A Fine Kettle of Ish

04/27/2012

{New Post} 2012 san diego food blogger bake sale - It's that time again! In 2011, San Diego Food Bloggers banded tog... http://ow.ly/1jal9W

02/04/2012

Lard: Yea or Nay? (My vote: everything in moderation!)

Lard didn't just fall out of favor. It was pushed. It was a casualty of a battle between giant business and corporate interests.

02/04/2012

Ate at Carnitas Snack Shack for the first time last night. The Shack Burger, medium rare, was beyond fabulous.

Eat Local! Carnitas' Snack Shack Restaurant, North Park, San Diego, California. Hanis Cavin, Executive Chef.

12/31/2011

{New Post} vanilla bean thumbprints - As the holiday season winds into New Year's Eve, I know more of you are thinki... http://ow.ly/1gsHDg

12/30/2011

One of my two new favorite cookie recipes.

As the holiday season winds into New Year's Eve, I know more of you are thinking of starting diets than starting a batch of cookies, but I have a few new recipes from the holidays that are too good...

12/13/2011

These melted snowman cookies are too cute!

 Welcome to Truly Custom Cakery! The home of the original Marshmallow Melted Snowman Cookie.

11/04/2011

A good kouign amann is well worth a drive to LA. Putting this on the road trip list, unless someone in San Diego would be so kind as to make them.

The hottest pastry in America is one you probably can’t taste—or pronounce. Kouign amann (koo-WEEN a-MON; the name means “butter cake” in Breton, the ancient Celtic language of Brittany) is

11/04/2011

It's San Diego Beer Week, folks - anyone have a favorite event picked out yet?

The Third Annual San Diego Beer Week - November 4-13, 2011

10/28/2011

Who likes free stuff?? The Year of Halloween is running a comment contest to win a free 3 month Slacker Radio subscription - just click on over and vote for your favorite Halloween song!

Boys and ghouls, we are in the final run up to the Halloween weekend and, as usual, there is more things to do than there are moments in the day. Although having just the right spooky soundtrack ...

10/20/2011

{New Post} devilishly good - Folks, autumn is upon us and Halloween will be here in less than two weeks. Why not ta... http://ow.ly/1fdZDh

10/20/2011

Who's ready for some Halloween treats?

Darling readers, I know that, for many, Halloween marks the start of a two month o**y of holiday baking, parties, and overindulgence in all manner of delicious things. So today I'm stepping away ...

10/11/2011

Comfort food wasn't always the old-fashioned, reliable thing that we consider it now. At one time, many food items that we now wolf down without a thought were once unbelievable breakthroughs in technology, science, or sophistication.