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Comment on Cream Cheese Fondant by Patti

Patti — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:39:47 +0000

Thank you so much! I am not a great baker but want to make the cake for my babie’s (my youngest daughter’s and soldier) first baby’s shower. Her favorite cake is spice and i have never used fondant. Thanks to your recipe i can make the traditional cream cheese flavored fondant. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Maybe a pic too. :-p

Comment on Costa Vida Sweet Pork by Morasue

Morasue — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:26:18 +0000

I cannot wait to try this. I used to live in Arizona and Costa Vida’s pulled pork salad with mango dressing was my favorite. Now that I am pregnant, I have been craving it so badly! Thank you!

Comment on Costa Vida Sweet Pork by Mary

Mary — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:04:28 +0000

Pepsi would make more sense since that is what they have on tap in the restaurant. As someone who works in the restaurant industry I know you try to keep food cost to a minimum, which means using everything you have on hand as much as possible. Why bring in coke when you already have Pepsi there. Also Pepsi has a sweeter taste than coke on an individual bases. Coke is more acidic. Just a thought. Let you know how mine turns out.

Comment on Costa Vida Sweet Pork by Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:10:39 +0000

In reply to Davis, it closed It tried to keep going with new management and a new name (LOCO) but it too closed. My daughter, and my son and I were devastated. We started talking about Costa Vida the other day and I got the idea to try the web for the recipe. Can’t wait to try this Sunday

Comment on Cream Cheese Fondant by Joy

Joy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:25:10 +0000

Thanks for this! I only like working with marshmallow fondant, but my daughter wants a carrot cake for her birthday, and I was afraid the two flavors wouldn’t work together. Now, I feel I can go forward with the project!

Comment on Costa Vida Sweet Pork by Emily

Emily — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:34:06 +0000

Great recipe! We didn’t have any coke on hand, so I substituted Pepsi. I’ll have to try it with Coke next time, although the Pepsi version was also very good. Thanks!

Comment on Cream Cheese Fondant by Julie

Julie — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:12:59 +0000

I just tried this fondant for my first time using fondant, ever! It worked great. I found that leaving it overnight in the fridge and then slightly microwaving it back to room temp worked better than just using this stuff right after it was mixed. But it looked great, tasted wonderful and I got lots of compliments on it. Thanks for the recipe!

Comment on Cream Cheese Fondant by Emma

Emma — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:44:36 +0000

You’re a life saver I was wondering if this could be done! Looking forward to trying it out

Comment on Tomatillo Ranch Dressing by Livia

Livia — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:49:42 +0000

looking for the update on the Cilanto Lime Rice.

Comment on Costa Vida Sweet Pork by Davis

Davis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:23:18 +0000

I have one question of concern regarding all of this. You state in your post that the chef you have been emailing is in Maine? Costa Vida is definitely growing, but according to their official site, they certainly don’t have any stores in Maine. Can you offer more credibility to his recipe opinion?

Thanks