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FORT LAUDERDALE, LOBSTER OMELET, RUM RUNNER COCKTAIL

Remember the Fort Lauderdale of spring break madness—-with paradise lost to swarms of college students hoarding the town? Well hallelujah, today the spring-break kids go elsewhere, leaving Fort Lauderdale’s delights to locals and tourists wanting a comfortable, non-crowded, spring, winter, or anytime warm-weather break. What does the Greater Fort Lauderdale area offer visitors? Easy answer: […]

WORLD’S BEST BEER BARS BY BILL YENNE

Bill Yenne has been writing about beer for a quarter century and is among the world’s leading authorities on beer and brewing history. Then again, he’s an authority on many topics, having contributed to encyclopedias of both world wars as well as having authored more than three dozen non-fiction books with topics ranging from aviation to biography (Julius […]

¶ Posted 24 November 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARS § BEER § BELGIUM § BEVERAGES § BOOKS § BRUGGE § CALIFORNIA § CZECH REPUBLIC § DRINKS § GERMANY § HAWAII § MUNICH § SAN FRANCISCO § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: beer, Bill Yenne, Brugge, Czech Republic, Hawaii, Hofbräuhaus München, Kauai Island Brewery, Munich, Saminee De Garre, San Francisco, Toronado, U Fleku Pivovar

BEST EVER CARAMEL APPLE PIE

What can one say about apple pie? Carl Sagan said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Eugene Field said, “But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.” Jane Austen said, “Good […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DESSERTS § PIES § RECIPES § THANKSGIVING ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Apple Pie, apples, Caramel

FAMILY FOOD AND FUN IN LOS ANGELES

Catherine McCord perfectly fits the description of a contemporary food-focused superwoman/super mom. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Catherine credits her parents and grandparents for instilling in her a love of food, particularly healthy, wholesome food. Her knowledge expanded and interest in food and cooking intensified when she traveled the world as a supermodel and explored […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § BREAKFAST § CALIFORNIA § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § LOS ANGELES ‡ Comments Off °

PAELLA VALENCIANA

Spanish tourism authorities claim that Germans head to Valencia for the beach and the gastronomy; that the French seek fashion, the design hotels and the gastronomy; and that Americans like the history, the culture and the gastronomy. See a pattern here? Everyone loves Valencia’s gastronomy. I know the reason. It’s called Paella. That luscious rice […]

¶ Posted 02 September 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ENTREES § SPAIN § TRAVEL § VALENCIA ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Albufera, Calasparra rice, Paella de Marisco, Paella Valenciana, Rafael Galvez Benedito, Rafael Vidal, Valencia

Hot Chocolate and Rum Punch

You know what I’m going to miss most about winter? No, not skiing in St. Moritz, and certainly not heating bills large enough to pay for skiing in St. Moritz. I’m going to miss the après ski hot chocolate mélange as served at the Hauser Hotel in St. Moritz. The hot chocolate is so comforting […]

¶ Posted 31 March 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CHOCOLATE § COCKTAILS § DRINKS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Anguilla, hot chocolate, rum punch, St. Moritz

World’s Best Chocolate Torte

Imagine sitting with a lover on the terrace of Merriman’s Kapalua. Your table overlooks a small-boat harbor and the south Maui shoreline where Humpback whales frolic in shimmering waters. Sunshine kisses all. Could life be sweeter?

Well…yes…frankly it could, the moment you lift a fork and bring the velvety darkness of Merriman’s Chocolate Lover’s Torte to the tongue. Forget everything else. Chocolate Lover’s Torte is perfection! It’s as good as it gets—and more.

¶ Posted 18 April 2011 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CHOCOLATE § DESSERTS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Chocolate Torte, Hawaii, Peter Merriman

DIJON RESTAURANTS

The best restaurants in Dijon, France, picked by Sophie Jugie, director of the Musee des Beaux-Arts

¶ Posted 15 August 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Dijon, Dijon restaruants, France, Musee des Beaux-Arts

ORCHID CURE

ORCHIDS AND CINNAMON For fellow orchid addicts: After finding large black spots on two of my favorite phalaenopsis, I immediately called the local orchid hospital. The doc on call suggested a two-step cure. “First,” he said, “cut the spot from the plant, cutting with a sterilized tool, well below the spot, back to where the […]