Giddy Gastronome

How to make food, How to make desserts soar— vanilla scones
All scrumptious fare affords pleasure! This is particularly true of a  scone with clotted cream, which has been heralded as one of the many time- honored traditions of our friends from across the pond. This delicate confection relies on cold butter for its flakiness whereas [...]

Telluride on Dwellable
October, 2,  2011 travel diary
Telluride, Ouray & Durango

Grab a cup of Java, listen to my playlist or yours & come along for the ride! This is a long post, but I can assure you not in the least bit boring!
This mind blowing trip to the south western part of Colorado, a trip, that [...]

How to make food soar! How to make soap whimsical!
There is a certain question that almost invariably comes up at my gatherings of friends at the dinner table, “What besides gastronomy and saponification make you tick?” My answer, even though not etched in stone, but almost always is ” Cooking is after all, just an [...]

Greetings!
How to make desserts soar! How to make soap fun!
Pina colada thumbprints – some with coconut ganache & some with chocolate; also Easter soaps & aquatic & terrestrial soaps
Summer is here, and I am stagnant no more!
My hands are almost automatically drawn to making a myriad of things but lately my mind seems to be [...]

Here is the link to the Red Cross if you want to donate to the plight of the Tsunami victims in Japan. My prayers are with all of my Japanese blogger friends, especially OCHI, who Thank God is okay & all of the Japanese during this tumultuous and difficult time!
How to make desserts soar!
On the [...]

How to make dessert fun
This was a really cool and delicious project and especially prudent to make since I am compelled to watch “Thomas the Train” and several other kid friendly movies with the munchkin.  To say that I am bored, (thinking out loud rather facetiously), with his TV choices would be an understatement!  I [...]

Hope you guys had a swell Christmas and plan to have a really cool New years eve as well. HAPPY NEW YEAR !
I catered a couple of Christmas parties and had a really fun time preparing for them! My husband was out of town so I decided to party and dance along with everyone else. [...]

How to make food soar:  sweet potato chips, “Lays style” potato chips, panko  baked  pearl onion & sweet potato salad and super easy & cute sushi napkin folds.
The premise of this blog is to share cooking, crafts and many laughs and many of you already know that I am extremely ostentatious in all of my [...]

I am so sorry for my long absence, six months sure goes by fast……dare I pin my preoccupation on a certain adorable, sometimes quite edible little munchkin? See him at the end of this post?  I was inspired  by him and us watching the animated movie, “The Ant bully” ( only about a thousand [...]

How to make food soar!
On the agenda today:
napkin folds, bonda ( baked recipe), pesto recipe & a giveaway!
May 13th: We shuffled all the names and Teresa was the lucky winner of this giveaway. Congrats to Teresa!
A huge giveaway from Bob’s Red Mill!
Bob’s Red mill is giving away a box containing several packs of different kinds [...]

My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
How to make soap whimsical!
A zero calorie post LOL!
See details of the GIVEAWAY at the end of this post! I think you will love this giveaway!
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter  week-end. I wanted to post this yesterday but could not make it, so hope you will still enjoy and a [...]

Greetings!
How to make food soar!
On the agenda today:
A bedroom remodel & a date with a creamy pumpkin pie
My husband and I are undertaking this messy project. So far the only thing that I was good at was to search for TV stands . Hay, my name is not “giddy” for nothing! Sorry, I  will [...]

Greetings!
Today on the menu, moon cake ; rice noodle
My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Please, visit Jo, ( Literally in the moment), and read her passionate stories about rescuing animals.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”…Chinese proverb
……. more like,  [...]

Click on the tab above “HOME” to see latest recipes!
Question: Do you believe that spices can save you from the debilitating Alzheimer’s disease? I happen to concur the notion that it does!!!!
Old blog (www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
Granted, soup is a pretty easy dish to make. C’mon nobody can mess it up and at the end of a very [...]

Greetings!
old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com

My heart and prayers go out to the Haitian people. Thank you to all that donated their tents and canopies for this noble cause. Let us do it again!
Cheeca lodge & Spa, Islamorada en route to the  Florida Keys    ……where paradise is not really lost, just hidden well!

Travel diary December, 2009.
Whether you are [...]

Old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Hello!
I trust that everyone had a fantastic New year’s eve! We were in Florida for two and a half weeks, including New Year’s Day, just hanging out with family and friends! I am always so very busy baking cookies, making homemade sausage and soaps right up to the very day we have to [...]

Old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Season’s Greetings, I hope the holiday season are going well for you’ll so far! I am committed to sharing only the most delicious and satisfying eats with you, so forgive me if I do not post my recipes too often.  I hope I can tempt you in making this recipe, a  part [...]

Greetings!
How to make food soar!

(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)

Gourmet pizza “dumplings/buns”
Is  there anything more scrumptious than a homemade crispy crust with  a slightly piquant fruity tomato sauce pizza? These pizza  “dumplings” turned out just the way I wanted them to and the healthy return of  smiles and hugs were all that I ever wanted! Truly, this gamble [...]

Greetings!
(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
After much provocative dancing with my newly found South African friends to the beat of  Shakirah’s ” hips don’t lie”, we sat down to dinner….
“Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
N a z a r i n a , N a z a r i n a ( just kidding I meant [...]

Greetings!
(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
How to make food look  spectacular  by using simple garnishes and a sense of whimsy!
There is nothing more haunting than the collapse of a souffle, bread not proofing or just any possibility of a culinary masterpiece going terribly wrong at a very inopportune time! Believe me it happens to the best of us [...]

Hi everyone!
( old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
I would like to take this opportunity to wish my family and friends here and more  importantly abroad, a very happy and Blessed Eid Mubarak, be it on Sunday or Monday! It is during this time that I especially miss my Mom and Grandmother who made this momentous occasion so very [...]

Las Vegas travel diary
(…old blog  www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)

I was in dire need of a  vacation after the last of my house guests in late August but  knew that this would not be possible since Ramadan(Fasting) was fast approaching. It was then that  E told me that I had to support him by going  with him  to the [...]

Greetings!
Entertaining guests
I  have been busy  entertaining house guests on and off  for the past three and a half months. I have had visitors from oversees and from other states within the U. S. and I am expecting more during August. I do this job really well because I am a  people person but sooner than [...]

Welcome to my new home! I am still trying to update this site so please bear with me!  I need to bring all of you, my followers,  as well!  In the meanwhile, please enjoy this post.
Happy Father’s day to all the papas out there!  May your day be filled with barbecues, stretching out on the [...]

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Hi everyone!
( old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
I would like to take this opportunity to wish my family and friends here and more  importantly abroad, a very happy and Blessed Eid Mubarak, be it on Sunday or Monday! It is during this time that I especially miss my Mom and Grandmother who made this momentous occasion so very [...]

Old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Season’s Greetings, I hope the holiday season are going well for you’ll so far! I am committed to sharing only the most delicious and satisfying eats with you, so forgive me if I do not post my recipes too often.  I hope I can tempt you in making this recipe, a  part [...]

Old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Hello!
I trust that everyone had a fantastic New year’s eve! We were in Florida for two and a half weeks, including New Year’s Day, just hanging out with family and friends! I am always so very busy baking cookies, making homemade sausage and soaps right up to the very day we have to [...]

Greetings!
Today on the menu, moon cake ; rice noodle
My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Please, visit Jo, ( Literally in the moment), and read her passionate stories about rescuing animals.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”…Chinese proverb
……. more like,  [...]

Greetings!
How to make food soar!
On the agenda today:
A bedroom remodel & a date with a creamy pumpkin pie
My husband and I are undertaking this messy project. So far the only thing that I was good at was to search for TV stands . Hay, my name is not “giddy” for nothing! Sorry, I  will [...]

I am so sorry for my long absence, six months sure goes by fast……dare I pin my preoccupation on a certain adorable, sometimes quite edible little munchkin? See him at the end of this post?  I was inspired  by him and us watching the animated movie, “The Ant bully” ( only about a thousand [...]

How to make dessert fun
This was a really cool and delicious project and especially prudent to make since I am compelled to watch “Thomas the Train” and several other kid friendly movies with the munchkin.  To say that I am bored, (thinking out loud rather facetiously), with his TV choices would be an understatement!  I [...]

Here is the link to the Red Cross if you want to donate to the plight of the Tsunami victims in Japan. My prayers are with all of my Japanese blogger friends, especially OCHI, who Thank God is okay & all of the Japanese during this tumultuous and difficult time!
How to make desserts soar!
On the [...]

Greetings!
How to make desserts soar! How to make soap fun!
Pina colada thumbprints – some with coconut ganache & some with chocolate; also Easter soaps & aquatic & terrestrial soaps
Summer is here, and I am stagnant no more!
My hands are almost automatically drawn to making a myriad of things but lately my mind seems to be [...]

How to make food, How to make desserts soar— vanilla scones
All scrumptious fare affords pleasure! This is particularly true of a  scone with clotted cream, which has been heralded as one of the many time- honored traditions of our friends from across the pond. This delicate confection relies on cold butter for its flakiness whereas [...]

Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Greetings!
Entertaining guests
I  have been busy  entertaining house guests on and off  for the past three and a half months. I have had visitors from oversees and from other states within the U. S. and I am expecting more during August. I do this job really well because I am a  people person but sooner than [...]

Las Vegas travel diary
(…old blog  www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)

I was in dire need of a  vacation after the last of my house guests in late August but  knew that this would not be possible since Ramadan(Fasting) was fast approaching. It was then that  E told me that I had to support him by going  with him  to the [...]

Greetings!
(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
How to make food look  spectacular  by using simple garnishes and a sense of whimsy!
There is nothing more haunting than the collapse of a souffle, bread not proofing or just any possibility of a culinary masterpiece going terribly wrong at a very inopportune time! Believe me it happens to the best of us [...]

Greetings!
(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
After much provocative dancing with my newly found South African friends to the beat of  Shakirah’s ” hips don’t lie”, we sat down to dinner….
“Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
N a z a r i n a , N a z a r i n a ( just kidding I meant [...]

Greetings!
How to make food soar!

(old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)

Gourmet pizza “dumplings/buns”
Is  there anything more scrumptious than a homemade crispy crust with  a slightly piquant fruity tomato sauce pizza? These pizza  “dumplings” turned out just the way I wanted them to and the healthy return of  smiles and hugs were all that I ever wanted! Truly, this gamble [...]

Old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Season’s Greetings, I hope the holiday season are going well for you’ll so far! I am committed to sharing only the most delicious and satisfying eats with you, so forgive me if I do not post my recipes too often.  I hope I can tempt you in making this recipe, a  part [...]

Greetings!
old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com

My heart and prayers go out to the Haitian people. Thank you to all that donated their tents and canopies for this noble cause. Let us do it again!
Cheeca lodge & Spa, Islamorada en route to the  Florida Keys    ……where paradise is not really lost, just hidden well!

Travel diary December, 2009.
Whether you are [...]

Click on the tab above “HOME” to see latest recipes!
Question: Do you believe that spices can save you from the debilitating Alzheimer’s disease? I happen to concur the notion that it does!!!!
Old blog (www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com)
Granted, soup is a pretty easy dish to make. C’mon nobody can mess it up and at the end of a very [...]

Greetings!
Today on the menu, moon cake ; rice noodle
My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Please, visit Jo, ( Literally in the moment), and read her passionate stories about rescuing animals.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”…Chinese proverb
……. more like,  [...]

Greetings!
How to make food soar!
On the agenda today:
A bedroom remodel & a date with a creamy pumpkin pie
My husband and I are undertaking this messy project. So far the only thing that I was good at was to search for TV stands . Hay, my name is not “giddy” for nothing! Sorry, I  will [...]

How to make food soar!
On the agenda today:
napkin folds, bonda ( baked recipe), pesto recipe & a giveaway!
May 13th: We shuffled all the names and Teresa was the lucky winner of this giveaway. Congrats to Teresa!
A huge giveaway from Bob’s Red Mill!
Bob’s Red mill is giving away a box containing several packs of different kinds [...]

I am so sorry for my long absence, six months sure goes by fast……dare I pin my preoccupation on a certain adorable, sometimes quite edible little munchkin? See him at the end of this post?  I was inspired  by him and us watching the animated movie, “The Ant bully” ( only about a thousand [...]

How to make food soar:  sweet potato chips, “Lays style” potato chips, panko  baked  pearl onion & sweet potato salad and super easy & cute sushi napkin folds.
The premise of this blog is to share cooking, crafts and many laughs and many of you already know that I am extremely ostentatious in all of my [...]

Hope you guys had a swell Christmas and plan to have a really cool New years eve as well. HAPPY NEW YEAR !
I catered a couple of Christmas parties and had a really fun time preparing for them! My husband was out of town so I decided to party and dance along with everyone else. [...]

How to make food soar! How to make soap whimsical!
There is a certain question that almost invariably comes up at my gatherings of friends at the dinner table, “What besides gastronomy and saponification make you tick?” My answer, even though not etched in stone, but almost always is ” Cooking is after all, just an [...]

Telluride on Dwellable
October, 2,  2011 travel diary
Telluride, Ouray & Durango

Grab a cup of Java, listen to my playlist or yours & come along for the ride! This is a long post, but I can assure you not in the least bit boring!
This mind blowing trip to the south western part of Colorado, a trip, that [...]

How to make food, How to make desserts soar— vanilla scones
All scrumptious fare affords pleasure! This is particularly true of a  scone with clotted cream, which has been heralded as one of the many time- honored traditions of our friends from across the pond. This delicate confection relies on cold butter for its flakiness whereas [...]

Welcome to my new home! I am still trying to update this site so please bear with me!  I need to bring all of you, my followers,  as well!  In the meanwhile, please enjoy this post.
Happy Father’s day to all the papas out there!  May your day be filled with barbecues, stretching out on the [...]

My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
How to make soap whimsical!
A zero calorie post LOL!
See details of the GIVEAWAY at the end of this post! I think you will love this giveaway!
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter  week-end. I wanted to post this yesterday but could not make it, so hope you will still enjoy and a [...]

Greetings!
How to make desserts soar! How to make soap fun!
Pina colada thumbprints – some with coconut ganache & some with chocolate; also Easter soaps & aquatic & terrestrial soaps
Summer is here, and I am stagnant no more!
My hands are almost automatically drawn to making a myriad of things but lately my mind seems to be [...]

How to make food soar! How to make soap whimsical!
There is a certain question that almost invariably comes up at my gatherings of friends at the dinner table, “What besides gastronomy and saponification make you tick?” My answer, even though not etched in stone, but almost always is ” Cooking is after all, just an [...]

Greetings!
Today on the menu, moon cake ; rice noodle
My old blog www.giddygastronome.blogspot.com
Please, visit Jo, ( Literally in the moment), and read her passionate stories about rescuing animals.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”…Chinese proverb
……. more like,  [...]