Author: Ben Starr
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Strawberry Shortcake
This is that quintessential American summertime dessert, and when strawberries are in season and my garden is overflowing with them, we have shortcake several times a week. It’s such an easy dessert to make…I can turn out a shortcake with 5 minutes of effort and 20 minutes in the oven. Strawberries are really the feature…
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Pumpkin Caramel Tiramisu
Tiramisu is Italian for “Hey you, pick me up!” Traditionally it’s a layered dessert of tiny cakes called ladyfingers soaked in espresso, and mascarpone (an Italian cream cheese pronounced “MOSS-car-PONE-eh” and NO OTHER WAY). You know me, and I find a way to put pumpkin in everything, so this is my VERY special version of…
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MasterChef 3: Don’t Trifle with Walmart
Today’s blog entry is brought to you by Walmart, a proud sponsor of MasterChef. (Just kidding! Ha ha ha… But please note that my blog is in no way endorsed or approved by either MasterChef OR Walmart, and my opinions expressed herein are ONLY OPINIONS. I have no inside knowledge of the production of MasterChef,…
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MasterChef 3: Breakfast and Lava
(Please note that all opinions in this blog are exactly that…opinions. I have no inside knowledge about how this season was filmed. My words should not be treated as fact, only as opinion.) So we start off Monday’s episode with the judges waking up the contestants in their hotel room at 3:30am. Just like Tanya,…
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MasterChef 3: Offal and Crab
Before I get into last night’s episode, there were a few noteworthy things I wanted to chat about from the Marines and Pie episode. I didn’t take notes on that episode because I was watching at Christine’s house, along side Michael, who got eliminated at the end of that show. I’ve noticed a lot of…
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MasterChef 3: Marines and Apple Pie
Today’s blog will be a bit different from previous ones. Instead of watching MasterChef in the peace and quite of my own home, where I could take notes and give you a detailed blow-by-blow, last night I watched MasterChef at a watch party in the home of Christine Ha, along with Michael Chen. It was…