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Tropical Paradise

Living in coastal California, our summers come twice — it gets hot in May, then it remains cool and often foggy while the inland valleys

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Mango Lassi

If you are unfamiliar with lassis, they are a traditional Indian yogurt-based beverage designed to refresh and to cool you down. They can be served

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Tin Roof Ice Cream

 My grandsons were asking my daughter for stories about her childhood and she told them about the box freezer her grandparents kept in their basement

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How to Make Perfect Cheesecakes

 It’s hard to imagine anyone who doesn’t like cheesecake. There are several camps, however, regarding  which type of cheesecake is best.  Some of us like

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The Queen’s Pie Crust

Every serious baker has a pie crust recipe she swears by. All butter. Butter and shortening. Lard. Ice water. Handle it lightly and refrigerate immediately!

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Caprese Salad

 The summer tomatoes are in – the small, intensely flavored dry-farmed ones, heirlooms of all sizes, colors and stripes and the tiny little cherry tomatoes—

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Vanilla Caramel Sauce

This is a very velvety sauce, perfect over ice cream or frozen yogurt, but also lovely as a sauce over pound cake or other freshly

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The Best Vanilla Ice Cream

Who doesn’t love the divine, inimitable flavor of pure vanilla ice cream? While it goes with everything – pies, cakes, tarts, cobblers and more –

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