Vibrant pink and orange is a sweet, sorbet-inspired color scheme for a summer garden party.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Garden Party
Vibrant pink and orange is a sweet, sorbet-inspired color scheme for a summer garden party.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Tuesday Night Dinner Club--Part IV
Special Guests
Special Guests are boyfriends, girlfriends, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, family, and friends, who patiently listen to foodie talk, eagerly try the good, the not so good, and the just plain too spicy to eat, and faithfully attend (and bring wine!) every week.
Special Guests are as much a part of the Tuesday Night Dinner Club as are the four who create the meals. Cheers and thanks to you, Special Guests!
Special Guests are boyfriends, girlfriends, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, family, and friends, who patiently listen to foodie talk, eagerly try the good, the not so good, and the just plain too spicy to eat, and faithfully attend (and bring wine!) every week.
Special Guests are as much a part of the Tuesday Night Dinner Club as are the four who create the meals. Cheers and thanks to you, Special Guests!
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
June Gloom
June Gloom is the bane of Los Angeles' existance. For one month, the city is engulfed in a deep, misty sea of grey clouds, and the promise of sun-kissed summer that May assured is long forgotten. A mocking reminder that, although the city of eternal sunshine, L.A. must endure one month of bleak, dreary, desolation while the rest of the country gets to extend the sunshine of Memorial Day weekend into the summertime season.
So what is the gloomy Angeleno to do? Mourn not with indoor margaritas and a George Foreman grill! The real solution to the June blues is to celebrate the night time with drinks and dishes as dark as the weather outside. Buy a bottle of Kahlua and invite friends over to share decadent dark chocolate cake drowned in coffee-flavored martinis for a treat that will warm up even the cloudiest day.
Delectably Dark (and Delightfully Easy!) Chocolate Cake
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 cup Tia Maria or Kahlua (or other coffee-flavored liqueur)
2 (5.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
6 (1.4 ounce) chopped Skor bars
2 (12 ounce) containers Cool Whip, thawed
1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate
Prepare chocolate cake according to package directions, and bake in a 9x13-inch pan. Cool. Cut into squares and pour coffee-flavored liqueur over cake. Prepare chocolate pudding according to package directions.
In large trifle bowl or other glass bowl, crumble half of cake. Top cake with half of chocolate pudding, half of crumbled candy bars, and one container of whipped topping. Repeat layering. Shave chocolate with a vegetable peeler for garnish. Keep refrigerated until serving.
Chocolate Sin Martini
1.5 oz. chocolate liqueur
1.5 oz. Tia Maria or Kahlua (or other coffee-flavored liqueur)
1.5 oz. Ketel One or other premium vodka
1 maraschino cherry
In a shaker filled with ice, pour in the liqueurs and vodka. Shake lightly and pour into a Martini glass. Garnish with the cherry.
So what is the gloomy Angeleno to do? Mourn not with indoor margaritas and a George Foreman grill! The real solution to the June blues is to celebrate the night time with drinks and dishes as dark as the weather outside. Buy a bottle of Kahlua and invite friends over to share decadent dark chocolate cake drowned in coffee-flavored martinis for a treat that will warm up even the cloudiest day.
Delectably Dark (and Delightfully Easy!) Chocolate Cake
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 cup Tia Maria or Kahlua (or other coffee-flavored liqueur)
2 (5.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
6 (1.4 ounce) chopped Skor bars
2 (12 ounce) containers Cool Whip, thawed
1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate
Prepare chocolate cake according to package directions, and bake in a 9x13-inch pan. Cool. Cut into squares and pour coffee-flavored liqueur over cake. Prepare chocolate pudding according to package directions.
In large trifle bowl or other glass bowl, crumble half of cake. Top cake with half of chocolate pudding, half of crumbled candy bars, and one container of whipped topping. Repeat layering. Shave chocolate with a vegetable peeler for garnish. Keep refrigerated until serving.
Chocolate Sin Martini
1.5 oz. chocolate liqueur
1.5 oz. Tia Maria or Kahlua (or other coffee-flavored liqueur)
1.5 oz. Ketel One or other premium vodka
1 maraschino cherry
In a shaker filled with ice, pour in the liqueurs and vodka. Shake lightly and pour into a Martini glass. Garnish with the cherry.
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