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Lemon Rosemary Sea Salt
Would you like to take your culinary endeavors to new heights of deliciousness? I've got quite the deal for you! I got inspired to make this fabulous Lemon Rosemary Sea Salt a few months ago, after my daughter returned from visiting friends in Italy. She had brought back a few fun gifts, one of them being a jar of Italian sea salt infused with rosemary. It was fantastic sprinkled on just ...
Read More →Thai Steak and Noodle Salad
Have you ever tasted something so delicious you couldn't stop thinking about it? Even years later? That's how I was with this fabulous, fresh Thai Steak & Noodle Salad. My daughter lived in Memphis TN several years ago and one day, while I was visiting, we went for lunch at Houston's, a popular, classy restaurant located, not only in Memphis but in several other cities around the country. ...
Read More →Strawberry Meringues
If you’re looking for a simple, delicious treat that’s a delight for kids and grownups as well, whip up a batch of these yummy melt-in-your-mouth meringues!
Have you ever heard of a Middle of the Night Party? We had one last night here at The Café. It's a crazy but fun tradition and here’s how it works - one night during the time my granddaughters are visiting here in the States or ...Read More →Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt and Pecans
The best ever Chocolate Chip Cookies with sea salt and slow roasted pecans- they take the cookies to a whole new level!
Maybe I'm fickle but I keep thinking "this time I've found the best chocolate chip cookie". Maybe it's just that I love baking, therefore I'm always trying new recipes - even though I thought that I'd "found the best CCC (or whatever else it might be!). But this ...Read More →White Bean, Fresh Corn and Heirloom Tomato Salad
This salad White Bean, Fresh Corn, and Heirloom Tomato Salad is light and fresh and full of fresh summer produce. You may find yourself overflowing, bursting at the seams, abounding with an abundance of delicious, fresh summer produce, you know, the kind of stuff you'd give your eye-tooth for in a month or so when the cooler winds begin to blow. That's been my situation lately and I've been ...
Read More →Roasted Tomato Gazpacho
This Tomato Gazpacho is full of roasted tomatoes for depth of flavor and juicy, sweet grape tomatoes along with cucumbers, and red onion for freshness.
Gazpacho without peppers? Really? It's the peppers that give gazpacho such a fresh, vibrant taste, isn't it? Without peppers, I thought for sure, that it would be like peas without a pod, or bees without a buzz or trees without a ...Read More →Panazella Salad
Crisp croutons, heirloom tomatoes, fresh summer corn, and sliced avocado make this a delicious salad that you will crave! Leave it to the Italians to make something from nothing, Panazella, the delicious salad you see pictured above and below hails originally from Florence, in the heart of the lovely Italian region called Tuscany. In Italian households, Panazella was considered peasant-fare, ...
Read More →Peanut Butter Tart
You're going to laugh when you hear this ... I sent my son an email yesterday with a message that he should check out the guest post I was doing for my friend, Maureen at The Orgasmic Chef. He wrote back and said "I was nervous when I saw the name of her blog. It's not every day you get an email from your mom with the word orgasmic in it!!!!!!" No, no, no... it's nothing like that! - she's just ...
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