #10. They really are amazing… In fact, in all my food creations, it is very rare that I sample while I’m cooking. I just seem to sense what’s going to taste good, what flavors will pair well…
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Did you happen to catch the attempted play on words? Raw (miniature) Chocolate Almond Mounds of Joy “Almond Joy’s got nuts – Mounds Don’t!” Growing up I didn’t eat a lot of candy candy. My consumption of sweets was in the category of “fancy.” After all, I’m a fancy lady. Gourmet chocolate truffles, European gianduja,…
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