Pizza for dinner!

 I have been hard-at-work with developing my recipes, and taking many, many food photos, mainly on my iphone! #shotoniphone. I’ve been lucky to have followers and people I follow from around the world:  Switzerland, Lebanon, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the list goes on and on……I think my photos are developing over time and as a result of some of my food photographer and…

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Savory Zucchini Bread

  I truly hope you all had a relaxing summer! It was a hot one here along the East Coast, but we did manage to get to the beach and enjoy the ocean from time-to-time. My daughter Sydney vacationed in Southern Europe stopping in five different countries on her teen tour: Italy, France, Spain, Monaco, and Switzerland. I thought I’d share some photos of her…

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Fig and Feta Pizza

When I was a little girl, my dad and I would go to the local farmer’s market at the beach and buy black mission figs. They were gone by the time we drove back to the beach house. This became one of our summer traditions, and it was always a special treat for me. My dad would tell the stories about when he was a…

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Lemon & Thyme NY Style Cheesecake

Sometimes getting creative in the kitchen is simply inspired by avoiding waste. In the case of this NY Style Cheesecake I used the cottage cheese I had on hand, the fresh thyme and lemons combined, of course, with the traditional ingredients in a NY Style cheesecake:  cream cheese and sour cream to create a decadent cheesecake albeit lighter than you might expect.  It has a…

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