I know this isn’t a recipe but I wanted to invite you to Foodportunity. If you live in or nearby Seattle, Keren Brown, aka Frantic Foodie is hosting this amazing event July 22. If you are are a food blogger, in the food industry, or just love food and being around others who love food this event is not to be missed! I bought my ticket the first day this event was announced and can’t wait to attend. Bites and wine are included with your ticket purchase of $25. So buy your tickets!!
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Melt In Your Mouth: Cream Scones Recipe
Photo by (c) kcline photography
This morning I woke up at 7am to make and bake cream scones for a brunch I didn’t even get to go to. I’ll save you the reason why I had to cancel going to brunch and instead give you the recipe to make these “melt in your mouth” light and fluffy cream scones. Perhaps the reason they are so good is because of the high fat content from the ample heavy cream in the recipe. I suppose when you bake anything made of butter and heavy cream it would be hard not to melt in your mouth. I guess I should mention I also made strawberry balsamic vinegar jam last night just for these scones. I’ll be posting I’ve posted a recipe for the jam soon here. Back to the scones though. This recipe is an adapted version from “The New Best Recipe: All-New EditionCookbook” by Cooks Illustrated Magazine. I’ve made them exactly like CI, and they were really good. This version is even better! (I realize these are fightin’ words!) [Read more…]
And the winner is…. ME! Celebrity Chef Tour 2009
This morning when I checked my email I was stunned to see an email from Keren of FranticFoodie.blogspot.com. In the Subject heading was: WINNER. Say what? As I read her email I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I won 2 tickets to the coveted Celebrity Chef Tour Benefiting the James Beard Foundation. These tickets cost $175 each! I was having a Cinderella moment. THANK YOU KEREN!!! I had entered a contest on her site sharing what my most embarrassing moment in the kitchen was and she randomly picked my name. In case you’re wondering what my response was, here it is. [Read more…]