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2013/04/152017/12/26

Tropical Banana Cake

Return of the Lounging Bananas

“Kate was in no hurry. She thought to the end very quickly and then put it out of her mind. She let herself work on the method. She built a structure and attacked it, and if it showed the slightest shakiness she tore it down and started fresh.”

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Inspiration

The ripe bananas have returned. My fruit bowl has become a tropical retreat. Mangos and oranges lounge seductively atop a pile of sultry ripe bananas. Their presence needed only a nudge from coconut and ginger to become Tropical Banana Cake. Sweet bananas on a tropical vacation end up lounging with their new friends, ginger, mango and coconut. Ginger sparkles dropping hints of tropical warmth. Tantalizing mango blushes with sweet buttery spice while coconut sways in the balmy breeze. A tropical escape baked in a cake. READ MORE . . .

2013/03/182017/12/31

Coconut Graham Ice Cream with Toasted Marshmallows

Marshmallow Time

“He lost track of time and he did not know how long he had been standing in the doorway.”

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Inspiration

March arrived with a jolt of awareness that time was passing, quickly. The days of the calendar flirted with me. Pay attention to me now or I will pass you by. We hurl down the freeway of time as the miles melt away in the rear view mirror of yesterday. Just a tease, a fleeting glimpse as the calendar marks the miles traveled. A quarter of the year will soon be gone and there is so much I still want to accomplish. READ MORE . . .

2012/10/302017/12/31

Burnished Delicata Squash with Coconut and Pistachios

A Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

“Off to the sides, around Salinas and Blanco and Castroville and Moss Landing, the marshes are still there. And when one day those mashes are drained off, that will be the richest of all the land in the red world.”

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Inspiration

In the long shadows of early fall I sought refuge. I found ochre and moss mingled with tangerine and fawn. Rust and chartreuse flaunted their charm. A stroke of tawny gold, splashed. Vivid and intense, the last dance of indulgent color before the cavern of winter envelops. READ MORE . . .