From March 07 - The Cave Creek Coffee Company Cranberry Scone

The Cave Creek Coffee Company is a local institution run by two New York expatriates. They are the premier coffee roaster of the southwest and have won many awards. All their beans are roasted on site in Cave Creek. The CCCC has a double life as a wine bar and live music venue after the coffee is been served. It’s a local community gathering place with a great front porch to watch the world go by – you will find me on the porch swing. Dogs get their own play area; Hogs (motorcycles) gather here on the weekends, there is free WIFI etc….. They have a sign by the counter where you order that has a Starbucks cup on it that says "Friends don’t let friends drink (insert starbucks cup)…….

This is my favorite scone….
Cave Creek Coffee Company Cranberry Scones
3C Flour
1Tbs Baking powder
1C (2sticks) Unsalted butter @ room temp
1/4C Sugar
3Lg Eggs
1/3C Buttermilk
1C Dried cranberries
Zest from 1 orange
Sift together flour and baking powder.
In a separate bowl, cream butter, add the sugar, beat until fluffy.
Add eggs 1 at a time, and then add the flour mixture and the buttermilk.
Sprinkle the cranberries and zest from orange over the dough and gently fold them in.
Place mounds of dough onto a cookie sheet or roll out into circles and cut into wedges after baked.
Bake for 20 min.
This batter will be sticky.
Do not use much flour if you roll them out
Glaze (optional)
½ Stick butter room temp
Juice from 1 orange
1C powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
Glaze will be slightly runny.
Pour over cooled to the touch scones.

Here are a few tidbits about coffee that you may or may not be aware of....
Coffee is the 2nd largest commodity traded world wide. (oil is #1)
All coffee grows between the tropics of Cancer & Capricorn near the equator
Coffee plants produce cherries....each cherry contains 2 coffee beans
Coffee beans are green before the roasting process
Roasted coffee will lose 50% of it's flavor in 7 days after roasting
A light roast coffee contains MORE caffeine than a dark roasted coffee
97% of the coffee sold in the United States is stale BEFORE the consumer purchases it

BG Mango Curry Chicken Salad

Mango Curry Chicken Salad

A dish I have been eating at Bergdorf Goodman Café 745 for years……

2C Chicken breast (cooked and chopped)
¼ C Mayo
¼ C Red onion minced
½ cup fresh grapes
1 Fresh Mango pealed and diced
1 apple pealed and diced
2 stalks celery diced)
TT(to taste) sea salt & fresh cracked pepper
TT Cayenne pepper – just a dab
1Tbs Dry mustard
2Tbs spicy curry powder
Pay attention to the size of your dice for the chicken and mango – they should be about the size of the grapes and diced apples.
Combine all ingredients together and left rest in fridge for one hour before serving.