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I am currently hooked on America Test Kitchen's recipe sourdough bread. It's a great recipe - made with some beer. You won't be disappointed if you try it!

My first week in culinary school I was assigned to the pastry shop. The assignment for the day was to prepare lemon meringue pies to sell in the school cafeteria.
Being new to using weights and measures instead of measuring cups and spoons, I made a slight error......instead of one ounce of salt for the pie filling, I added one POUND of salt. No one caught the mistake until a customer brought it back and asked for a refund...uh-oh! I never did live that one down.

My go to party snack is baked artichoke and cheese stuffed baguette. Anybody hungry?

If it's from Chris Kimball, it's good enough for me!
I'm making his drop biscuits this Thanksgiving

Itialian-style rosted pork, aka porchetta.

An apricot crostada made from a Bon Appetie recipe posted several years ago. Great balance of sweet-tart,crisp and buttery. Heaven!

Best buy in the Bay Area - Manilla Oriental Market in Daly City. Tons of fresh produce at ridicilously low prices (fresh apricots @ 79 cents a pound!)
Although I am not a fish lover, the selection is wide and most importatnly, fresh. They'll even cook one on-site for you!

One can (or two) of ice-cold Coke. No glass, no ice - just the "stuff."

sizzling, juicy
enrobed in cheese and onions
rapsody awaits

Roasted Garlic - Buy peeled garlic in bulk, place two-three cups in an over-proof bowl (I use a stainless steel 1 qt. bowl), add salt, pepper and olive oil to cover.
Cover bowl tightly with foil, bake at 400 degrees for 60 minutes - voila! a whole bunch of roasted garlic, without the mess.

Pesto hicken breast, grilled balsamic onions and mushrooms with cave-aged swiss.

My mother. She let me create anything and everything I wanted, which led to the start of a catering carer at the age of eleven.
Thaks, Mom - xxx!