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FABULOUS BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Right now. Immediately. Blueberries are at their most succulent, plentiful and affordable best. Quick before the season wanes, stock up. Gorge. My single favorite blueberry recipe comes from  my husband’s grandmother, Esther Milder. Esther would be about 120 years old if alive today, which of course she isn’t, but her recipe is, and it keeps […]

Posted 05 August 2009 § BREADS ‡ Comments Off on FABULOUS BLUEBERRY MUFFINS ° Tagged: ,

EASY LAST-MINUTE DINNER PARTY

SHRIMP/SAUSAGE BOIL So let’s say in a fit of madness you invited the _________(fill in the blank: family, neighbors, office friends, beer-drinking pals) for an impromptu mid-summer dinner. You have less than two hours to shop, cook and otherwise get ready. Watta ya do? First head to a grocer that has it all: shrimp, plump […]

Posted 04 August 2009 § ENTERTAINING § ENTREES § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off on EASY LAST-MINUTE DINNER PARTY ° Tagged: , , , ,

PICASSO/SANGRIA/SPAIN

In his early years Picasso painted birds and flowers and sweet little landscapes (truly—you can see them at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona www.musupicasso.bcn.cat),then he started frequenting Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats), a tavern/café in Barcelona, and his painting changed. Could be the influence of other artists who made the bar a bohemian enclave […]

Posted 29 July 2009 § BARCELONA § DRINKS § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off on PICASSO/SANGRIA/SPAIN ° Tagged: , , ,

SWEET LEISURE CAKE

I am going to try and seduce you with a wonderful cake recipe. Hopefully you’ll try it, fall in love and come back for more. The cake base came from the Alden House Inn in Belfast. Maine. Innkeepers served sweets at check-in time and the day I checked-in white-chocolate brownies graced the table. I embarrassingly […]

Posted 28 July 2009 § CAKE § DESSERTS § ENTERTAINING § RECIPES § SAUCES ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,