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I haven't written a Barbara's Bits & Bites for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't had my eye out for interesting places to dine. Now that the Daily Pilot has broadened its scope of coverage, I recently ventured to Huntington Beach to try a neighborhood Italian restaurant that I'd been...

Shortbread. How many: Depends on your cookie cutter's size. I had a small star, roughly 50 pcs.) Tools needed: Oven baking trays Spatula bowl Hand/stand mixer. Rolling pin Cookie cutter in the shape you want 1 cup canna butter ( 2 sticks US/ 226 gr) 1/2 cup powder sugar ( 65gr ) 2 cps of...

As recreational marijuana use gains legal status in certain parts of the United States, pot-smoking food-industry types are finding increasingly impressive ways to implement weed into their cooking. There's marijuana-infused Nutella, vodka, coffee, and so much more. And while pot butter has been...

When I think of hemp, that cult hand cream from The Body Shop everyone had in their lockers in high school comes to mind. It was stinky, but pretty good at moisturizing super dry hands. And, it had the 'cool' stamp of approval since it contained hemp, something that made it feel illicit. The...