sarah in LA LA LAND
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not a cocktail recipe but information on how to get the flame effect in your photo...if this were possible with everything safe for consumption, would be awesome for a Halloween party!
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Chocolate Layer Cake with Vanilla Frosting and Marshmallow Ghosts for Halloween (marshmallow ghosts would look so cute on cupcakes, too!)
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farmer cultivates pears in shape of babies! (in keeping with belief that eating imaginary baby shaped fruit will bring eternal life)
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early fall definitely feels like the right time to host a wine tasting party...epicurious has a great guide with everything from a printable tasting grid to recipes for food to serve
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!["I was a baby bulimic" is how the book starts...former NYT Food Critic Frank Bruni chats with Sarah about his new book, Born Round, a memoir devoted to his very complicated relationship food [video]](http://images.tastespotting.com/thumbnails/105194.jpg)
"I was a baby bulimic" is how the book starts...former NYT Food Critic Frank Bruni chats with Sarah about his new book, Born Round, a memoir devoted to his very complicated relationship food [video]
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![bite me. awesome plate design. set of five has different "degrees" of being bitten [via @TheJGold]](http://images.tastespotting.com/thumbnails/103900.jpg)
bite me. awesome plate design. set of five has different "degrees" of being bitten [via @TheJGold]
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![get in a Goodnight Kiss fromt he Skybar right before you head back to your room in the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip [cocktail recipe from Skybar]](http://images.tastespotting.com/thumbnails/103635.jpg)
get in a Goodnight Kiss fromt he Skybar right before you head back to your room in the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip [cocktail recipe from Skybar]
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probably the most comprehensive review of an espresso machine you'll ever read
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Seafood Chicken and Pork Paella that gives you good reason to buy a new toy for the kitchen - a paella pan
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last of the season's peaches...make peaches n cream popsicles (so so easy)
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fun read: Five Canned "Meat Products" We Love to Hate and Hate to Love (did they leave out YOUR favorite?!)
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Sunset shows you how to make Pinkberry-esque tart yogurt at home - this one with an Apricot Sauce
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local (LA) ice cream truck CoolHaus makes ice cream sandwiches named after architects - this one is Orange Julius Shulman
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with the last of the summer season's peaches, make Fresh Peach and Candied Ginger Shortcakes from pastry chef Elizabeth Prueitt of Tartine Bakery!
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beginning the Labor Day grilling recipe hustle: Pimento Cheese Burgers, with "homemade" pimento cheese
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who'da thought to make mushrooms en papillote?
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if you've ever dined at comme ca and had the blanc mange - then you know what LA Weekly's talkin 'bout. recipe for David Myers' blanc mange...
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it scares me to think that this can of bacon has a shelf life of TEN YEARS
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the most insanely stylish and put-together food+fashion blog i've ever seen, luxirare, and the makings of GORGEOUS potato chips
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pulitzer-prize winning food writer jonathan gold's list of 99 Essential LA restaurants - even if u dont live here, his writing is OUSTANDING [pictured: riva restaurant]
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for the last lovely lobster dinner you'll do this summer, martha's lobster with red and yellow tomatoes
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as we come up on the closing bookend to the grilling season, a recipe from food&wine for honey glazed ribs with whiskey marinade
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i've angel-ed my deviled eggs by using fat free yogurt instead of mayo, but these are EVEN BETTER - heavenly eggs stuffed with mostly mashed potatoes instead of yolk+mayo!
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fun compilation of "secret" menus from the likes of starbucks (the black eye), jamba juice (gummi bear) and In N Out Burger (animal style fries, pictured above)
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so simple with just FOUR ingredients - kiwi ice pops. not in the directions, but like the look of the single whole slice at the bottom/top
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the origins of the bacon-wrapped hot dog: the sonoran dog
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popsicles made with fresh plums and yogurt...but mostly just LOVE the way they are presented for serving!
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and when i move into my house-sized kitchen with a couple of bedrooms attached, i will also add this awesomeradsleek espresso machine from kamil kurka
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if you can bankroll saffron, then add it to orange juice ot make Saffron Orangeade
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better than a margarita - the Paloma Cooler - with a shot of tequila in a hollowed out lime half floating on top. LOVE this (even tho i am not fond of tequila)
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i'm not sure it gets better than this...brownie and peanut butter ice cream sandwiches
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the ice cream and berries are pretty standard, but love love LOVE the cookie spoons!
