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The last six weeks of 2012 came and went.  Endings and beginnings hit with a bang all at the same time.  Several life changing decisions presented themselves.  Amongst the craziness, time was carved out on New Year’s day to start on a fresh, healthy and taste-so-good-you-can’t-eat-just-one note.  That note was a high cord belting...

The minute the word gluten free is mentioned, many people walk away thinking heavy and tasteless.  That’s not the case with these muffins!  Figs, with their light, honey-like sweetness meld with other ingredients giving you a sweet savory experience.  They’re my inaugural project for Twelve Loaves. I met Jamie from Life’s A Feast last...

  Broccoli smiles and food literacy.  Amber Stott  has lots to smile about these days. The California Food Literacy Center, a Sacramento based non-profit that she started July 2011 is successfully teaching kids all about food.  In a pilot program pre-test, when asked K-1st graders if healthy snacks taste good; 82% of kids said “no.”...

  At first blush, Sacramento may seem to have its share of vegetarian restaurants. Asian and Indian inspired eateries catering to the non-meat crowd speckle the landscape.  And you can usually find a few vegetarian items on most menus in the area.  But what about taking things to the next level?  Well it’s been...

Sneak peak at what’s happening with a bag full of pears and last of the figs. and pomegranates, a shopping bag full. I used to think seeding pomegranates wasn’t worth the time and effort.  I’ve since changes my mind.  Pomegranate possibilities are endless: molasses, liqueur, vinegar, ice cream or sorbet, pomegranate-cello, yogurt cream cheese...

Nuts. I’ve come into walnuts the last few weeks and lots of them.  Perfect timing for the Twelve Loaves October challenge which is all about nuts, seeds and grains incorporated into home baked bread.  There are just times you feel like a nut…or a seed…or a grain! My quick bread is partly the result...

I was a junior in college.  Taking a full load, working, and trying to make time for exercise and a boy friend.  That was just as hard as trying to make ends meet.  I was on my own, I was paying for school but one thing I wasn’t paying for was certain food.  Yes,...

Today I’m sharing a tart creation- kind of savory and kind of sweet- in a guest post over on Chef Dennis’ blog, A Culinary Journey.  Can’t recall how I discovered him but have thoroughly enjoyed his humor, ideas and creativity.  He, and a few other people I’ve gotten to know this year have rubbed...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a love affair with figs.  It all started with my dad showing me a fig tree.  He plucked one, and in his usual way when something tasted good said “Um, um! Man-o-man those are good!” I can hear and see him doing so in my...

  Yes, you heard it!  We’re smack in the middle of California’s first official food literacy month.  Thanks to Amber Stott, founder of the California Food Literacy Center, and several volunteers, the first half of the month was action packed. Right about now you may be thinking, “What’s Food Literacy?”  It’s about understanding the...