A Kansan in the Kitchen!: 04/30/11

Saturday, April 30, 2011

I read up to a dozen cooking blogs everyday. Sometimes I come across a posting that makes my mouth water, my eyes tear up, my feet start for the kitchen! It happened today.
It was posted on Tasty Kitchen Blog. The name of the recipe is French Coconut Pie. Doesn’t that sound heavenly? Three words 1) French…an excellent word in the kitchen and on your plate…French food is wonderful! 2) Coconut….visions of cookies, bonbons, pies and cakes just pop into your mind! 3) Pie…who in the world doesn’t like pie? Need I say more? check out the blog for this and other recipes!
thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen-blog

Don’t misunderstand me, I am not trying to get you to leave my blog. However, I do think you will want to check out this recipe. The photo of the single slice of French Coconut Pie on the beautiful little plate will change your plans…you will want to head to the kitchen to bake that pie!
The Tasty Kitchen Blog gives you step by step instructions, complete with excellent photographs.

Photography in the kitchen is important when you write a cooking blog. That old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words" is so true. And it apparently is a quote from Napoleon Boneparte! When I first looked at the photo of the French Coconut Pie, I had not read the recipe. What I saw in that photo is what made me want to try it. The pie was beautifully arranged on a lovely little plate that complimented the slice of pie. The camera caught the glistening goodness. It captured the sparkle. When you look at that photo, you just know that that first bite of sparkle is going to be lusciously sweet and buttery rich, just what you want a bite of dessert to be! To me, that pie is sexy and romantic….feed a piece of this pie to someone special and you are going to get kissed!

I've been working on my pieces for the 3rd Friday in Downtown Overland Park. I will be showing some of my newest pieces at the Olive Branch Art Gallery. For more information, address, schedule, etc, go to the web page. I would love to see you there! http://www.olivebranchartgallery.com/index2.php?v=v1

Lago di Como, Private Collection

I am also working on Art in the Vines at the vineyard. Somerset Ridge is always beautiful, but you should see it all decked out for the "Vines"show! I am torn as to whether I should include Ponte Vecchio in my exhibit. I love that painting, so proud of it, just because I learned so much while painting it. It is one of my all time favorites, right up there with Lago di Como, which I sold at the 1st Art in the Vines in 2009. Lago loves its new home and adores its new owners....but I do miss it! That is why I am thinking long and hard about Ponte Vecchio. It is so easy to say "oh, I'll paint another one for myself", but trust me, I have attempted Lago several times and I just can't repeat the original! So, for now, Ponte Vecchio is above my fireplace, and it seems quite happy there. Hmmmmm, what to do....? Maybe I need to paint!