Amaretto Cheesecake Flan

Sweeten up your Cinco de Mayo party! My husband absolutely adores flan! I have made the traditional kind for him so many times that I thought I’d add a little twist to it this year. This is a firmer flan that resembles the kind my friend Kathy makes from her Portuguese grandmother’s recipe. And I say anything with a little alcohol added to it has to be a winner! Continue reading →

Party Chicken Piccata

This chicken is a party waiting to happen! Chicken Piccata is a wonderful dish but when you add all the flavors of spring, it becomes one happy spring chicken that your dinner guests will crow about. Citrus, asparagus, artichokes and mushrooms take ordinary chicken piccata to a whole new level that is so incredibly good you will wonder why you never tickled your chickens fancy like this before!

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No More Boring Chicken!

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Party ’til the Chickens come home! Chicken is so easy to get along with but sometimes it just gets a little boring. It’s time to ruffle those chicken feathers and say stuff it to the same old chicken. Stuffed chicken breasts are a favorite of mine because they sound fancy and are good enough for company! It is easy and yet so elegant. You can even stuff it for a week night dinner. 

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Negroni – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Negroni Up
 
Feeling all Italian today after creating a little Italian dinner party, I felt the need to unwind like an Italian. In the early 1900’s, in Florence, Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender for a more manly drink than those of the time and thus the Negroni was born. This is a very adult cocktail and meant to be sipped.

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Saint Patrick’s Jello Shots – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

My Irish girlfriend Laura and I always go the the St Patrick’s Day Parade and then to a local pub where a group of die hard Irish men have been playing Irish “sing-along” music for years. We both have Irish ancestry and the singing and drinking satisfies us both down to our little Irish bones! Continue reading →

Mexican (Aphrodisiac) Cosmo – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call

 
Cosmo
 
Tequila lovers we are! Now we are not purists so we do appreciate a mellow sipping tequila from time to time.
 
A few years back we were in Puerto Vallarta for our anniversary and our friends Alex and Debbie introduced us to Agavero on our last night in town. We loved it so much that the next morning we began our mad hunt to find some before we had to catch our flight back home.

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Cupcakes Aren’t Just for Parties!

Tiedye Cupcake
 
I was saying to my husband that January doesn’t have any holidays or big reasons to celebrate and have a party. I know in most parts of the country it is cold and sometimes dreary. I am so lucky because today the sun is shining in Southern California so I thought I’d bring a little sunshine to the rest of you.  
Winter is the best time for citrus and it is one of my favorite flavors. Our Meyer Lemons, Oranges and Mexican Limes are all hanging heavy on the trees so it is harvest time. Citrus is so bright and cheery and can be the ingredient that brings the dish to life! This is a chiffon cake and is light and airy. The perfect pair, a light flavorful cake and citrus. Heaven in every bite.
So have some sunshine in a cupcake and you will have a party in January!

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