Bakers Love

Join me for a fun evening of dessert and a movie.

If you are in the Redding area this evening swing by the Cascade Theatre Food series .  Tonight I will join Doni Greenberg from Food for Thought a News Cafe in a cooking demonstration after the Movie Waitress.   Doni and I are demonstrating a wonderful French pear tart and a Baked lemon meringue pie.  Doni is so much fun to bake with, so I am really looking forward to a fantastic cooking demonstartion with her, surely to be fun!  I would love for you to stop by if you can and ask questions, enjoy our pastries, all in the comfort of the beautiful Cascade Theatre.

See you then!

Feet, Beaks, and Feathers

Look Mom FEET!! 

 

Thanks to our new neighbor Greg my guys learned how to clean a duck. The kids have been fascinated with Greg after witnessing his return from duck hunting a few months ago.  Yesterday, Greg invited the boys over to help clean ducks.  Their reward, besides three feet, was their own duck.

 

The guys worked hard on their small mallard, and loved every morsel. 

Mall Cop, Space Chimps, and Hotels for dogs.

Mall Cop is an Academy Award winner in the eyes of my guys.  They find the idea of a incompetent duffus in charge of the safety of mall shoppers the height of entertainment.  I started thinking about the up coming award season.   Silly movies have their place, should they not be included in the seasons long list of movie awards?  Perhaps 'the Academy Award for best fish out of water story line' or 'Best movie that creates belly laughs for both parents AND children' or my favorite, 'Best movie that questions Steve Martins decision making abilities'.   At one time in my life I would have seen every movie on the Academy Award list, usually before the announcements are made.  But now, now I get to sit through such gems as Mall Cop, with an occasional grown up movie thrown in. 

Tuesdays with Dorie

 

Imagine my horror just a few minutes ago.  I love participating in my weekly baking group Tusdays with Dorie , but made a BIG error with today's choice.  Oh, my delightful corn muffins turned out fantastic, perfect amount of sweetness, not dry at all.  No, my big error was that I made the WRONG corn muffin!  I should have made the corn and pepper muffins on the next page!  So, instead of baking another round of muffins I am calling an end to my baking day.  The corniest muffins are just fantastic, and with a dollop of honey butter and a big bowl of chili a perfect meal.  To check out the recipe for Savory corn and pepper muffins travel over to Ezra Poundcake, a fun and delightful food blog.   

How to goof

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup yellow cornmeal

6 tablespoons sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Pinch of fresh grated nutmeg

1 cup buttermilk

3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 cup corn kernels (I used the entire can)

Preheat oven to 400

Prepare muffin pans

In a large bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients.  In a separate bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients, excluding the corn.  Pour liquid ingredients over dry ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula to blend.  The batter will be lumpy.  Stir in the corn kernels.  Divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.

Bake 15-18 minutes or until the tops are golden and the center of the muffin comes clean when tester is inserted.

Enjoy with butter our make some honey butter.

Wisdom from a 10 year old

Last night, just as we were leaving for dinner to celebrate Felex's birthday, Dexter got everyone togetherer.  Dexter pointed out to Felex that the universe was giving him the best gift, a beautiful moon.  I know Felex would have preferred a new Lego set, but Dexter was right.

Today is brought to you by the number 8

 

8 candles

8 pumpkin cupcakes

8 hugs

8 balls to throw

8 chocolate chip pancakes (for breakfast)

8 finger lickin' ribs (for dinner)

8 songs to sing

8 hills to climb

Happy 8th Birthday to you!