"Yes, Chef"
"Yes, Chef"

Last year I was honored to be asked to prepare the dessert course for the Stages  wine dinner at the Palace Theater. This annual event is the local chef event of the year.  My awesomely talented "cheffy" ( is that a word?)  friend Jerry Reveron finally convinced  the planning committee to include me in the program.

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My Cori Story
My Cori Story

I starting thinking about my Mom’s life in thirds. To borrow my Dad’s expression, there was “BC”.In Carmen’s experience this meant before Cori, for Cori this meant before Carmen. In her “BC” years, 36 of them, she was a daughter, a sister, a professional woman, a co-worker, a friend , a sister-in law, and an auntie. 

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Thumbs up!
Thumbs up!

These cookies are so easy to bake and so flexible. Enjoy them hundreds of ways: coat them with chopped walnuts, sliced almonds, coconut, chopped hazelnuts ( or leave them plain) and fill with raspberry, apricot, guava, mango or pineapple fillings. Just be sure the fillings are ovenproof. You can also fill them with nutella or lemon curd, just be sure to bake the cookies first, then fill.

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The New Year's Batch
The New Year's Batch

Every Christmas our family makes Italian Strufoli. For those unfamiliar with strufoli, they are delicious little morsels of fried dough smothered in honey and topped with festive nonpareils. Strufoli is a Neapolitan specialty,  but can vary from family to family. Some are stacked like a tree and harden to a brittle-like consistency. My grandmother long ago tweaked this recipe to be a soft dough, lightly fried and honey coated. Many eat them by the morsel, I eat them by the bowl full.

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