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Kiwi Shrimp Banh Mi Tacos

* This post is an entry in ZESPRI’s Kiwi A-Go-Go Bloggers’ Contest. (*fingers crossed!!!*) A few weeks ago some of my Twitter friends were talking about tacos, and the idea evolved to have a taco “party” on Twitter (for information on future twitter food parties, see the end of this post), where everyone would make [...]

Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! **Apparently you have to fill out the entire form below the pictures and set up an account for your vote to [...]

Before I share today’s fig dish with you, I get to announce the winner of the Fresh Fig Giveaway! The lucky winner of a box of fresh California figs, as chosen by Random.org, is comment #216! Comment #216 was left by Jill:

Today’s fig adventure features Kadota figs—the fig with honey sweet amber colored flesh. I couldn’t resist using some of the figs to make a batch of fig preserves.

Yesterday I had one of those days where nothing got done. Actually, let me rephrase that. Things got done, just not the things on any of my “To Do” lists. It was one of those days where both of the girls seemed to be determined to do every single little naughty thing they could think [...]

Kakigori (Japanese shaved ice) is a popular summer treat that we looked forward to eating when we lived in Japan. When we were in Tokyo last month we spent a day in the Azabu Juban area visiting some of our favorite spots. After we had been out for several hours, the hot humidity of the [...]

“I don’t think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.” — John Gould Ok, so maybe I don’t have a dozen or so children to peek over my shoulder as I’m making pie, but [...]

The Japanese do some amazing things with cake and pastry. They have embraced many Western desserts and made them uniquely their own in many ways. I love a good Japanese sponge cake—moist, light and airy, and not overly sweet. A while back I received an email from Eliane, an LFM reader, who asked me to [...]

I’ve already revealed how much I love cream puffs, but I’m not the only one. My little brother also loves them. So the other item that I made to bring to his graduation party were little mini cream puffs filled with lemon mascarpone cream. I made a double batch for the party, and I’m glad [...]

Have you entered to win a gorgeous super sharp santoku knife yet? If not, there’s still time! Enter the contest! ————————————————————————————- I would not normally associate Indian cuisine with Beverly Hills, so you can imagine my skepticism when Mr. Fuji and I met up with friends and fellow bloggers Jaden Hair, Matt Armendariz, Gaby Dalkin, [...]

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