Fabulous Taste of Disney…my day at Epcot for the Food Bloggers Forum

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This past Saturday I was invited by Pam Brandon of both Disney and Edible Orlando to attend the Food Blog Forum on March 17.    The Saturday event was held at the Odessey Venue at the Epcot Theme Park.  I drove out to the property and treated myself to valet parking at the Polynesian Resort, then I [...]

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Photo Shoot with Edible Orlando Magazine..an afternoon to remember

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This past Sunday the weather was so perfect here in Winter Park, warm sun, slight breeze, perfect mid-70′s.    I had received an invitation to Pam Brandon’s home several weeks earlier to be a part of a photo shoot for the Spring Issue of Edible Orlando.  We were nominated for the best local artisan food [...]

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Crusty Cheese and Onion Muffin Disaster

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  My first time out baking in the New Year and ahhh….these did not turn out as well as I would have liked!   I joined in again for Muffin Monday, as the last muffins that I made a few months back with Baker Street  were delicious, wish I could say the same for these The [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide Ideas from Sunchowder’s Emporia

Holiday Gift Guide Sunchowder's Emporia Fresh Fruit Jams, Chutneys, Pickles December 7, 2011

With the holidays approaching, and the flurries of gift guides that are appearing, I wanted to put together a little gift guide of my own featuring some of my most popular products!  Lots of love and care go into each jar and my preserves and chutneys are made the old-fashioned way, slow-cooked  in French Copper Pots.  [...]

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Driscolls Berry Moments

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  On November 4, I was fortunate to be able to participate in a Virtual Tasting Event put on by Driscolls Berries.  This was in essence a live twitter party in which we syncronized our twitter accounts by logging into a Driscoll’s Platform using hashtag #driscollsmoments.  We then joined a live video stream to watch [...]

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Muffin Monday – Apple Buttermilk Muffins

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I have been wanting so much to participate more in the blogging world as I not only like to make my jams, pickles and chutneys, I love being able to use them both to bake with and to cook with in my own kitchen.  I also find that my customers appreciate it when they can [...]

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Biscoff Brown Butter Pumpkin Bars

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  I adore Biscoff cookies and have been wanting to incorporate them into a recipe that also uses my products.  What could go better with Biscoff than Pumpkin I ask you?   It is my favorite time of the year here in Florida.  The humidty starts to lower and all the fabulous squash comes into season–much like [...]

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Apple Spiced Sour Cream Coffee Cake for R’ock-tober #baketogether

October 21, 2011

  I am so excited to be participating in my very first “Baketogether” with Abby Dodge for the very fun month of October.   We are taking her classic coffee cake recipe and changing it up.   I can’t wait to see all the variations that will be posted up with links in the comments section of her blog.  [...]

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Whole Grape Jam

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I have always wanted to try to make grape jam, but the needs of my business have always taken a front row to lots of things I would like to try.   I love grapes, I get asked for grape jam probably once a week at my farm stand, so I scoured the internet to research and find some recipes I could work [...]

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Trip to New Orleans for IFBC

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I visited New Orleans at the end of August to attend my first Food Bloggers Conference.   I want to write a separate post about my experience there, but I just had to post up my story first about a little shop called Leah’s Pralines .   There was much swag to be had at the conference, and [...]

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