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Category Archives: Sweets and the Like
(Not) My Grandmother’s Panna Cotta
the only desserts my grandmother ever made herself were the uninspired, quivering kind: raspberry Jell-O, Royal brand chocolate pudding, and the most boring of all, panna cotta. Or panna cot’ as she liked to call it. Continue reading
Posted in Sweets and the Like
Tagged almonds, buttermilk, buttermilk almond panna cotta, dessert, panna cotta, Sicilian grandmothers
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(Irene Irene) Cara Cara Granita
It’s Oscar time again, in case you hadn’t noticed. Which is pretty much what I wound up doing this year. Not noticing, I mean. I somehow managed to see only one Oscar-nominated movie over the past twelve months and I … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Stage, Film, and Television, Sweets and the Like
Tagged cara cara orange, Fame, Flashdance, granita, Irene Cara, oscars
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Buckles
Do you know who this man is? Well, I didn’t either until a couple of weeks ago. His name is Frank Buckles. He celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1st. That makes him a super-centenarian, which I happen to think … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast Time, Sweets and the Like
Tagged beriberi, blueberry buckle, coffee cake, doughboy, Frank Buckles, veterans, World War I
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Ovaltine Ice Cream: Christmas without The Fluff
Cloris Leachman and Mel Brooks are almost entirely to blame for this week’s post. Or to thank, depending upon your point of view. I was curled up in bed one evening, enjoying a scene from the film Young Frankenstein in … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged Christmas, Cloris Leachman, Dean Martin, dessert, Frank Sinatra, ice cream, marshmallows, Ovaltine, Ovaltine Ice Cream
25 Comments
One Fierce Holiday Cookie.
The Holidays are loud, overly-decorated, in-your-face. This time of year screams out for a cookie to to match it. And gingerbread drag queens certainly fit the bill. Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged cookies, drag queens, gingerbread, hannukah, holidays
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Apple Brown Betty White
I have this “thing” for Betty White. I always have. I love this woman so much that I could just eat her with a spoon. So that is precisely what I set out to do. Figuratively, of course. She’s a … Continue reading
Butterscotch Pudding, Once Removed
Last weekend, I attended what was affectionately called The Cousin Summit. It was hosted by Ann Marie, the family member who is not only closest to me in age but, conveniently, the closest to me in geographic terms, too. She … Continue reading
Posted in Sweets and the Like
Tagged butterscotch pudding, cousins, David Lebovitz, dessert, family, flaws, genetic inheritance, san francisco, WWE
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Liberace’s Sticky Buns
Today, thanks to the magic of Twitter, I learned that the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada is closing. All those years of visiting Sin City and I never once bothered to go to that damned museum. I always said … Continue reading
