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CARAMEL CORN, POPCORN, ELLA & OLLIE

Jane Helms’ recipe for caramel corn could be the best recipe for popcorn on the planet. But I’m jumping ahead. Before we get to the recipe, let me tell you about her son Matt Helms and his new popping hot business venture. Matt says that he loves family, farming, business, agriculture and marketing—passions that he […]

HOMEMADE for the HOLIDAYS

Gift wrapped in sugar and spice and everything nice, Sweet Leisure brings you some sensational, truly terrific, and downright delicious recipes that you can make for happy holiday indulging. Click below for: GOOD, GRAND AND GROOVY GOURMET GIFTS TO GIVE Peanut Butter cookies, Hot Cocoa Cake, Coffee Rub, Spiced Pecans, Sponge Candy and Pompelmocello. […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § CAKE § CANDY § CHEESE § CHOCOLATE § CHRISTMAS § COCKTAILS § COFFEE § CONDIMENTS § COOKIES § DRINKS § ENTERTAINING § GLUTEN FREE § HAM § HEADS UP TO HAPPY HOUR § RECIPES § SAUCES § SOUPS § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: birthday cake, Brie, cream soups, fig rum conserve, Gorgonzola, gourmet gifts, ham, hot cocoa cake, hummus, peanut butter cookies, port wine sauce, preserved kumquats, Smoked Salmon, spiced pecans, sponge candy

RUNAMOK MAPLE TIRAMISU

Laura Sorkin is a farmer, a writer, a recipe developer, a cookbook author, a wife, a mother of two teenagers and the co-founder/owner (with husband Eric) of Runamok Maple, a company producing a variety of artisan syrups that are setting the standard not only for pure maple syrup, but also those creatively enlivened with flavor. […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § CAKE § CHOCOLATE § COFFEE § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § DESSERTS § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § PRODUCTS § RECIPES § SHOPPING ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: cocoa, COFFEE, Eric Sorkin, Laura Sorkin, maple syrup, Mascarpone, Runamok Maple, tiramisu

EDIBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH

Can’t help it. Whenever I would make chocolate chip cookies, I would eat so much of the dough as to almost halve the cookie yield. Today that’s not necessary. I cut to the chase and just make the dough—an edible version, of course—without raw eggs—without raw flour. I try not to make the treat too […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CHOCOLATE § COOKIES § DESSERTS § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: CHOCOLATE, chocolate chips, cookie dough, edible dough

10 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT LONDON IN DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS DECOR. HERE. THERE. EVERYWHERE. WARMING AND LINGERING AT LONDON’S TOP INDOOR ATTRACTIONS THEATRE AFTERNOON TEA WITH A HOLIDAY THEME ONE-STOP CHRISTMAS SHOPPING PUBS, PUB GRUB AND HAPPY PEOPLE FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST POP UP ICE RINKS AND MERRY GO ROUNDS COSY HOTEL […]

¶ Posted 12 December 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BREAKFAST § CANDY § CHRISTMAS § DESSERTS § ENGLAND § HOLIDAYS § LONDON § RECIPES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Afternoon tea, Churchill War Rooms, England, London, Madam Tussauds, marshmallows, National Portrait Gallery, National Theatre, Natural History Museum, Rubens at the Palace hotel, The Chesterfield Mayfair, Victoria and Albert Museum

SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE FROM ZINGERMAN’S BAKEHOUSE

For many years I’ve been trying to score the recipe for Zingerman’s best selling Sour Cream Coffee Cake. I’ve flashed my press credentials and requested the recipe at both Zingerman’s Deli and Zingerman’s Bakeshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with no luck. (Well that’s not exactly true. I did feel extremely lucky that Zingerman’s shared a […]

¶ Posted 12 July 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ANN ARBOR § BOOKS § BREADS § CAKE § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § COOKIES § DESSERTS § MICHIGAN § PRODUCTS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Amy Emberling, Ann Arbor, Antonis Achilleos, coffee cake, cookbook, Frank Carollo, sour cream, Zingerman's Bakehouse

LUSCIOUS RECIPES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST KITCHENS

The very best (no fooling), the most divine (really) recipes from people and places (all totally superlative) to make for gift giving. (Marvelous to the max!) COFFEE RUB SEASONING MIX A coffee and spice and everything nice recipe from Jim Leonardo, chef of Vinology, the spiffy wine-bar and restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Recipe HERE. […]

¶ Posted 21 December 2017 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ANN ARBOR § APPETIZERS § BARBECUE § BEVERAGES § CANDY § CHOCOLATE § COCKTAILS § COFFEE § CONDIMENTS § COOKIES § DESSERTS § DRINKS § GLUTEN FREE § LITTLE ROCK § MICHIGAN § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: cakes, candy, cookie, Gluten-free, grapefruit liqueur, Hotel Colorado, pecans pompelmocello, Savory Spoon Cooking School, seasoning mix, The Capital Hotel, The Living Room, Vinology, Zingerman's

GIFTS THAT GIVE

Making a list? Checking it thrice? Want to give something that triple-dips nice? Then read on for special stores that can make shopping a breeze, provide enough choice to please a Santa load of recipients and help ease the lives of families around the world. For gift-giving at its win win win best, click in, fill […]