Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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Cuban Flan: A Twist On The Traditional At Our Thanksgiving Table
Preparing for this year’s Thanksgiving celebration was hectic, but thankfully it went off without a hitch. This year we cooked a fabulous meal at home and spent time with family members who are very special to us. One in particular is not doing very well, and the reality of not having her with us next…
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A Poolishly Good Pizza
Making my own pizza dough is something that I’ve been playing with for several years now, and up until now, I had been making it the more conventional way. There’s nothing wrong with the more conventional dough that I have used in the past, but I became curious to try another method when I discovered…
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Snallygaster Craft Beer Festival, Union Market, Washington DC, 2013
The month of October is filled with events celebrating the traditional German festival known as Oktoberfest. The world’s largest fair takes place in Bavaria, and is actually a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year.…
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Strawberry Mascarpone Semifreddo With Balsamic Vinegar Toffee Swirls
Whenever I begin to think about creating a new recipe I think about it a lot. Sometimes the recipe consumes my mind for a matter of weeks, but with others it could be a matter of months. When I attended the Fancy Food Show in NYC last June, one of the trendy new items that…
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Maryland Wine Festival, September 21-22, 2013
I had been looking forward to attending this event since I was invited back in July by the Maryland Wine Association. Their website provides a list of all of their planned events throughout the year, but this one was billed as the biggest event of them all. I was keen to snag an invitation for…
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46th Annual Maryland Seafood Festival Showcases The Best Of The Bay
I remember attending the Maryland Seafood Festival years ago and being disappointed at the food offerings from the participating restaurants. Other than the usual and always delicious steamed crabs, most of the other offerings were of the deep fried variety and very pedestrian. I’m glad to say that all of that has changed for the…
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The Food Blogger’s Ongoing Copyright Battle
When contemplating a career path, our first goal is to figure out how we can create an opportunity where we can do what we love AND be able to survive financially – after all, haven’t we all heard the famous do what you love speech and even offered it up as sound advice to others…
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The Copy Cat Cronut: Unveiling The Many Secret Layers
What I’m about to tell you is the honest to goodness truth. The events of the past few months are what legends are made of, and if I hadn’t witnessed it unfolding myself, I probably would not have believed it. The problem with most legends is that you never really know where the truth leaves…
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Apple Fritter Donuts
My dad was the shopper in the family so, on his way back from grocery shopping on the weekends, he would occasionally stop and pick up a box of donuts. We couldn’t wait to peek into the box to see if our favorites were in there and once we had evaluated the situation, we descended…