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PRALINE PUMPKIN PIE … FALLING FOR DESSERT!
“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” Laurie Colwin An exciting new cookbook, Park Avenue Potluck CELEBRATIONS is being published today. When Kelsey @ The Naptime Chef invited me for the virtual “dinner” party for the books’ publications, I was delighted, and said yes quickly. Kelsey and I had met earlier at Monica Bhide’s virtual dinner for Modern Spice, and we hope one day we meet in real time too. Park Avenue Potluck Celebrations is a beautiful user-friendly cookbook, and is once…
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PUMPKIN PANNA COTTA…Pumpkin Spice & All Things Nice!
“Ask not what your Pumpkin can do for you, ask what you can do for your pumpkin!” I walked into the bazaar the other morning to come face to face with a very excited vegetable vendor. He knows my glee at any new veggie or fruit that shows up locally, & always picks a few good ones & saves them for me. He was waiting with something new which he called Chinese ‘kaddu’ or Chinese pumpkin. It’s strange, but most new veggies that appear seem to bear a generic China name. The large garlic we use is referred to as China garlic & now this pumpkin too. I think it’s…
