Welcome to the World Baby Girls Lindy and Cameron Terrazas!

September 17, 2014

You are sweet, adorable, lucky girls and have chosen your family well.  Sharing this collected wisdom in honor of your birth; September 16th, 2014. Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful […]

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Chicken Marsala with Sun-dried Tomatoes

September 13, 2014

This is the lightest Chicken Marsala I’ve ever tasted, but with a deep marsala wine flavor.  The pan sauce is creamy and delicious with mushrooms and tomatoes, and comes together in half an hour.  The recipe is from a new magazine called Coastal Living; full of ideas about how to decorate a beach house and […]

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Marian Burros’ Purple Plum Torte

September 6, 2014

This wonderful recipe was first published in the New York Times by Marian Burros in 1983; then due to reader demand  published every year after that during plum season until 1995, when the editor of the food section said Enough Already people! Make a copy and don’t lose it! It is fairly simple, just 8 ingredients […]

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Taylor Swift and Ina Garten Cook Mustard-Roasted Fish

August 30, 2014

The Food Network cooked up a show pairing famous chefs with musicians and these two were an obvious match…Ina has all Taylor’s CD’s and Taylor has all Ina’s cook books! Taylor came to Ina’s kitchen to cook some of her favorite Ina recipes, and when I read that this was one of them I knew […]

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Stone Fruit Cobbler from Frog Hollow Farm Cafe

August 24, 2014

An editor of Bon Appetit magazine said she loves the fruit cobbler at San Francisco’s Frog Hollow Farm Cafe so much that she once had one FedExed for her birthday!  The unique ingredient in this one is almond paste…if you are someone who adores an occasional almond croissant, then this is the cobbler for you. […]

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Brussels Sprout Slaw with Hazelnuts and Pomegranate

August 17, 2014

This delectable vegetable slaw is loaded with flavor and texture, and unlike any I have ever tasted.  We had guests for dinner this weekend, and this is the recipe they asked for!  It comes from the Butterfly Restaurant in the Tribeca area of New York City; a mid- century inspired cocktail bar and supper club […]

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One-Skillet Fish Dinner

August 10, 2014

This complete meal in a pan is perfect for summer – easy, healthy and so delicious!  It came from Martha Stewart Living magazine who called it a go-to dinner party recipe.  The ingredients are layered in the pan which is then placed on the heated barbecue grill and cooked with the cover closed until done. […]

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Working to Keep the Glass Half Full

August 6, 2014

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. ”    Abraham Lincoln “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior  to your former self.”   Ernest Hemingway “Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, […]

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Smoked Salmon Pizza

July 31, 2014

I have made several versions of this terrific appetizer, but I like this one the best.  Other recipes use sour cream or cream cheese, but the creme fraiche seems to me to have the right consistency and flavor, and I love the addition of arugula here.  This came from a beautiful food blog called Spoon […]

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Avocado, Fresh Corn and Tomato Salsa

July 23, 2014

This is our first Appetizer recipe!  When we started Heronearth, the mission was to find recipes that would provide comforting meals for friends needing love and support in times of emotional upheaval…new babies, loss of loved ones, moving day and all the rest of our traumatizing human experiences.   Appetizers weren’t really required. But it […]

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