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Broccoli cheese souffle

Everyone, especially my friend Kathleen, thinks souffles are difficult. The reality is they are very easy. It’s the folding of the egg whites that seems to scare everyone off, but honestly, a souffle can be a great way to have what seems like a very fancy lunch or dinner. Add a green salad and it’s [...]

Ultimate oatmeal cookies

This recipe has been in the family for years. My mom used to make them and the original name of the cookie is “Oatmeal Jam Drops” but it didn’t really seem to be appropriate since the jam is tucked away in the middle of the cookie. As kids we somehow came up the name “hugey [...]

Pocket pies!

I was lusting after these apple and pumpkin pocket pie molds in the fall when I first saw them on the Williams-Sonoma website (this link will take you to a video of how it works). I posted a link to my Facebook page and my darling sister surprised me with them at Christmas along with [...]

The weekend exploits of a foodie

It’s been forever since I did anything new with my blog, so I decided the next chapter will be food related, but instead of restaurant recommendations, I’ll be posting items from my exploits in the kitchen. New gadgets, new recipes and milestones…like when I finally get around to making baklava. I always have renewed interest [...]

Restaurants

Jsix At The Hotel Solamar 616 J Street at 6th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619.531.8744 Hotel lobby restaurants can offer great breakfasts if you scour the menu for the good stuff and leave the heavy eggs, sausage and french toast behind. Jsix offers fabulous homemade granola with large chunks of toasted granola clusters and [...]

Hello world!

For too long now the heat has been on to start a blog. Blog shmog, I said. All that personal self-interest and opinion thrown up on the Internet. But of late I’ve discovered blogs that aim to provoke and entertain. Of course there is the big question of blogs as marketing tools or, to the [...]