Eat The Love - Recipes, Photographs and Stories about Desserts, Baked Goods and Food in general, with a healthy dose of humor and happiness for the food obsessed

How to Peel a Peach

Looking for an easy and quick way to peel peaches? Here’s a simple tutorial with step-by-step instructions and photos on how to peel peaches.

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I’m a fairly lazy baker. But I realize there are some fruit that you just need to peel or prep to make the best baked good. Though the skin of a peach is totally edible, the fuzzy skin is tough and don’t taste that great in a baked dishes like my Peach and Blueberry Coffee cake, Sugar Roasted Peach and Blueberry Bacon Buckle, or Peach and Blackberry Pie.

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Pimiento Deviled Eggs

These Pimiento Deviled Eggs are the perfect make-ahead deviled egg dish for any gathering, made with homemade pimiento cheese.

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I joke a lot about growing up in city that I call “southern-adjacent.” St. Louis, my old hometown, has always firmly identified itself as midwestern, but it’s pretty impossible to ignore the southern influence. From gooey butter cake to deep fried ravioli to their obsession with BBQ and ribs, southern food and culture is pervasive in the city.

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Photo Essay: Meals on Wheels Gala 2019, part 2

The second of 2 photo essays for the San Francisco Meals on Wheels Star Chefs and Vintners Gala fundraiser of 2019 featuring behind-the-scenes and desserts.

Meals on Wheels San Francisco Star Chefs and Vintners Gala 2019

I recently shared photos from the appetizer portion of the Meals on Wheels Gala here in San Francisco. The event raised $3.3million and is one of the biggest food events here in the SF Bay Area.

That money will not only go toward helping feed homebound seniors but it will also help with the new kitchen that Meals on Wheels San Francisco is building. This new kitchen will allow Meals on Wheels to increase their meal output from 8,000 meals to 20,000 meals a day!

While the attendees were shown a virtual 3D tour of the new kitchen, the chefs and cooks were hard at work creating the 4 course sit down meal, after the appetizer portion and the finale, with the desserts. All in all, Gala was amazing! (Check out some of my previous Gala photos from 2018, 2017 and 2016).

Special thanks to Meals on Wheels San Francisco for providing tickets to the Star Chefs and Vintners’ Gala. I was not monetarily compensated for this post and all opinions are my own.

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Photo Essay: Meals on Wheels Gala 2019, part 1

The first of two photo essays for the San Francisco Meals on Wheels Star Chefs and Vintners Gala fundraiser of 2019 featuring the appetizers and vintners.

My partner AJ and I are big supporters of Meals on Wheels. They’re a vital part of the community, providing meals to homebound seniors throughout the country. This year, I wasn’t able to attend the annual San Francisco Star Chefs and Vintners Gala but I was able to send AJ!

The Gala raised $3.3 million, which is enough income to provide 640,000 meals. It’s about 22% of their annual $15 million budget. Though I missed the event and the food, AJ was able to capture the event in all its glory. There’s no way I’m missing next year!

(I’ll be sharing more photos from the event later this week. In the meanwhile, you can check out photos from the 2018 Gala part 1 and part 2.)

Special thanks to Meals on Wheels San Francisco for providing tickets to the Star Chefs and Vintners’ Gala. I was not monetarily compensated for this post and all opinions are my own.

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Apricot and Blueberry Cake

This apricot and blueberry cake is a delightful summer coffee cake that uses summer stone fruit and berries along with moist almond flour.

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In the pantheon of summer fruit, apricots surprisingly fall LOW on my list of must haves, especially for fruit to add to cakes. I’ve made numerous summer coffee cake recipes, including peach and blueberry cake, strawberry coffee cake, Earl Grey blueberry coffee cake and cherry buckle cake.

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