Puree Pumpkin Shortage, Problem or Prospect?
Alert! Alert! Central Florida and other parts of the US affected by massive pumpkin shortage as we near Thanksgiving.To illustrate the ripples this shortage has created in the reality of holiday bakers, let me set a scene for you. Picture me with armfuls of groceries at the Winter Park Village Publix searching the fresh produce, baking products, and canned fruits aisles frantically with darting

Raspberry Walnut Streusel Pumpkin Bread
In honor of today's significance, either National Quickbread Day or National Homemade Bread Day (I'll let you choose), the generous people at Driscoll's Berries, whom not only grow my favorite strawberries, additionally supplied with me coupons with the hope and dream I might be able to bake a scrumptious bread using their berries in celebration of this holiday of sorts. Well, wake up my good

Finding the Sunday Brunch Balance
Sunday brunch is my second favorite meal of the week tying Friday night sushi and following the almighty apex, Sunday night dinner. Normally going out to eat brunch is either horribly disappointing or fantastically tasty, filling, and balanced, but hardly ever is there a median experience. Because brunch out is a fifty-fifty gamble nowadays who wants to take the risk of possibly sacrificing not

Sayounara to Summer Salads Part 2: Pancetta & Peas Potato Salad
First, a disclaimer - I am aware that summer is well over and done, and we are all in full plans and preparations swing for the upcoming holiday season. But that doesn't mean we still can't dream and cook with the whimsy of summer and enjoy it everyday of the year. Rules my friends, are meant to be broken. In Part 2 of my Sayounara to Summer Salads Series I wanted to bring it back home. Back to

Contestos Galore! Starbucks, The Orbbies & Examiner Photo Contest
Dear Foodies & Foodettes,The time has come for me to shamelessly ask for your approval in the form of online votes. We are all trying to get a little ahead in this blogging world, and right now I'm trying the contest thing. Muchas Gracias, Grazie, Merci, and oh yea, Thanks!First up, Mocha Pumpkin Brownies is an official contender in the Starbucks Via recipe contest. All you have to do is give a