tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938603528399049712012-02-16T23:36:27.794-05:00Food writer and caterer, Kathi Dameron, shares secrets from her culinary pantry that have helped her to create food that tastes as though it has dropped from the heavens above.Kathinoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193860352839904971.post-63284588058202284512008-09-22T06:11:00.002-05:002008-09-22T06:14:38.765-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/SNd9e8YHmUI/AAAAAAAAA3w/j1EZ5JLrqKw/s1600-h/orange+flowers+and+goblets.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248801861280438594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/SNd9e8YHmUI/AAAAAAAAA3w/j1EZ5JLrqKw/s400/orange+flowers+and+goblets.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Visit Kathi Dameron's Website at <a href="http://www.canopyrose.com/">www.canopyrose.com</a> to see what's cooking with Kathi now. </p><p>Find party ideas, menus, recipes and all sorts of great stuff! </p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/193860352839904971-6328458805820228451?l=entertainingwithkathipantry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193860352839904971.post-10236035293579855272007-04-11T10:35:00.000-05:002007-04-28T06:56:11.922-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/RjM2On3uloI/AAAAAAAAAIo/fke97EaR8Dw/s1600-h/383437_c_renee_fernandez.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058446431315990146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/RjM2On3uloI/AAAAAAAAAIo/fke97EaR8Dw/s320/383437_c_renee_fernandez.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>In the April 12, 2007 "Entertaining with Kathi" newspaper food column, I wrote about how whispers of shimmering, golden strands of spun sugar will add a spectacular flourish of artistry and a fashionable crowning touch to a luscious edible white chocolate basket of fresh strawberries or most any spring dessert.<br /><br />Here is the secret to to making spun-sugar in your own kitchen.<br /><br />Spun sugar is fairly easy to create. Simply cook 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1/8 th tsp. cream of tartar in a saucepan to a hard crack stage. The next step involves dipping a fork into the hot sugar syrup and drawing out fine threads. But be careful, you don't want to burn yourself. These threads can be swirled directly onto the dessert or they can be transferred to a wax paper-lined surface until the dessert is plated. Spun sugar should be made the day of the event.<br /><br />Read the <a href="http://www.letsentertain.blogspot.com">article</a>.</div><div> </div><div>Photo Credit: Rene Fernandez</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/193860352839904971-1023603529357985527?l=entertainingwithkathipantry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193860352839904971.post-44185731221135746022007-04-10T12:11:00.000-05:002007-04-28T07:04:24.081-05:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/RjM38n3ulpI/AAAAAAAAAIw/0hJuYsmVYJk/s1600-h/236758_pantry_sofi_Gamache.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058448321101600402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_teyI3Ps4-Z8/RjM38n3ulpI/AAAAAAAAAIw/0hJuYsmVYJk/s320/236758_pantry_sofi_Gamache.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Welcome To The Entertaining with Kathi Pantry! The seeds of this new blog have been germinating in my imagination for quite some time.<br /><br />Today, it dawned on me that I should transplant my ideas from my imagination to a special Entertaining with Kathi Pantry Blog.<br /><br />Is the title self-explanatory? I hope so! In my ongoing effort to compartmentalize my ideas and passions, I have realized that like the spice bottles in my collection of seasonings, it is best to keep the like-minded together in their own container. In the past, I've had a tendency to let it all get stirred together into a goulash of sorts.<br /><br />So in this blog, I will share with you my gourmet pantry favorites. Yes! All those magnificent bottles, jars and boxes of culinary treasures that help turn basic food into food that tastes quite like it dropped from the heavens above.<br /><br />You'll discover some of my secrets!</div><div> </div><div>Photo Credit: Sofi Gamache &amp; SXC</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/193860352839904971-4418573122113574602?l=entertainingwithkathipantry.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathinoreply@blogger.com0