Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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A Pretty Pile Of Pita Bread
Pita bread is something I grew up with at home. It was always on our table, probably more so than sliced bread which we rarely ate, if ever. We had several international markets close by that had a few deliveries of fresh bread each week. My dad would always co-ordinate his shopping around those days…
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VooDoo Donuts: Countdown To Halloween
I never celebrated Halloween until my family moved to the USA from Australia in the 70’s, and for a young kid, it’s just another way to be happy and carefree. After all, isn’t that what being a kid is all about? It’s caught on now in recent years in Australia, but I’m shocked that this…
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Fig & Dark Chocolate Dessert Focaccia
Recently, I had done a post on a dessert focaccia that tasted just like cinnamon roll, and since it went over so well, I was inspired to make another one. This time, I decided to make a dessert focaccia that included some homemade fig jam and some really good Guittard dark chocolate. If you haven’t…
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A Very Figgy, Quick Fig Jam
Anyone who knows me knows that I love all kinds of fruit… and I especially love figs. My favorites are the Mission figs, but I will eat just about any kind. Growing up at home, my dad would always buy me the imported dried figs from Greece that are packed in tight rings on a…
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Jewish Honey Cake Not Only For Rosh Hashanah
When it comes to tradition, the Jewish religion beautifully weaves food (or the lack of it) into meaningful ceremonies that were created to regenerate and realign the mind, body and spirit with spiritual teachings. There are so many meanings invested in traditional Jewish foods that it seems like every act of eating is an expression…
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Jewish Apple Crumb Cake
My online recipe research is always so much fun and informative that I just never know what I’m going to come across. It’s always a little exciting when I sit down to my computer and lose myself in all of those wonderful creations that cooks and chefs from around the world so generously share online.…
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Sweet & Salty Three Cheese Tart With Caramelized Figs
Sometimes you want something different in a dessert. I don’t know about you but I love a sweet, salty and delicately spicy combination in desserts…and when it comes together as it should it’s true nirvana. I often have cheese and fruit for dessert, so I wanted to combine some of my favorite cheese items into…
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Bananas Foster Caramel Custard Cake
The last installment of our Lunch Box dessert series brings us to a real big kid dessert like Bananas Foster. Who doesn’t just love rum spiked bananas in a caramel sauce over vanilla ice cream? I think you would need to be made of steel to be able to resist a dessert like that… The…
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Deliciously Good Peanut Butter, Jelly & Fudge Bread Pudding
When I was developing some lunch box desserts for a monthly radio segment, I just had to include a dessert based on that delicious comfort evoking sandwich we all know and love. Of course I’m talking about the classic peanut butter & jelly sandwich. My version included a little twist because I included some left…
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Fauxstess Cupcakes, Ho Ho’s & Ding Dongs
This week’s dessert segment was all about Lunch Box desserts and I’ve had a great time revisiting some of the more traditional snack cakes from my youth. A few that everyone still remembers are not only the Hostess cupcakes, but also the Ho Ho’s and Ding Dong’s. I’ve often thought about how Hostess came up…