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cheddar AND apples? yes
We once took a stroll through the Ferry Building while I was visiting him in San Francisco. Every time I turned around he was chewing something different, culminating with a giant baguette he had tucked under his arm, but within biting distance.
What's that in the bag? Why it's store-bought flapjack.
Have you ever thought about oatmeal? Like really thought about oatmeal? No?! How odd.
Pan de Muerto
With my dead bread finally on cooling racks, I wanted a change of scene and went for a walk through the closest neighborhood-y looking neighborhood. Seeing carved pumpkins on stoops and tiny dinosaurs roaming the streets reminded me of my own childhoo...
apples, cranberries & few cinnamon sticks
For a good chunk of my childhood, a few days before Thanksgiving, I got the call: it was time. Time to make Cranberry Applesauce
Sky Meadow Farms in Leona Valley
Sky Meadow Farm's website promises that "you will experience a very Relaxed and Calm feeling, as if you were set back to a date in time when time was of no importance." They delivered.
tools of the 'ol trade
A very skinny woman got a large latte with half soy milk and half low fat milk, 1 shot of regular espresso, 1.5 shots of decaf espresso, two Equal and a tablespoon of whipped cream on the top. She would take a sip and say, "this is the best thing abou...
mmm pumpkin muffins
I enjoy capitalizing on the flavors of fall and what says "fall" more than pumpkin? Sadly, pumpkin and I broke up last year. Happily, we've reconciled.
CicLAvia
I can't get over how much it tasted like a cake donut. It was ice cream, but it tasted like a donut!
pumpkin cupcake with brown butter frosting
I'm no meteorologist, but I think the weather has been weird. And when the going gets weird, the weird get cupcakes.
the hell mouth cometh
When I saw those colorful little guys peaking out between the larger candies in the black licorice bridge mix, I grabbed the container. It was Pavlovian.
butter separated into solids and milk, ready for kneading
And then, like a worm in an apple core, another idea wriggled through my brain... apple butter. Apple butter? Apple butter! APPLE BUTTER
Manila Machine lumpia
Camp Fire Girls sold corn on the cob; the Elks Lodge had tri tip dinners (Santa Maria style, of course, and deserving of its own blog entry); the Mormons has strawberry pie; the Foursquares had jambalaya. The Mexican Social Organization sold quesadill...
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