Category Archives: Food

Christmas Stollen

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

As some of you might have noticed, I’ve been eerily absent from My Luscious Temple ever since our trip to walk the Camino in Spain. Getting home and adjusting back to my regular life in San Francisco took longer than … Continue reading →

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Foodbuzz Fest | Foodies Celebrate Street Food

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

Foodbuzz brings together a great community of over 4,000 food bloggers who share a passion for food with their audiences and each other. They hosted 350 of their featured publishers to attend their second annual Foodbuzz Fest, a weekend of … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Meets Texas Chili | A Delicious Celebration of the World Series

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

It’s getting to be that time of the year. The weather here in San Francisco has moved on from summertime cold to Indian Summer warm to fall brisk (decidedly different from the summertime cold). Plus the days are getting shorter … Continue reading →

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Peach Amaretto Butter … A Fleeting Taste of Summer

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

I have been wanting to try home preserving for years now but never quite got around to it. For me, there’s this mystique around canning and preserving, the equipment, the possibility of poisoning oneself and well, just it being big … Continue reading →

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Viva! Festive Sangria for a Crowd

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

Long weekends demand a festive, celebratory beverage and sangria is just the ticket. You can also fix a big batch for the long weekend and it will keep (and even improve) over the course of the weekend. The freshly squeezed … Continue reading →

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Meritage Wine Dinner Featuring Luna Vineyards

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Every year the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa hosts a Wine Dinner with a multi-course menu created to compliment and highlight the wines from the featured winery, a different wine with each course. The featured winemaker was Luna Vineyards. … Continue reading →

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Kentucky Bourbon Ball Petit Fours

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Louisville, Kentucky for a conference. When I think of Louisville, I think of Southern hospitality, the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs, and of course … Kentucky Bourbon. Those Kentucky-ites love their bourbon and … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Glaze

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

This glaze is one of the components of the Kentucky Bourbon Ball Petit Fours I made for the August 2010 Daring Bakers Challenge.

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Brown Butter Poundcake

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

This cake is one of the components of the Kentucky Bourbon Ball Petit Fours I made for the August 2010 Daring Bakers Challenge.

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Bourbon Pecan Ice Cream

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

This ice cream is very adult and powerfully delicious. It was inspired by a tiny bottle of Makers Mark Bourbon (and the Booze and Shoes tour that took us on a trip to the Jim Beam bourbon distillery) that I … Continue reading →

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