Homemade Hot Cross Buns
I’ve got a great recipe for homemade hot cross buns. Also, I have a ton of exciting news! First: If you don’t feel like making 30 hot cross buns with this recipe I’m bringing to Fiesta Friday today, after a long and regretted absence on my part, you can make two giant hot cross buns and just bake them a little bit longer than for individual buns….
An Historic Montecito Adobe
This is a part of the story of The Bennett Adobe, now Hacienda Guadalupana, an old adobe in the flats of Montecito. Scoping out Montecito: I spotted this home on my return to Santa Monica from Isla Vista after visiting with my son in his college environs. It’s on the corner of a narrow, non-sidewalked street in Montecito. It’s a street near the beach…
Steamed and Seared Cabbage
This week I’m taking you over to my friend and fellow blogger Elaine’s site to widen your horizons with vegetables via her “Pimp your Veg” series. I’m employing a method that imparts a lot of great texture and flavor to the humbles and sometimes blandest veg, the cabbage. I’m bringing this dish, by way of Elaine, to Fiesta Friday #101 along with generous thanks…
Heirloom Cottage Cheese Pie
“This is the worst pie I’ve ever tasted.” -my Dad. How’s that for an enticement? Do keep in mind that my Dad said this after eating a bite of my mother’s pumpkin pie which is always sublime, and keep in mind that my Dad is a little bit set in his ways. I’m thinking if he sees a white pie, he’s thinking cheesecake, and…
Lodge Bread Co.
#”Live Free and Bake.” – Lodge Bread Co. I was going to title this post “Toast in Los Angeles” but for journalistic integrity I had to change it to because the only place (besides home) I’ve actually been having toast in Los Angeles is the wonderful new Lodge Bread Co.
