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Los Angeles City Schools Coffee Cake

Posted June 25, 2011 By Adri

LAUSD Coffee Cake

 

Well, my blog is one year old today!  To celebrate, I am going back to the beginning.  My inaugural post was about the Sweet Rolls that were sold at Nutrition at Paul Revere Junior High and Palisades High Schools.  Those cinnamon brown sugar delights were my preferred “Nutrition” time treat.  There was another choice, however, and kids were of one stripe or the other.  It was either Sweet Rolls or Coffee Cake.  Read more… »

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Nikon-ML-L3-Remote

I sure hope it’s true what they say about the third time being a charm. Because three times now I have thrown Bart’s pants in the washer after having done a photo shoot, and three times straight the Nikon Remote has been in the pants pocket. Yeah, our very own version of the Timex Torture Test. John Cameron Swayze would have approved. You should have heard the stream of expletives Bart unleashed when I brought it to him after the first episode – all warm and nice from the dryer. Whoa. But miracle of fine engineering and Nikon excellence, it still worked. Yes. But Bart realized he had to be much more careful. Read more… »

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Buttermilk Panna Cotta

Posted June 12, 2011 By Adri

Butter Milk Panna Cotta

When I think of buttermilk I think of Mrs. Schwinger, my piano teacher. In her living room stood two Steinway grand pianos. And on one of them, at the beginning of every lesson Mrs. Schwinger placed a glass of buttermilk. Over the course of the hour, she drained her glass, and taught me how to make the piano sing. It’s been over forty years since my last lesson, but to this day I think of her, the two pianos and her love of music every time I open a carton of buttermilk. Thank you, Mrs. Schwinger for sharing your love and knowledge of music – and buttermilk.
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Created 122 years ago – June 11,1889 – Napoli, Italia

Get your pizza on. Pizza Margherita to be specific. It’s what’s for dinner.

Queen Margharitha di SavoiaYes, 122 years ago – June 11, 1889 Queen Margherita of Savoy’s coach rolled into Napoli, and in her honor pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Cosi (translation: “Peter’s Pizzeria and That is Enough”, now called Pizzeria Brandi) baked three pies for her. Read more… »

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Tigerella Tomato

Posted June 7, 2011 By Adri

Another in the ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes

Tigerella Tomato

This English heirloom was new to me last year, and it’s back again for 2011. That is good news for Miss Tigerella. What an amazing plant. Read more… »

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Nero d' Avola

Bonnie, old friend and lover of all things Sicilian, this one is for you. This is one very adult homemade jello. Read more… »

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