This is the fastest pasta sauce ever! From my book 500 Best Sauces. Try it tonight. Below is the show too.
Here is the link to purchase from Amazon. LINK
Friday March 27th, 2020 Potatoes Gratin /
On my France Trip we make these remarkable Potatoes. Simple easy with a few “tricks”. Try them.
I hope you have enjoyed these 6:30pm classes during the week. Share with your friends and spread the love. If any of you are interested in looking towards the future! My France 2021 trip will be in May. Email me for the brochure. Email ggeary@aol.com
Thursday March 26th, 2020 Blue Cheese Pistachio Savory Cheesecake /
Blue Cheese! One of my favorite cheeses. When I am out and a cheese course is offered, if Blue is part of it I’m in! Here is a savory no-bake cheesecake for you to try. Please watch the show and use real good cheese. You will be glad you did. I use Point Reyes Original Blue. I have listed the link for mail-order below. Enjoy!
Point Reyes Cheesecake. Website for Mail ordering.
Blue Cheese Pistachio Savory Cheesecake Recipe
Wednesday March 25th, Salad Dressings and Slaw! /
Everyone has old bottles of dressing in their fridge door. Here are three recipes from my book 350 Best Salads & Dressings book. Links for everything recipes and ingredients are below. Also, my book.
Here is the link for Temecula Olive Oil Company: Link
Here is tonight’s show.. You can also look at past shows on Youtube.
Tuesday March 24th, Deep Fried Oreo's /
A staple at all Fairs from County or States. I included this in my Fair Foods Cookbook. Great for parties and celebrations!
I hope you enjoy these! Here is the class on how to make!
Monday Mar. 23rd Chicken Piccata! /
Chicken Piccata from my L.A.’s Legendary Restaurant Book. This is from the famous Dan Tanas in West Hollywood, California
Today I taped the show and then had a “Watch Party” on Facebook. It worked out better with the streaming.. Lets see how we can do this! Stay Safe all.
Sunday Night Show 6:30pm Chocolate Shortbread Cookies /
Saturday’s Show had some lagging with the internet. Sorry about that. I think everyone was watching Netflix. Or Disney+. Here is the recipe for Sunday Night Show. A Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie with lots of baking tips.
Thank you so much and share the show with others.. It is on Facebook Live. I have opened it up to public. on my personal site George Geary CCP. Stay Safe and well
George
Saturday March 21st, 2020 Cooking Show. Appetizers! /
Today I decided to make 3 appetizers that are simple and easy with many items from your pantry. Try these out! Stay Safe. Show starts at 6:30 pm (PDT). Here are the recipes.
Here are the other two recipes.
Curried Cheese Balls and Chipotle Bean Dip
Thank you for watching and have a great week.. Remember we will get through this.
George
Pistachio Cream Cake Part 2 /
While making the Pistachio Cake I mentioned others with live shows. Here are some great links:
Nancie McDermott: Southern Cookbook Author and also Some of the best Thai Cookbooks on the market. She has been doing shows all week on Facebook Live and in the evenings she has been reading book aloud currently: Charlottes Web. Facebook Link
Bake-A Rama-California with Kim Laidlaw and her Daughter Poppy. Kim is an author and editor. This show is on Youtube.. Great for kids.. Youtube Link:
Kim O’Donnel: Author/Writer: Stay Put Cooking. Lancaster Online. This is mostly a blog with how to Videos. Great informaion on how to do things you may have forgotten. Link for Lancaster Online
Nathan Lyon: Like me.. just doing Facebook Live. You may recall Nathan was a finalist in 2005 on the Food Network. He also has hosted other shows. For years Nathan would be at the Hollywood Farmers Markets on Suanys.. Currently he lives in Texas. Some of his shows are public/some private. Ask to friend him and tell him I sent you. Nathan’s Linke for Facebook.
Thank you so much all of you for joining in my Facebook live show on Friday night.. We will get through this together! I will do another show at 6:30pm (Pacific Time) on Saturday. Three different “starters”. But it can change. Check earlier pots for the complete show and also the recipe for the cake.
Pistachio Cream Cake /
Here is the first of many recipes and shows from my kitchen. Since most of the news department is broadcasting from their homes, I decided to do some shows from my kitchen. Here is a Pistachio Cake I created years ago. It is in my baking book The Complete Baking Cookbook and the recipe is below.
Magee's Nuts and Cashew Butter Cookies /
Food History is all around us. Today I made some Cashew Butter Cookies with Magee’s Nut Butter. Magee’s is located at the Orginal Farmers Market in Los Angeles and online. It was the first stand at the market that was not a produce stand. Magee’s has been around since 1912. Check out the YouTube video below on the story of the business. See which President Stopped past and what the Fab 4 had to say back in the 1960s. I guarantee that the cashews are the best in the world. Also, try the pistachio butters!
To get the “waffle” impression I use a cookie stamp from Nordic Ware. I have included the link below.
Cookie Stamps on Amazon: Nortic Ware Link
♥️Valentine's Desserts on CBS8 San Diego Monday 8am the 10th. ♥️ /
I just finished creating the recipes for this upcoming Monday’s Show on CBS8 San Diego. I will photograph the desserts and add to this post after the Monday Show. You all have seen “reveal” cakes where the center is packed with sprinkles that spill out on your cake plate.. These are cupcakes that do it in your mouth. I hope you enjoy all of the chocolate desserts! It is a time for love. Happy Valentines Day!
Behind the scenes on CBS8… Who knows what I am showing Heather.. But Jacob is catching everything!
Chocolate Strawberry Martini: Recipe
Fudge Heart Brownies.. Here is the recipe
Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes: Recipe
Chocolate Chambord Truffles : Recipe
Marbleized Strawberries: Recipe
Pecan Cake With Praline Glaze /
With this picture you will swear that you could lick the praline drips off of the side of this cake! Tube cakes are fun to make and with so many varieties of pans on the market… It is endless! Try this cake soon!
Here is the Recipe! Pecan Cake
Pucker Up! It is Lemon Time. 🍋🍸. /
I am so lucky to reside in Southern California. A few times a year I head out to the Citrus Groves in Riverside. It reminds me to much of my childhood when we would take Sunday afternoon drives to visit family friends that owned Sunkist Groves in Cucamonga in the 1970’s. This time of year the blossoms are not happening as the trees are packed with fruit. In about 6-8 weeks I will return just to take in the intoxicating aroma.
Gless Ranch Fresh Citrus Groves www.glessranch.com
The Gless Farm is on the same street as the California Citrus State Park, A Park dedicated to the industry in California www.parks.ca.gov. If you have the time the citrus park is well worth the visit. If you check the times of the ranger tours you get a bag of one each of what is in the garden that day. The gift shop has a great display of historical kitchen tools for citrus and also citrus related jams, cookies, books and soaps for sale.
I picked up 25 organic lemons, 12 “pink” Lemons and 7 large avocados for under $12.
Here are three lemon recipes for you to try. I have posted these before and made them on my morning segment, but I thought since I posted on Instagram about the lemons and so many wanted the recipes… Here they are again.. See you soon on CBS8. Valentine Segment!
The Makings of Limoncello. This is the first step.. If you follow the recipe from my former Italian tour guide, you will have winning results. Recipe for Limoncello
Using Limoncello and this puckery Lemon Cake. It is full of flavor! Recipe for Cake
Limoncello Martini.. This is better then a Lemon Drop Martini Try it and let me know what you think! Limoncello Martini
I hope you enjoy this little bit of sunshine from California!
Email for May 2021 France Information. ggeary@aol.com
CBS8 San Diego~ Christmas Appetizers 🌲🎅🏽 /
Monday’s Show and I will post the link to the live show later. If you want to watch the show on the internet go to www.cbs8.com at 8am and click the LIVE feed.
Here are the recipes!
Blue Cheese Pistachio Cheese Truffle Balls
Meatballs with Cranberry Chili Sauce
Monday December 23rd, 8am hour. CBS8 San Diego… My Christmas segment will be 5 fast easy appetizers that you can make ahead so you can get to the gifts!
Blue Cheese Pistachio Truffle Balls
Holiday Cheesecakes on SoCal Restaurant Show December 7th, 2019 /
Here are two of the recipes I mentioned on the show today. Remember to use a cheesecake pan instead of a springform.
Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake
Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake
Enjoy and check out The Cheesecake Bible 2nd Edition.
To Purchase: Amazon
Thanksgiving Tips,🦃 Tricks and Fixes... Monday November 25th 8am hour /
Recipes from Todays Show and Tips with Timelines for the week! Enjoy!
It’s kinda funny. I get asked… Are you cooking for Thanksgiving? Honestly, I think it has been 25 years since I cooked for the exact day of Thanksgiving. I teach pie baking for weeks prior, so many will enjoy the art of perfect pies. I jump on TV on morning shows from Thanksgiving Sides to How to fix your turkey. For 8 years, every Thanksgiving I was on a ship. A few years ago I got a call from Holland America on Wednesday before Thanksgiving with a panic. “ Are you in SoCal? Any chance you can jump on a ship tomorrow for 6 days out to the South Pacific .. We will fly you anywhere you need to go? So drove early Thanksgiving morning to the docks of San Diego and passed about 6 WalMarts with lines out the parking lot for those $100 TV Sets.. I sailed into in Tahiti almost a week later after teaching classes and lectures. Flew home from the island.. A few times I was in London for the holiday… Mom asked, where are you going to have Thanksgiving? Well Mom.. they don’t celebrate it.. Something about us leaving the Mother Ship…
Here are some of the recipes for tomorrow mornings show… Also, a timeline as to how to prepare for your week..
Menu:
Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing
Items every kitchen must have for holiday emergency
1. Vodka
2. Turkey Stock
3. Kahlua
4. Whipped Cream
Timeline:
ASAP: Set Table and Get all bowls/utensils out
Thaw Turkey (in COLD water), replace every 30 mins
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Make:
Soup
Potatoes
Cranberries
Pies
Stuffing
Thursday AM:
Make:
Turkey
Thursday Late Afternoon:
After Turkey is setting (30 mins). Place: Potatoes and Stuffing wrapped in foil into oven
at 375°F for 35 minutes.
Heather and I last years Turkey Makeover!
Apple Season! Fall is in the Air 🍏🍎🍏🍎 Oak Glen and Recipes /
Shocking for some, but Southern California has two large apple growing areas. One in Riverside County in the area of Oak Glen and the second in San Diego County in Alpine.
Last weekend I made my yearly fall pilgrimage to Oak Glen, CA. It has not changed since the first time I visited when I was in single digits. Oak Glen has about 2 dozen independent family apple farms which grown about 60 varieties of apples over the season. Oak Glen also has a number of restaurants and gift stores selling “everything apple”. The season tends to start around Labor Day and ends close to Thanksgiving with the annual Apple Butter Festival. I strongly suggest going on a weekday. If you must go on a weekend, get to the area about 10am and have lunch at 11:30am so you beat the crowds.
If you are traveling to the area, get off of Beaumont Rd, off the 10 freeway, travel north towards Oak Glen, it turns into Oak Glen and continue to drive into the hillside, you will pass all of the orchards, making the loop (about 15 miles) you end up at the 10 freeway.
Here are a few of my favorite orchards. All are family owned and if you go during the week, the owners are normally very happy to talk with you regarding apples. Some of the orchards have other items for sale, which I mention below. I suggest that you call (not email) the orchards in case you have a certain variety of apple or need. Keep in mind the apples are higher than at your local market, but you get to sample all of the apples and also keeping a local farm in business.
The Oak Glen Apple Growers:
You can take a look at all of the growers on this site
Snow-Line Orchards
39400 Oak Glen Rd
909-256-0405
Since 1898
Over 44 varieties of apples, Apple-cider Mill, Apple Spice Mini-Donuts, Apple butter.
3 flavors of cider, Original, Raspberry and cherry. Wines also.
Riley’s Farm
12281 Oak Glen Rd.
909-797-7534
Many varieties of apples, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, pumpkins and sunflowers. A restaurant and bakery are onsite. Specializing in heirloom apples. Living History Tours are on the weekdays. They also have overnight accommodations. Closed on Sundays.
Mom’s Country Orchards
38695 Oak Glen Rd.
909-797-4249
Since 2002
When you drive in you can see the signs as to the varieties of apples they have on hand. Take a look at their antique equipment still in use. Besides the apples, the back room has dozens of flavors or butters, jams and jellies and the like. They have samples galore of everything. I know you will be leaving with a few jars of the jams and apples!
Of course, I purchased too many apples. Tonight, I made a Double Crust Apple Fall Leaf Pie.
Enjoy!
George
CBS8 San Diego.. Pumpkins are Happening! 🎃 October 25th /
San Diego Morning News.. Here are the recipes from todays show. Fast and easy!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
I was on the morning news an hour earlier at the 7am hour. Just in time for you to see the traffic before you head to work! Next week is Halloween! Here are a few savory and sweet dishes for you to try. Let me know how they work out.
Try making your own Pumpkin Puree!
Recipes:
Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies (Pictured above)
Have a Great weekend!
CBS8 San Diego! Watermelon Day.. for 4th of July 🍉🇺🇸 /
Today’s show was focused on Watermelons! I sure wish you could find seeded watermelons.. When consumers say they do not want any GMO food products than it also means they have not eaten a watermelon for years. The industry modified watermelons to be seed free. I think the seeded varieties are much more flavorful. Back in about 1990, when I worked at Disney they wanted to put in a fresh fruit cart on Main Street. Lots of fresh produce…The former CEO Michael Eisner had his family farm’s apples shipped (nobody bought them). We had watermelon wedges, they only lasted a weekend as kids realized they could take them up on the sky buckets and spit the seeds on the guests below.. The sky buckets are gone and so are the seeds… Asia watermelons are grown in glass square boxes so they grow into squares. This makes it easier to store and display in the store. Here are some facts on the melon!
5 Watermelon Facts:
California is one the top state watermelon producers
High in Fiber and Vitamins A & C
By Weight: 92% water, 6% sugar
Over 1200 varieties: Red Orange, Yellow and white fleshed :
Largest Melon grown was 350 pounds
If you would like to get professional looking pops, you need to purchase a Pop Mold. Here is a link on Amazon with the exact one I used. LINK.. Check the recipes…
If you would like to watch the segment you can click here: The Watermelon Show
Here are the recipe for the show.
Pops:. Recipe
