By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven Just because one has been seriously cooking and baking for 40 some years doesn’t mean they stop learning or trying new flavors, techniques or even recipes. When…
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Everything you wanted to know about chocolate but were too busy eating it to ask
OIOpublisher By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate” – Frederick Shilling Oh chocolate, how I love thee! And it seems I am not…
Time to forgive old foes and open our minds to . . . fat
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Eat healthy fat and prevent cancer and heart disease. Avoid fat and increase your risk of cancer, heart disease and obesity.” -Mark Sisson It is a…
KITCHEN MAVEN: The Party’s Over
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Like a lot of you, I cooked and baked from before Thanksgiving into the New Year. Compared to the usual array of sweets, snacks, breads and…
Linzer sables: A sparkling jewel of a Christmas cookie
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “The ‘Linzer Torte’ is considered to have the longest history of any cake in the world” -Leo Jindrak II, Linzer Torte Baker Austrian Linzer sables are…
Celebrating Seas of Trees — Lightening Up the Holidays with the Kitchen Maven
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven The celebratory tree we refer to, as a “Christmas” tree was originally a Pagan tradition and symbol of life. After lots of tree burning, murder and turmoil,…
An Easy Thanksgiving stuffed in the crock pot
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet A few years ago, as I wearily lowered myself down to Thanksgiving dinner, I realized that I could only remember one Thanksgiving dinner in the last…
KITCHEN MAVEN: THANKSGIVING MEAL DIVERSITY FOR ALL
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven I recently wrote an article, about Thanksgiving, for the Tillamook County Pioneer. It was basically a myth buster discussing facts about the holiday that most of…
Harry Potter lives on!! Halloween Recipes Inspired by Popular Series
By Dana Zia, Halloween Queen (Golightly Gourmet) Wingardium Leviosa! Quidditch! Stupefy! Riddikulus! Albus Dumbledore! Lumos! If you recognize these statements then you too are a Harry Potter fan. Every year at this…
KITCHEN MAVEN: French for Forest Food Afoot (The Humble Healthy Mushroom)
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven The word “mushroom” is derived from the French word for fungi or mold. In Europe, cultivated mushrooms were introduced in the 17th century. However, it’s believed…