World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  A recipe post is not typical for my blog, even though I LOVE to cook, too.  Today, I am sharing my recipe for homemade croutons or crouton dipper sticks, as I call them.  They are delish dipping into homemade pesto too.  It's the same recipe for both.  The only difference is how you cut the bread.   Here's the back story: We had a BBQ last weekend and one of our friends was bringing her homemade garlic dip.  But we had nothing to use with the dip.  We went to the supermarket looking at different ideas - crackers or toast, when I got the idea to use my crouton recipe to make these Crouton Dipper Sticks. Everyone at the BBQ LOVED how these tasted and asked me for the recipe.  I decided to post them here on my blog - in English and Portuguese - because some of you might want to try it.    Ingredients: A loaf of sliced bread.  You can use any sliced bread - a cheap brand, an expensive brand, one on sale, glute...

Brasil does not do "pie".  Can you imagine a life without pie?  I can't.  LOL.  They have their own versions but they are more like German tarts.  But, Brasilians LOVE my apple pie.  The first time I gave a class here I made this pie.  Everyone in the class could not stop talking about it.  The next time, same thing.  Then people were asking me for the recipe.  Then a new cafe opened in town.  Ruy and I went to check it out, met Katia, the owner, and we started to talk.  Turns out her brother lives in NY and she loves apple pie from America.  I told her I had this great recipe for pie.  Made it for her and she loved loved loved it.  So, after many months of promising to get her the recipe....I have finally found the time to get it down here on the blog with photos.  Katia - now go make some pie and show Cosmopolis which cafe rocks the best!! Because I do not have the time to make a pie dough, I use ...