Hello all.  I continue to post at my primary food blog Soul fusion Kitchen.  Come check out some of my adventures.

Hey Hey- Sylvie in the house.  Been away at Soul Fusion Kitchen kickin it.  Brought you some luv with photos from our recent competition at the 3rd Annual Cookin in the Park- Viejas 2007.

 

We did ok 15th out of 37 teams overall.  No trophys and no money but lots of kudos.  8th pork, 9th chicken, 21st ribs and 24th brisket

 

Come back and see how we do at La Quinta in November.

I just can't give up this site.  It is the starting site for my documentation of my cuulinary adventures.  What a ride.  from decorated sugar cookies to what I ate to BBQ competitions and what i tcooked. 

 

Food-Got To Love It!

I have uploaded some photos from this event.  See the photo album.

Though I don't update this site very often, I still have a warm and cozy place in my heart for it.  Happy 2nd Birthday to my first blog.

Sylvie

The saying that the older you get, the faster time flies is so true.  Here we are again in the holiday season.  Thanskgiving and christmas only a few more weeks ahead.  This year, I will be cooking dinners again for the family.  Check with me at Soul Fusion Kitchen for recipes and ideas.

 

Happy Holidays

 

Sylvie

Haven't posted lately.  Still here.

It has been a while since I have updated this site.  My emphasis has been on my other blog,  Soul Fusion kitchen.  I invite you to drop by and see what has been going on in Sylvie's kitchen.

 

 

This week I took some time to myself to bake and decorate some suagr cookies.  My intention was to try some ethnically oriented Afro-Centric Designs.  Well, that design didn't materialize very well but I still got some pretty cookies.  Check out my primary blog for photos and  recipes.  I call these my cookie divas.

Yes, I have been paying less and less attention to this site.  It's because all my energy has been directed to my now primary site Soul Fusion Kitchen.  I have migrated a lot of the recipe content of this site there or with links to where the recipes can be found which is Food Got to Love It 2.  My first food blog love will of course always be Food got To Love It ,however, the limitations on space and memory brought me to a standstill.

 

I'll continue to add things here or just post something highlighting my other site.  Springis here and summer just around the corner.  It's a lovely day in L.A.  My son is here for the weekend and we have enjoyed his company.  Ziggy mostly loves having him to play with.   Ziggy also took his attention away from Ashes, his true feline friend.

See my writeup on the results of our recent BBQ competition results at the "BBQn At the Autry" April 7-8, 2006.

 

Four Q BBQ

Check out the photo alblum for 4Q BBQ Team Practice results.  We are getting ready for the BBQ at the Autry April 7-8, 2006.  This has to be a first, L.A. food bloggers coming together to form a BBQ competition team.  More on this event at Soul Fusion Kitchen.

 

 

Staff party for employee going to per diem position from career position.  Good Luck.

 

Goodness, February is more than 1/2 over.  Superbowl Sunday seems like it was so long ago.  With Valentine's Day, work and other food related excursions, I forgot to post about this event.

 

Let's not waste a lot of words nor try to match the hipe that went along with this event. I'll just say, the commercials were awful, I'm not a fan of the Stones and the team I picked lost.  We ate well and enjoyed the company of some long time friends.

 

The menu included Hawaiian Pulled Pork, Wahoo, Smoky Beef Roast, Coconut Yams, Brownies, Cookies, Chips and Dips, Pina Coladas, Wine and Martinis.

I had fun making the cookies displayed in the Valentine Cookie Alblum.  Sweet treats for my co-workers, the ladies and gents at the nail shop and some I even sent to my daughter for her to give to her friends. 

 

I finished the cookies today.  On a scale of 1-10, they are a 5 as far as looks but the flavor is fantastic.  Lemon, or orange or almond-vanilla flavored using extracts.

 

I used edible dusting sparkling powder and that didn't go over very well.  My inspiration was a newscaster who mentioned that the Seahawks would use their metallic blue uniforms for the game.  Why not metallic looking cookies?  I probably should have painted on the powder by dissolving some in vodka and brushing it on versus powdering it.  Oh well, next year.

I spent some time today getting my Superbowl Sunday Cookies started.  I have a helmet cookie cutter but had to improvise on the football cutter.  I simply took a can of some vegetable from my pantry, emptied it and then opened the other end.  I simply squeezed in on it to make an oval shape- Voila!  football cookie cutter. 

 

By the time I finished the baking, the Pittsburgh Steelers had cinched a spot so I know Gold is one color I'll use.  So far it look like the Seattle Seahawks may take the second spot.  Blue is for sure, but what shade.  We'll see.  Anyway, I'll freeze the cookies until I'm ready to decorate.  They do freeze well as long as you keep the container airtight.

Well, whatever the reason was, it appears I am now able to edit this site normally today.  I guess I'll never know what the problem actually was.

Strawberry Cupcakes just because I had some time, batter, frosting and a warm pre-heated oven.  Sunday was a sort of do nothing day.  My first thought was to finally cook something from Martha Stewart's latest Baking Handbook.  I have had this book for over a month and hadn't had a chance to make anything yet.  I decided to make Cinnanmon- Raisin Bread (recipe on page 301).  During the second rise of the dough, I put together the cupcakes just to take to work today. cup cakes 

 

(Side Note:  I have been having problems editing this site.  For some reason the page loading has been taking an inordinate amount of time to complete with editing results sometimes unexpected.  I tried on my computer at work and had the same issues.  Anyone else having problems?  I reported it to MSN Spaces and also note that they report there were no network problems.  Go figure?)