Tag: Gordon Ramsey
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MasterChef 4 Recap: Auditions #1 and #2
(PLEASE NOTE: This blog is not endorsed or approved by Fox or MasterChef, and they would probably prefer you not read it. The blog entry solely reflects my opinions about MasterChef, having been a former contestant. I do not have any inside knowledge of how MasterChef is produced.) Here I am, 2 weeks after the…
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How to Watch a MasterChef Premier…from a MasterChef Survivor
My blog today is actually not on my site! It’s on the site of a MasterChef season 4 contestant named Marie Porter. Marie is one unique gal. She and her husband Michael have a fascinating website and company called Celebration Generation which is remarkably like my own…there’s a blog that covers cooking and baking, DIY,…
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Nimble Chef…my latest project
For the past year I’ve been working secretly on a really cool project with Iron Chef Cat Cora and the team that created her iPad app Cat’s Kitchen. And since the project was officially announced yesterday, now I can share it with all of you!!! It’s a revolutionary app called Nimble Chef, and it takes…
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All About FRANK
“Just who is this FRANK character and why does Ben Starr spend so much time with him?” That’s a rough translation of an email I got from a delightful Italian fan last week. Then I realized, many of you are intrigued with this FRANK thing I’ve got going on with my bestie from MasterChef Jennie…
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1-Hour Hazelnut Cranberry Sticky/Sweet Rolls
When I’m making a very special breakfast, I often choose my Overnight Cinnamon Rolls because they get rave reviews. Any kind of yeast-risen roll for breakfast is a winner…but sometimes you can’t prep the night before, or don’t have HOURS to prep that morning. So I’ve been developing a series of 1-Hour yeast risen recipes…
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Buttermilk Cardamom Coffee Cake
We’ve lost the coffee cake, somehow. I rarely see it on menus at breakfast restaurants. And it’s such a yummy and easy thing to make. I’ll make an attempt at revitalizing interest in coffee cake by coming up with some new, inventive flavors, and this is my first…featuring my favorite spice, cardamom. So many fans…
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Cheesecake-Stuffed Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins
Just when you thought breakfast couldn’t be more decadent, I bring you my legendary Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins…but stuffed with cheesecake. Yes…cheesecake. It sounds complex, but it couldn’t be more simple. These muffins come together in about 15-20 minutes and bake in another 20. Less than an hour of work, and you’ve got what many people…
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How to Cook a Pumpkin and Turn it into Puree
In the fall, we’ve got pumpkins coming out our ears, and it just pains me to think that 95% of the pumpkins grown in this country are simply carved for Halloween and then tossed into the trash. Sometimes people buy 4 or 5, carve only one, and let the rest sit on their front porch…
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“Pumpkin”nickel Bread
You all know how obsessed I am with pumpkin. This recipe was birthed years ago for one of my legendary Fall Dinner Parties where I wanted to marry the dark autumn flavors of pumpernickel bread with my favorite ingredient: pumpkin. The first incarnation was not a success, I have to say. Recently, for our all-pumpkin…
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MasterChef recap: The Season 3 Finale
(Please Note: The opinions contained in this blog are only that…uneducated hyperbole from my brain, and they may have absolutely no basis in reality. While I was on Season 2 of MasterChef, I have no inside information about how Season 3 is produced or judged, and my opinions should not be treated as fact.) We’re…