What's Dorothy Eating Now?

You gots to LOVE bread pudding!  What can be easier, save up bits and pieces of bread in the freezer and when you have enough, whip together a custard, pour it over the bread and bake and in 45 minutes or so you have a warm satisfying dessert or snack. Recently we were on a  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, Desserts and Baked Goods

Having catered for years and years I throw parties like other people change socks!  However I also know that my ease of entertaining is not shared by all and after years and years of people asking, “How do you do that?” I’ve decided it’s time to let you know.  I’m putting a cookbook together giving  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, cook book

When I’m off over the holidays I love having everyone over for brunch.  It’s so luxurious to gather earlier in the day with the whole day ahead of us for chatting and laughing.  Ideas in several new cookbooks intrigued me and they defined the menu.  I couldn’t make up my mind about what recipe to  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Appetizers, Breakfast Diaries, Reviews

We started with tasting salts and sugars and we ended with spices and a brunch.  The semester flew by and we had our last class this past Friday.  We ended up combining two topics.  I wanted to touch upon spices, show everyone how easy and economical it is to make a spice rub.  By purchasing  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, Favorite Ingredients, The cooking class

This is the time of year for baking and for apples.  Last week a friend forwarded a link from the Letters From a Hill Farm blog which featured a buttermilk apple snack cake.  I received the link on Friday and of course baked the cake first thing Saturday morning, and I do mean first thing.   [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, Desserts and Baked Goods, Reviews

Throughout France and many upscale restaurants Gougere are considered an appetizer but in our home they are considered breakfast!  Gougere are made from pat a choux dough the same dough that is used for cream puffs, but instead of being sweet the dough has cheese and/or chives, onions, garlic in them.  Whatever you feel like  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Appetizers, Breakfast Diaries

Another Great Breakfast Yesterday for breakfast I threw some cornbread together.  Today I heated a square of cornbread and topped it with Greek yogurt (my current favorite is Wallaby’s Organic Greek Yogurt) and fresh apricots drizzling it with orange blossom honey and ate it with pan sautéed Applegate Organic Chicken and Apple Sausage…man that’s good  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, While the pot simmers or this and that

Entry # 3 Cheesy Grits and Eggs Yes it’s a work day, but who cares!  I want a lovely breakfast.  Claire is off for summer break so I don’t have to have the mad dash to BART at 7:00 AM so I might as well fill the extra time with making myself a delicious satisfying  [Continue reading...]

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Breakfast Rice Pudding I was getting a little bored with my waffle, berries, yogurt breakfast and wanted some other grain based platform for my berries and yogurt.  I really enjoy eating grains in the AM, I seem to have better energy when I do, however I also need lots of good protein in the AM.   [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries

Entry # 1 waffles  I absolutely LOVE breakfast and one of the many reasons to love weekends is that I have more time to indulge myself in breakfast.  I sleep in on the weekends so by the time I get to breakfast I’m super hungry which adds to the enjoyment of the meal, and I’m  [Continue reading...]

Filed under: Breakfast Diaries, Desserts and Baked Goods