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My Del Mar Fair San Diego County Fair post will be two parts – one about my foray into the food contest world and one about the delicious things I ate. Today’s post will be about contests!
I have never entered a food contest before. I thought briefly about entering something for the San Diego Cake [...]
Mushrooms on Toast: a recipe
Mushrooms are one of those things that people either totally love or totally hate. There doesn’t seem to be much in between. I used to think I didn’t like mushrooms until I tried them again one day and discovered that I really liked them. At a birthday party we had for our friend Heather last [...]
creamy new york style cheesecake
Recently I celebrated an anniversary with a certain boy that I date. In lieu of buying him an actual gift, I decided to make something. What better way to show your affection than through delicious desserts? Cheesecake is a favorite of his and of mine and it had been awhile since I made one. So long that I hadn’t made one in the whole time we had dated and I thought it was high time to remedy the situation.
Alyssa and I were invited to attend Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival on the opening day last Friday and we gladly accepted the invitation. Being native San Diegans, we both had never really heard about the Food & Wine Festival before, even though the Festival is now celebrating its fourth year running. Alyssa, who [...]
More bridal shower stuff – it’ll be over soon!
The other thing we made were the favors (among other things). For favors we decided to create a “Friends and Family Cookbook” along with some “Nutter Butter Bites” – two lovely things to take home! I had the guests that were coming to the shower send me [...]
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