Comments on: New Premium Organic and Humane-Certified Pastries & Food Gal Giveaway http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/ Musings on food, wine, laughter, and life Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Food Gal » Blog Archiv » Coffee with a Mission and a Food Gal Giveaway http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-20595 Food Gal » Blog Archiv » Coffee with a Mission and a Food Gal Giveaway Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:27:24 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=17717#comment-20595 [...] of Last Week’s Contest: In the last Food Gal contest, I asked you to tell me about one of your favorite baked goods from childhood and why you still [...]

]]> By: foodgal http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-20589 foodgal Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:35:45 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=17717#comment-20589 Contest is now closed. Come back Monday to see who won and for the start of an exciting new contest.

]]> By: Aileen http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-20576 Aileen Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:20:59 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=17717#comment-20576 I dream of the sfogliatelle — better known as lobster tails — from the Italian bakery near my childhood home. I grew up in a wonderful Italian-American neighborhood, and sfogliatelle were my absolute favorite treat as a child, reserved for only the most special of occasions. I live in a different city today, but still make special trips to my local Little Italy for a delicious lobster tail on special occasions.

]]> By: Marni http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-20559 Marni Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:21:45 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=17717#comment-20559 I’m going to have to say the chocolate babka from my childhood is the single best food on earth. It’s my mom’s mom’s recipe, and before she died (and sadly I never got to meet this incredible woman), she wrote just the ingredient names on a piece of paper. My mom practiced with proportions until she figured out how to recreate the babka, and then started making it for our family a few times a year. It was tradition to have it to break the fast after Yom Kippur, but between you and me (no judging, people!), my mom would slice up some of the babka and make little Ziploc baggies for us and bring them to temple, and during the services, when we’re praying and supposed to be fasting, we could run to the car and nibble on some of this “forbidden” bread.

Fortunately today, I don’t have to just dream about it. My mom instilled in me such an extreme passion for baking that I can make the babka myself and have it in LA 500 miles from her. Of course it’s more fun to have it with her, so I fly up to San Jose and we sit down and eat it together. I plan to make it a childhood treat for my kids one day. I want them to have the same amazing memories I have.

]]> By: grace http://www.foodgal.com/2011/04/new-premium-organic-and-humane-certified-pastries-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-20519 grace Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:49:35 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=17717#comment-20519 i’ll have to pick the big, fat, frosted sugar cookies we made together every christmas, the first few years for santa (aka mommie dearest) and then, when the secret was spoiled, for each other. my brothers and i did it all, from the making, rolling out, and baking of the dough to the making, coloring, and slathering of the rich frosting to the devouring, of course. we had a great time, and i know they remember it as fondly as i do. :)

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