I am in North Carolina today and on Monday I will be LIVE on the set at the CW6 in San Diego! This tour has been a few weeks and I will be home for a few days packed with TV classes and laundry! Then off to Chicago, Indiana and New York.
Here are the recipes for Monday's Show. I will be teaching the Pecan Pumpkin Soup on air.. the rest.. Just sitting on the table looking good!
Recipes:
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Who Knew?
I checked my twitter (#chefgeary) feed this morning and Cookstr.com had my Pumpkin Maple Cheesecake on their site for the National Day!
Here it is: Cookstr
2 spots left for May 2015 France.. Info here: FRANCE 2015. We added a professional Photographer to help us in everything pictures!
I will be doing my show LIVE on Monday October 27th, 2014 on San Diego Living.. CW6.. I will post the recipes and the show after broadcast! Its all abotu Pumpkin's!
France Highlights from 2014
Tuesday: (Candy Day) Prior to our breakfast many of the students went walking around the village of Seillans to the sounds of the church bells and the many trickling water fountains. Our second cooking class focused on a full menu of:
Mushroom Toasts ~Bouchees aux Champignons
Minted Pastis Melon with Prosciutto ~Melon a la Menthe et Pastis avec Prosciutto
Rack of Lamb with Lavender Honey Crust ~ Carre d’agneau avec miel de lavandre
New Potato Gratin with Cream ~ Gratin de Pommes de Terre
Flourless Chocolate Cake ~ Gateau au Chocolat
After class we loaded into the cars to a trip to Bar su Loup. A private tour of the Confiserie Florian factory. They were making rose petal jam, glazed citrus, candies (sweets) and dipping chocolates. Above are the celmentines that get soaked for 3 weeks in a syrup, roses getting ready for sugaring, the workers are making the rose petal jam and teh pears are ready for canning also.
If you would like to have more information regarding next years tour.. Email me at ggeary@aol.com
Today in San Diego it was going to be close to 100F. I returned from Norway and The Netherlands on Monday and jumped back to my food segments in San Diego...
Here are the recipes from this mornings segments. It was National Chocolate Shake Day to I made the same shake as last year packed for Mark the news anchor. He loves the octane!
Also, make fresh applesauce! It your slow cooker! and these applesauce cupcakes with icing!
Also, I have a few spots for France 2015! email me at ggeary@aol.com for information!
George Geary Culinary Tours:Here is the last picture of all of us from France last May.. Happy yet sad as we had the cars packed and heading to the airport to head home, on longer vacations and a few on the train to Paris. After we returned to the office I had 2015 book solid! I have added a second week for May 10-16th. We are adding a Photographer to help us all learn how to take better pictures. Landscapes to food to people! The prices are still the same as 2009.. And you get so much more. I pick you up at the airport!
Here is the Brochure. Act now!
Deviled! Eggs..
Oh the taste of a good deviled egg. A month back I was at La Grande Cafe in Pasadena that claims they have the best-deviled eggs. They are great! But sometimes you want to make your own. While trying to create a chunky texture for the filling I decided to jump on the Sriracha sauce bandwagon while I was at it.. Last week while I was in Chicago at Spritzburger (Gale Gand and the Hearty Boys place). Gale and I were talking about deviled eggs. She said.. You have to try mine. She said.. I put Sriracha in them! Funny I just created a recipe too using that thick red sauce! Hers’ are creamy and piped out of a pastry bag while mine is chunky and needed to be spooned into the cavities. Both were great..
Here is my Recipe: Chunky Deviled Eggs
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Also, France 2015 and New Orleans 2015! Two great tours! Here is the information.
WTF: "What The Food Day!"
Today on San Diego Living We celebrated National Cheesecake Day.. And who else besides me.. The author of two cheesecake books and former cheesecake maker for The Golden Girls. In past Blogs I have talked and told stories of the days making pastry and foods for many Paramount Shows and also over at Ren-Mar Stages a few blocks away.
Here are the Recipes from Today's Show:
The Golden Girls Cheesecake (Season 3)
Link to Classes and Tours in San Diego: Great News
The first week sold out so we added another week of Food in France! Here is the information!
Watermelon.. Is it a Fruit or a Vegetable? Like the pepper, tomato, and pumpkin, watermelon is botanically a fruit. According to Webster’s dictionary and Wikipedia, a fruit is the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents, and a watermelon is a large oblong roundish fruit.
Consumers use watermelon primarily as a fruit because of its sweet flavor and refreshing qualities.
Watermelon is Also a Vegetable
According to Webster’s dictionary a vegetable is anything made or obtained from plants. Watermelon is a member of the cucurbitaceae plant family of gourds, related to the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin. It is planted from seeds or seedlings, harvested, and then cleared from the field like other vegetables. Since watermelon is grown as a vegetable crop using vegetable production systems, watermelon is considered a vegetable.
Watermelon is used as a Fruit or a Vegetable
Watermelon is popularly used as a fruit, to be a sweet enhancer or fun accompaniment to our everyday meals. The watermelon is often cut into bite-sized squares or balled, or very often simply sliced and enjoyed. It’s also used in the types of recipes that are created using fruit.
However, the whole watermelon is edible, even the rind. In places like China, the watermelon is stir-fried, stewed and often pickled. In this case, the watermelon is being used as a vegetable. Pickled watermelon rind is also widespread in Russia.
I personally like to use seeded melon as I feel that it much more flavorful.
Here is a great drink recipe: Watermelon Rum Punch. Try it on one of these hot summer days!
France 2015!
3 spots left on Food, Photography and France Tour! Here is the brochure!
George Geary Award Winning Culinary Tours and
Heather Gill Photography Presents:
Food, Travel & Art..
The South of France Culinary and Food Photography Tour
May 2015 Brochure
Our all Foodie Tour sold out in 3 weeks... Do not wait to signup!
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Presents the 22nd Anniversary
"The Great "Nawlins Tour"
March 6th - Match 9th, 2015
Who knew such a day? Nat'l Chocolate Pudding Day??
Well we will be making
All Live tomorrow on SD Living WB6! June 26th, 9am! I will have the show on this blog tomorrow night after the broadcast for those who do not live in San Diego! Remember.. we are LIVE and anything can happen! (Now I wonder if I have a 5 second delay??)
Next week a newsletter going out with info on a new tour.. New Orleans and France 15B
SD Living: May 28th, 2014:
A great filled burger! Three different types of filling. Also a Lemon Drink for those hot summer days and don't forget Cheese Fries! Here are the recipes. The show will be up after the taping.
I just returned from Africa and Europe... Today's show will focus on sweets to make ahead for a "Girl's Night Out/In".
Here are the recipes and I will post the complete show when it is aired.
Next week I am heading to the South of France for my 19th season of tours! Ihave already started the prebooking for 2015. It will be a week in May.. If interested email me here: ggeary@aol.com. I am already 1/3 sold out!
Here is today's crazy show from SD Living.. Marc learned how to do “selfies” on the news for his new Facebook Page.. SO I then had to get into the action and get one of Heather, he and I as we wrapped up Valentines Day with George.
I started out with making a Chocolate Strawberry Martini, Then Raspberry Semi-Sweet Fondue and last but not least White Chocolate Macadamia Fondue.. Here also is a recipe for my Peppermint Marshmallows.
SD Living is on the CW Monday-Friday in San Diego California.
Here is the link to my segment. (The picture is not of me strangling Marc.. we are doing the selfie)
Tomorrow! Feb 5th on SD Living... Live!
National Fondue Day....
I will be making Raspberry Chocolate Fondue
White Chocolate Macadamia Fondue and This Killer Drink... Chocolate Strawberry Martini!
Recipes and Link to the show will be up after the show.. Here is the Drink Recipe
I am off to South America to join the World Cruise! I thought for most of the counrty taht is in a deep freeze you would need a hearty and flavorful soup to warm those bones!
See you upon return! We have France spots left And I will let you know about my upcoming TV Shows on the CW in San Diego..
On the set last week..
Happy New Year! In a few days we will ring in a new year. Tomorrow I will be doing my New Years Eve Segment on Jarlsberg Cheese and also Hibiscus Flowers. Here are the links to the recipes. Pictures will follow after the show.
If you are in the San Diego area. The show is on the CW6 SD Living at 9am.
White Chocolate Hibiscus Mist Drink
Roasted Garlic and Onion Jarlsberg Cheese Dip
Caramelized Onion Jarlberg Bruschetta
Jarlsberg Cheese Red Pepper Salsa
Eggnog! I purchase the liquid gold from the only dairy left in Los Angeles. At one point LA has 22 dairies with cows.. Now only one is left with the cows outside of the city limits. Today I conducted my Holiday Flower Market Tour from San Diego.. One of our stops we savored the eggnog! Its a difficult product to get outside of the LA area.. But here is the information.. Broguiere Dairy in Montebello. 323-726-0524. Its teh fourth generation French family that produces many milk products.
Todays recipes are eggnog cookies and eggnog cheesecake. Enjoy!
Apples are packed with crisp flavor! I have included two great recipes for you to try.. One is my Christmas Dessert..
Check to see my Facebook page at George Geary Culinary Tours and Classes.. I just posted pictures from today's Holiday Flower Market Tour.
