Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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Battered Thanksgiving Hash
Ok, so you’ve been munching on the leftovers of the leftovers all weekend only to open your refrigerator door on the last evening of the long weekend to find a few more of those delicious remnants staring back…I know how you feel. You ultimately decide that you can’t possibly eat another turkey sandwich and…
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A Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake For Someone Special
Holidays are a wonderful time to roll up your sleeves and get into the kitchen to try all of those delicious recipes you have been collecting all year long. I don’t know about you, but I have loved to bake since I was a kid. I always considered it a hobby until I realized…
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Ghosts, Goblins & Ghouls
Halloween is a holiday for kids of all ages and the desserts you prepare for your planned soirees should be cute and easy to make. In many other blogs I’ve seen the adorable ‘brain’ cupcakes and the ever so cute witches fingers made from shortbread, but I wanted to do something a little different. I…
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Apple Cobbler Crumb Cake
The cooler weather and falling leaves bring to mind warm and comforting desserts like cobblers, crumbles, crisps, pandowdy’s and buckles which are all pretty much the same type of dessert which includes fruit (or compote) and some kind of crumb topping. I love to eat pies of all kinds, but I’ve never been much of…
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The Versatility of Pastry Cream (Custard)
When I attended culinary school, there were a few basic items that we made over and over again. This was not only because we needed to know how to make them on the spot with our eyes closed, but also because these useful products are used in so many different applications. One of these items…
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How To Make A Fondant Flower
I currently run a cookie manufacturing company, but for many years I was a very well known Cake Artist in Maryland, and gained national notoriety after I was chosen as one of the top Pastry Chefs in the USA and also chosen as one of Baltimore’s Best cake designers back in the 90’s. One of…
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Grape Nut Custard Pudding
Grape Nuts is a delicious breakfast cereal developed by C.W. Post in 1897, and although the cereal does not contain either grapes or nuts, its popularity has remained intact over the years. The cereal is actually made from wheat and barley and compared to other cereals on the market it’s actually very nutritious. I personally…