http://www.annmoreno.com If Ann can do it, anyone can... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:35:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My best girlfriend got married this year. We celebrated her last days as a bachelorette at the Mondrian in Los Angeles. While the hotel didn’t impress, the Cielo De Coco dessert at Asia de Cuba, the hotel’s restaurant, did! I left that weekend with roasted banana and dulce de leche on ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/11/08/roasted-banana-toffee-cookies-aka-anniebananies/ Hey I’m a girl, and I like velvet. My 8th grade dance dress was velvet. My first solo dance routine costume was velvet. Velvet is style. Hey, I’m a Mexican-American and my people like velvet. We happily hang “velvet Elvis” oil paintings as if they are fine art. Velvet is class. Hey, ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/11/07/red-velvet-gone-wrong/ Anyone who knows me knows my FAVORITE pastime is sunbathing, but this year was a busy one for me and the agency so there were no Summer seaside vacations to be had. However there was sea salt of another sort – Brown Butter & Sea Salt Cookies. This Summer marked the ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/11/07/i-like-my-butter-like-i-like-my-skin-%e2%80%93-brown/ By far the most unexpected addition to my resume is that of “published recipe developer.” My first two recipes were designed for agency client King’s Hawaiian and was utilized in their 60th anniversary recipe booklet. The booklet is available for FREE online at www.kingshawaiian.com and my recipes for Sweet Bread ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/11/07/accidental-foodie/ Hi Everyone! By way of introduction, my name is Ann Moreno, a 30-something public relations professional living and working in South Orange County, California. While my agency has clients from a myriad of industries, we’re especially dialed in to all things food-related. To that end, I’ve been inspired to transform this ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/11/07/the-blog-is-back-and-this-time-it%e2%80%99s-not-personal%e2%80%a6/ As you likely know, my current last name is Moreno. As you may also know, Moreno means brown in Spanish. So if I were to adopt a “brownie” cookie recipe as my own, it would be logical that the resulting cookies should be known as Morenitas. In my search for ... http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/01/11/morenitas/ http://www.annmoreno.com/2010/01/08/nutella-brown-butter-love/