We bid adieu to one of the most notorious food magazines in the world, Gourmet!

I am sure that you all have heard by now that Conde Nast announced that they will be closing the deliciously easy to read print, Gourmet magazine this year.  Due to budget cuts and severe decline in ad pages, Gourmet will be saying goodbye in their final issue this coming November.

This shock hits us all hard in the culinary world and especially for those who looked to Gourmet, for the past 68 years, as an embodiment of culinary masterpieces that included not only tell worthy recipes but beautiful pictures and innovative writing.  Especially to Ruth Reichl and her devoted and incredibly talented staff all of the best to come!

Your work and contribution to the culinary world will be remembered and never forgotten.

Farewell Gourmet and Adieu, You will be deeply missed!
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I think that we are all creatures of habit, and the main thing that we all go by is “We eat with our eyes!”  I know that I am victim of this, in order for something to be consumed I know that it must have a nice looking presentation and be appealing to my eyes at first.

I think that people already have a partial perception of what colors affect their senses.  No matter what we as people first without even smelling our food, which is important on its own, but look to see how food is presented to us at first before even taking a bite, and with that then do we determine if it is worthy of even eating.

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• What Is Nutella?:  This incredible delectable chocolate hazelnut spread…. Yumm!!!

• Quick Lemonade Cocktail Recipes: Turn your leftover lemonade into a fantastic cocktail.

• What Food Is Your Comfort Food?: Hmmmm, nothing better than some comfort food.

• Produce Spotlight: Figs:  A great end of summer fruit.

• New Recipe Bookmarks For Cookbooks: Need to pinpoint a recipe in your cookbook use these nifty bookmarks.

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Each week we round up our most yummy posts and recipes from our friends at the Kitchn.

The week, the Kitchn confesses their thoughts on some delicious fried dough… what are your thoughts?

Also in the Kitchn, tips on using mealy apples, a creamy blue cheese dressing for iceberg wedges, end of summer recipe, and ten ways to display your fruit.

• Waste Not! Five Ways To Use Mealy Apples: Quick and easy tips on how to maximize use on mealy apples.

• I’ll Raise You A Wedge: Iceberg Lettuce With Blue Cheese: Though Iceberg is quite boring on its own with blue cheese will surely make it a winner.

• End Of Summer Recipe: Grilled Eggplant With Goat Cheese And Tomato: End your summer right with this yummy recipe.

• Display Your Fruit! 10 Lovely Fruit Bowls: Display your fruit in a number of ways.

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When life hands you lemons make lemonade, well in this case that and a little extra for a kick!

Have extra lemonade on hand make these three quick lemonade cocktail recipes:

• Pink Lemonade Cocktail  Mix 2 cups of Lemonade, 3 (12 ounces) of beer, 3/4 cups of vodka, and ice.

• Lemon-champagne sparkler  Mix 1 cup lemonade, 2 cups Champagne or some other sparkling wine, and 2 tablespoons cranberry juice cocktail.

• Gin shandy  Mix 1 cup lemonade, one 12-ounce bottle ginger beer, and ¾ cup gin.

• Lemonade margarita  Mix 2¼ cups lemonade and ¾ cup tequila. Garnish with lemon rounds.

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Have any of you had the chance to see the new film, “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs” yet?

If not I fully understand, I haven’t either due to my schedule being completely busy with caterings and events but that doesn’t mean we can’t still weep in the excitement of these cute little meatball cupcakes.  

In honor of celebrating the premiere of the movie these cuties were prepared by Rose Petals Cakery of Naperville, Illinois, for a client who wanted to treat a group of kids to eat after seeing the movie.  

The spaghetti is buttercream, the meatball is Ferrero Rocher candy, the sauce is raspberry jam mixed with buttercream and the parmesan is grated white chocolate.  I think that sounds Yummy!

We’ve already seen cupcake mini sliders, so why not cupcake meatballs…. I wonder what will be next? 🙂
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• Are you anti-third slice when it comes to the Club Sandwich? — Serious Eats

• Is there really a secret to obtaining the perfect checkerboard cake? — Epi-Log

• Though Paula Deen focuses on food, she does have to make sure to keep looking good. — Eat Me Daily

• October is near, and the pumpkins are almost out, why not celebrate with a little Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale. — Slashfood

• Picture the total amount of McDonalds can pretty much take up the entire United Sates, look for yourself. — The Food Section

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So yesterday was National Coffee Day, where everyone was told to fill their java mugs and celebrate in a day filled with coffee drinking. Now I know that for me Coffee day is everyday, hence me forgetting to take part in this celebration.

Oh Well!

For those that were living under the same rock as I was yesterday or who was just so completely buried in work you never realized what yesterday was…

Did you know that Starbucks has expanded their empire to instant coffee now?

Thats right, yesterday Starbucks debut their VIA, the Starbucks version of “Ready Brew” instant coffee.  This coffee is available in Colombian Roast or Bolder Italian Roast, and are priced at $2.95 for a packet of three.

“I think it takes great courage for us to take our brand name — which we value more than anything in the world — and put it on an instant coffee,” CEO Howard Schultz said at a Starbucks VIA Ready Brew launch event Tuesday. “That’s not a move of desperation, that’s a move of confidence and the fact that we know this coffee will pass the test of time.”

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Is there a specific food you just go to for comfort?

You know, a food that even on your toughest days, like being stuck at work and just wanting to go home, bad weather, feeling under the weather, or last fighting with your bestest friend.

The kind of food that the smell alone puts a smile on your face.

Do you run to a food for comfort?
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Summer is over, though I see some people trying to hold on for dear life…. 

Give it up its done for this year, but Autumn is here which just totally excites me… YAY!

But for those that are just holding on to summer a little longer a perfect fruit that can help you end summer is the Fig.

These rich tasting bursting with flavor sticky fruit was once looked upon as the forbidden fruit.  Not only was the fig tree a common theme in the Bible, figs were also considered to be sacred to the Egyptians.  They often buried the dead with baskets of figs alongside them.  In ancient Greece, it was written by Plato, himself, that athletes were fed figs to make them stronger.

Huh! I wonder if I can try that out with my son…… 😉

There are three common types of figs in the United States: Turkey, Mission, and Adriatic. Turkey figs tend to be larger in size, while the Mission figs are often the sweetest. 

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