by DanieKimFord | Jul 18, 2012 | Better Made Potato Chips, Boston Cooler, Character Emotion, Detroit Foods, Faygo, GUilty Pleasures, HIW Series, How I Write, Synopsis, The Not So Dreaded Synopsis, Uncategorized, Vernors, World Building
The subject: Name a guilty pleasure – one that is writing related and one in real life Writing Guilty Pleasures One of my biggest guilty pleasures when it comes to writing is world building, synopsis and emotions. I like writing character emotions. Delving in...
by DanieKimFord | Jul 17, 2012 | Composed Salad, Concasse, Culinary Terms, Make It Your Own, Recipe, Recipe of the Week, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vinaigrettes & Dressings
This is the vinaigrette I used for my composed salad for my A la Carte finale for my final practical for school. Chef loved my salad and said the vinaigrette rocked. I did a composed salad of chopped romaine and chopped grilled romaine with marinated tomato concassé...
by DanieKimFord | Jun 19, 2012 | 3-2-1 Dough, Basic Pie Crust, Chicken Pot Pie, Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pie, Old-Fashioned Recipes, Recipe of the Week, Recipe Redux, Recipes, Uncategorized
Double Crust aka Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pie As you can tell, my family ate/eats a lot of chicken. Again I am going to provide the old-fashioned recipe and the update recipe. Old fashioned recipe: This is the basic Betty Crocker®/Bisquick® version of the recipe. The...
by DanieKimFord | Jun 17, 2012 | HIW Series, How I Write, Pet Peeves, Reader Pet Peeves, Uncategorized
The question is: List your top 3-5 pet peeves as a reader that you’ve caught yourself doing in your writing. Answer: 1. This is the only one I’ve caught myself doing when I write. But it tends to be in the rough/first draft stage. Sometimes I tend to show...
by DanieKimFord | Jun 5, 2012 | Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Stew, Dumplings, Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings, Old-Fashioned Recipes, Recipe of the Week, Recipe Redux, Recipes, Uncategorized
Everyone knows I am a cook as well as a writer. One thing I also get asked is what’s my signature dish. I always say chicken and dumplings. It’s one of the first things I remember making. Now there are thousands of Chicken and Dumplings recipes to be found...