Flicks and Food

Celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day at The Westin La Cantera Resort includes:
Enter January 25 – February 8, 2010 for your chance to win! Hurry and enter to win the chance to enjoy spectacular sunset views while dining at the romantic Francesca’s at Sunset, take in the Texas Hill Country views as you golf one of two championship courses, and, finally, fall asleep with starry views in a signature Heavenly Bed. The winner and a guest will enjoy all of this at The Westin La Cantera Resort on Saturday, February 13, 2010; just in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day. [...]

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Text “Haiti” to 90999 from your mobile phone and give $10 to the American Red Cross.

Retweet this post and lets make our help for a good cause go viral. Thank you. [...]

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The combination of chocolate and banana is highly underrated. Aside from some frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, and chocolate chip banana bread, the combination is largely overlooked. Well, break out your bananas because we are going to make something that will make chocolate lovers rejoice.

The crepes are chocolate but they do not have any sugar in them. Before you say I am mad consider that the crepes are going to be filled with bananas which are naturally very sweet. Along with bananas there is a rich, bitter-sweet, chocolate mascarpone filling, and once plated the crepes are dusted with powdered sugar. With all that sweetness the crepes themselves needed to be bitter to provide a nice contrast in flavor. [...]

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(COSTA MESA, CA- January 7, 2010) – Something new is getting fired up on El Pollo Loco grills these days and it doesn’t cluck, oink, or quack. El PolloLoco is steering towards steak with its newest mouthwatering offerings: two varieties of Flame-Grilled Sirloin Steak Tacos, a Sirloin Steak Bowl and the
Sirloin Steak & 3-Cheese Quesadilla. Now serving citrus-marinade and signature flame-grilling technique ignites the sirloin steak’s flavor.

“We’re not putting our chicken out to pasture. It still rules the roost. But when our fans shared their passion for new ways to enjoy the flame-grilled taste of El Pollo Loco, we couldn’t wait to bring the sizzling flavor of our juicy new Sirloin steak to the masses,” said Steve Carley, chief executive officer of El Pollo Loco, Inc. “El Pollo Loco has taken the bull by the horns. We are expanding our 30 years of flame-grilling expertise to Sirloin steak that is deeply marinated in a signature blend of citrus, garlic, herbs and spices and then grilled over open flames by our expert cooks. Don’t fence us in!” [...]

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Nothing makes me happier than when I can combine two things I love into one thing I really love!

I love apple cake and I love carrot cake.  While looking at some apples in the market I noticed carrots on sale also, and inspiration struck!  Why not combine the two?  Tart apples, sweet carrots, warm spices, moist cake … how can that be anything but good?   To increase the yum factor I added a bit of some fabulous dark maple syrup that was sent to me by a friend in Canada.  Honestly, it was crying out to be added to the cake. [...]

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Today is New Years Eve, and before we get too deep into things, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Today I am busy recovering from the last month of cooking, baking, and entertaining.  While I spend the day with family and friends, and take down the Christmas Decorations, I will leave you with some of my favorite recipes from 2009 [...]

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Do you remember a few months ago when I posted that a recipe I created won a contest and the prize was a trip to San Francisco? At the time I was not able to share the recipe due to the ’super-secret’; nature of the contest.  Well, the contest is over and I am free to share, and share I shall. [...]

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