Mia Cucina Su Cucina

Pile a generous scoop of slightly soft ice cream on one chocolate chip cookie, place another on top and take a bite. This is how I love to eat my cookies in the summer. I have played with many different flavors and they all have worked. Use what ever flavor of ice cream you like. My favorite [...]

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(I know this is a food blog, but so many of us are on Twitter. I just could not resist telling you all this fun story. The Seven Sins of Twitter: 1. If your avatar (picture) looks like it belongs on a corner after 11pm, not so good. 2. If your avatar is a photo [...]

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Yesterday when I did my Julia post, I put up the recipe for her Pate Brisee Fine recipe from “The Way To Cook”. Today I was reading through my copy of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and found another recipe for a tart shell. I am sharing that recipe and directions to roll out [...]

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Happy Birthday Julia! August is a special month for those that love Julia Child: On the 7th, Julie & Julia, a movie that intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends…until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is [...]

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Church and State Bistro (213) 405-1434 1850 Industrial St., Los Angeles, CA 90021 This evening we went to Church and State Bistro for dinner. Walter Manzke is the head chef and the following pictures are a few of the delicious dishes that we sampled tonight. (The pictures are quick snap shots with poor lighting. Not [...]

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