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Baking + Sweets

Banana Coconut Muffins, Mario Lopez & a Giveaway

November 8 by Priscilla 39 Comments

“Thank you for voting my muffins into today’s Foodbuzz Top 9!” 11.11.11 After traveling for three weeks, I’ve returned with renewed vigor, ha!  What I have done, is create a Facebook page that has the same name as my website, finally.  I’ve had a Facebook page all along, but it was called TopMomBlog; and I […]

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Summer’s Last Hurrah

September 6 by Priscilla 24 Comments

Welcome back, or maybe you didn’t do any traveling for summer’s last hurrah, either way – I hope you had a relaxing and fun-filled Labor Day weekend!  Whether it’s with a sigh of relief or a twinge of regret, we wave good bye to summer and return to our school/work routines while anticipating the balmy […]

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Sandra’s Delicious Cream Puffs

June 1 by Priscilla 39 Comments

What is your favorite dish that your mom used to make? Food blogger Sandra Mihic of Sandra’s Easy Cooking fondly remembers her mom’s Cream Puffs from her childhood days in Yugoslavia. Fortunately for us, Sandra just recently learned how to make them herself and is generously sharing her cream puffs recipe and method here. Jump […]

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Thousand-Seed Banana Date Muffins

January 8 by Priscilla 17 Comments

Everywhere you look there are the rundown of tips for getting organized, eating healthier, eliminating stress, achieving a hot bod – you know, you’ve read them too. Naturally I always peruse the eating healthy tips and my top pick of this year’s lists is that from Sunset Magazine. Among Sunset’s 10 Ways to Eat Healthy […]

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Almond Herb Biscuits

August 30 by Priscilla 13 Comments

Filled with layers of texture and flavor, the outside is crunchy, the inside soft and savory. This toothsome biscuit is from The Cornbread Gospels, a cookbook filled with wisdom and downright delicious recipes compiled by the passionate author Crescent Dragonwagon. Schooled in Southern cornbread for 33 years, Ms. Dragonwagon delighted travelers from near and far […]

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Let them eat pie!

August 9 by Priscilla 15 Comments

Well, that’s NOT what she said! And Marie Antoinette probably wouldn’t have said that because working class folks have been eating pie since the days of the ancient Egyptians, according to the research I’ve read on the origins of pie. Recipes for pie came over on the Mayflower, their ancestors being the English tart (one […]

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Zucchini and Sundried Tomato Tart

April 19 by Priscilla 9 Comments

For my first ever professional photo shoot I prepared two entrees: one was a Mediterranean-inspired Zucchini and Sundried Tomato Tart, the perfect dish for a spring garden party or brunch. With summer nearly here, I decided on Grilled Lamb Kebabs for the second dish. Brochettes or kabobs are a lighter alternative to grilled steak or […]

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A New Twist on Banana Bread

November 16 by Priscilla Leave a Comment

Beloved banana bread with an autumn twist along with the health benefits of fiber-rich oatmeal and flax.  My 18 year old devoured this bread with peanut butter for breakfast and lunch for three days straight and her BFF declared it the “bread of the gods”.  A powerful endorsement from an age group whose four main […]

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Bon Appétit Challenge – Five Spice Apple Pie

September 23 by Priscilla 2 Comments

The challenge:  cook every cover recipe from the gazillion Bon Appetit magazines I have saved over the years. The idea struck me as I contemplated cooking the cover recipe of the September 2009 issue “Chicken a la Mattone” or Chicken under a Brick – I smiled inside at the thought of posting a recipe that […]

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