Holiday time Van De Kamps would sell a package of about a dozen cookies that were of a holiday shape. Here are the Shamrocks for the upcoming March 17th Holiday. Enjoy!
holiday baking
Thanksgiving Tips,🦃 Tricks and Fixes... Monday November 25th 8am hour /
Recipes from Todays Show and Tips with Timelines for the week! Enjoy!
It’s kinda funny. I get asked… Are you cooking for Thanksgiving? Honestly, I think it has been 25 years since I cooked for the exact day of Thanksgiving. I teach pie baking for weeks prior, so many will enjoy the art of perfect pies. I jump on TV on morning shows from Thanksgiving Sides to How to fix your turkey. For 8 years, every Thanksgiving I was on a ship. A few years ago I got a call from Holland America on Wednesday before Thanksgiving with a panic. “ Are you in SoCal? Any chance you can jump on a ship tomorrow for 6 days out to the South Pacific .. We will fly you anywhere you need to go? So drove early Thanksgiving morning to the docks of San Diego and passed about 6 WalMarts with lines out the parking lot for those $100 TV Sets.. I sailed into in Tahiti almost a week later after teaching classes and lectures. Flew home from the island.. A few times I was in London for the holiday… Mom asked, where are you going to have Thanksgiving? Well Mom.. they don’t celebrate it.. Something about us leaving the Mother Ship…
Here are some of the recipes for tomorrow mornings show… Also, a timeline as to how to prepare for your week..
Menu:
Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing
Items every kitchen must have for holiday emergency
1. Vodka
2. Turkey Stock
3. Kahlua
4. Whipped Cream
Timeline:
ASAP: Set Table and Get all bowls/utensils out
Thaw Turkey (in COLD water), replace every 30 mins
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Make:
Soup
Potatoes
Cranberries
Pies
Stuffing
Thursday AM:
Make:
Turkey
Thursday Late Afternoon:
After Turkey is setting (30 mins). Place: Potatoes and Stuffing wrapped in foil into oven
at 375°F for 35 minutes.
Heather and I last years Turkey Makeover!
CBS8 San Diego.. Pumpkins are Happening! 🎃 October 25th /
San Diego Morning News.. Here are the recipes from todays show. Fast and easy!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
I was on the morning news an hour earlier at the 7am hour. Just in time for you to see the traffic before you head to work! Next week is Halloween! Here are a few savory and sweet dishes for you to try. Let me know how they work out.
Try making your own Pumpkin Puree!
Recipes:
Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies (Pictured above)
Have a Great weekend!
SDLiving Christmas Show! Thursday! /
This Thursday! SDLiving Live at 9am on the CW6.
Cheese Balls and Yule Logs! Bringing back the retro! Tune in to see how to make these 1960s Favorites!
Nutella Buche de Noel Cake (Christmas Log Cake)
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Rose Meringues /
What do you do with the left-over egg whites? Here is a fast and easy recipe to make. You can make these last in your holiday baking so you can put them in the oven to dry out overnight. I made mine with rose water and light pink coloring.
Fruit Cake and Onion Jam /
We ALL know the horrible dreaded fruitcake. I really hate it. Now if it was dipped in chocolate or not made of fruit that sticks to your teeth.. Maybe.
One of my first jobs was at The Cake Walk on 3rd street in Los Angeles. It truly was one of my favorite jobs. Biill and Bill owned it. Christmas time was a mad house we did crazy things for the industry (Media) since we were only block away from Paramount and so many other production places. One job I had (since I had the best writing) An industry person would give us their entire LA area holiday card list. We would take that and sign their names and deliver a cake (Mostly Lemon, Pistachio, Fruitcake or Chocolate Cherry) with the holiday card. Gladice and David Beagleman (former producer and agent) had the longest list, over 300. Funny I would sign the cards and David was arrested only a few years prior for embezzling.
Our fruit cake at the Cake Walk had the candied oranges and Grand Marnier (really cheep triple sec), And golden raisins. This recipe is from 1980 when I was in pastry school. I created it and I still use it today. Its great.. That is if you love Fruit Cake.. I have my fruits right now soaking and Sunday is when I am baking mine for my father. Its his favorite!
Onion Jam This is a very useful Jam. Take a little and place it on a toast point, Add cheese on top and place under the boiler until bubbling.
Pecan Cake with Pecan Praline Glaze /
Its Monday. Thursday is "Feast" day! The last few weeks I was teaching in the Midwest (Ohio, IL and IN) fall pastry classes and a few donut classes too. Today I made 3 pumpkin pecan cheesecakes for the Thursday feast. I am going to drive to Napa area to have dinner with some friends and their family. Fall in Napa is a crisp time of year... Maybe I will bring some apples home!
Here is a Pecan Cake with the richest glaze. Next week be looking for my huge newsletter packed with holiday goodness!
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hallmark's Home and Family Show Oct 23rd, 2012 /
Here is the recipe from the Hallmark Home and Famly Show from Tuesday October 23rd, 2012
Here is the link to purchase books and the featured Cheesecake Pans from the show.
Here is the site if you missed the show: Hallmarks: Home and Family Show.
Thank you so much!
George
All Chocolate! /
Texas.. & Chocolate !
I am here in Texas for a whirlwind tour.. 5 classes, 5 cities, 4 car rentals, over 200 students, 4 hotels and 6 air flights, 2 different airlines flying thousands of miles.. in 5 days! Yes.. 5 Days! It has been a few years since I have been here teaching in Texas and it was great last night seeing so many past students.
Here is a great fast easy recipe we made last night.
Enjoy!
George
1960's Eggnog Recipe /
This morning I received an instant message from my good friend Mary…
“I love all of the recipes.. Do you have an eggnog recipe with the raw eggs to where it has so much brandy that the salmonella is all killed?”
OK first of all.. YES. From my old recipe collection. These recipes are in a file with the real Cesar dressing, Pasta Carbanara and Hollandaise sauce that I don’t use in recipes in class because of the raw scare. But here is a recipe as it was intended to be made.
Now if you dont want to make your own.. And you live in the greater Los Angeles area try Broguieres Dairy. You can find it at the dairy in Montebello and some selected stores. When I host my holiday food tours we always have the eggnog..
Macadamia Nut Brittle /
Time to make the brittle!
Here is a great recipe that I have been making for year.
Enjoy!
Candy Cane Marshmallows /
Ginger Snap Cookies /
I always have loved this spicy cookie. Years back I decided to fill it with a nice cream vanilla bean ginger filling.. Enjoy!
Chocolate and Gold Shortbread Cookies /
Perfect Holiday Cookies! Chocolate and Gold Shortbreads!
Read MoreHoliday Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies /
A slight rum taste with the creamy eggnog will make this cookie a new holiday family favorite!