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Sorry all my foodie friends, I have been very busy with my mother and my dad in the hospital. When I am not doing that, I am writing Feature Stories for CARestaurantShowCase.com and doing things related to the Buon Gusto Italian Cuisine and Deli. I am their PR Director there and maintain all the correspondence for the restaurant like Facebook.
Cooking Up a Storm All Over The World just had its two year birthday this week!
There are now 170 members now, and 3 new ones joined this week!
I would love you to check it out.
If you are a burgeoning food writer, I can help you allow your food passions to shine!
Polly Motzko
March 11th, 2012
Chef Estados Unidos
Miss Polly Motzko Perfil
 Blueberry Muffins-these were made with a mix from Paula Deen and they were outstanding! |
 My Loved Cup At Peet's Coffee & Tea |
 Polly's Rainbow Slaw-So good for you and easy too! If you use a Fat Free Dressing-like one of the many that KRAFT makes-this will be a FAT FREE FOOD and you can eat your veggies without you knowing it! |
 Polly's Finished Italian Sausage Marina Calzones-Streamlined |
 Dough balls rising for Calzones |
 Polly's Peach Kuchen (or whatever I called it!) |
 The peach filling on top of the coffee cake. |
 The ingredients and the Rainbow Slaw. |
 Yours Truly at Mimi's Cafe when was writing a feature story for them. 2010 |
 At the Bella Terra Mall outdoors listening to music....one of the things I really love doing when I am not playing piano or writing it! |
 My Rainbow Farfalle Pasta with Bolognese Sauce and Sauteed Zucchini, Basil & Garlic Topping. This picture was taken the day I got my new digital 14MP camera. What a difference from my cell phone ! :-) |
 Yes, that is my kitchen clock I had designed by a company called Walter Drake many years ago when I was first divorced. |
 Another shot at The Bella Terra Mall listening to music. |
 At Mario's restaurant at Five Points in Huntington Beach-one of my favorite cities and restaurants-with Matt-a good friend. |
 After my friend Kim got done with my hair..at a coffee house. |
 At Ruby's at Surf City in Huntington Beach. What a view that day out my window! |
 The top of one of my favorite tea pots in my collection. It was the first one I got given by my oldest brother Bob. |
 My Chocolate Cherry Scones made with Trader Joes Biscuit Mix-really great and preservative free! |
 Polly's Sun Dried Tomato Wine Cream Sauce on Farfalle Pasta |
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 Moi at Alcapulco Restaurant with my sweet friend Jennie behind the camera. She is such a doll and I am so happy to know her. Taken yesterday Sept. 21. 2010 |
 Cocoa Cinnamon Bon Bons & Variations |
 Give This a Taste....
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 My Melanesa Beef Teriyaki & Broccoli Stir Fry with Peanuts. This was the easiest and best stir fry I have ever made! |
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 One of the pics I took of my latest creation: Beef Sirloin Tips with Yellow and Orange Peppers and Pineapple. |
 One of the pics I took of my latest creation: Beef Sirloin Tips with Yellow and Orange Peppers and Pineapple. |
 My Beef Stroganoff Healthy Style-recipe coming soon. All my recipes are on Foodbuzz.com search keyword: Polly Motzko |
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 Beef Stroganoff Healthy Style-recipe coming soon! Go to Foodbuzz.com search "Polly Motzko" and you will find me and all my recipes there! |
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 Sauteing the meat for my Stroganoff.....promo pic for http://www.CookingUpAStorminCA.ning.com |
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 Sauteing beef for the stroganoff dish I created. Recipe coming soon. Can see all my recipes at:
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 Moi at my friend TIm's restaurant Carolina's in Garden Grove. The best Italian food in Orange County, CA!! (Other than what I make in my own kitchen!) ;-) |
 Miss Polly at Down Town Disney-picture taken by my dear friend Kevin Beardsley. |
 My latest created "Beef Stroganoff Healthy Style" check it out at:
http://www.CookingUpAStorminCA.ning.com |
 Moi at my friend Tracy's place. I was cooking an Alaskan Salmon dinner with roasted vegetables and steamed rice with fire roasted chilies for his birthday. The kitchen was one of the smallest I'd ever seen but the dinner was awesome....and it was a great |
 Me cooking my "roasted veggies" with balsamic marinade in my cool electric skillet. It took it out of the oven and on the range so it wouldn't heat up the house.
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Garden Grove, CA, CA (Estados Unidos)
Inscribió Sábado, 15 de Mayo de 2010
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Perfil - 34
Recetas - 14
Fotos - 174
Evaluaciones - 84
Comentarios - 213
Invitaciones - 2
Amigos - 63
Grupos - 11
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Total - 595
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Recomendaciones
Libros de Recetas Preferidos
- I will add some of my collection here...but I have about 1000 volumes in all!
- Potluck Cook Book (Sunset Kitchens, Menlo Park)
- This book I have resorted to over and over and have many books from Sunset in my colleciton.
- Down Home Cooking (Reader's Digest Books)
- This books is great because they take old classic American dishes & make them healthier for today.
- The Betty Crocker Boy's & Girls Cook Book (Betty Crocker)
- This was the book that "started it all" with me when I was 9. I was given this book from my cousin.
- The Complete Book of Breads (Bernard Clayton)
- This one has no pictures but it has breads of all types: American, specialty breads, a real classic
- Make A Mix Cookery (HP Books)
- This one is the bible of making your own mixes, written by 3 women who later wrote "More Make A Mix.
- Great Meals For Busy Days (Nathalie Dupree)
- Nathalie Dupree is a great food writer who has written this book with people like me in mind..busy.
- Julee Rosso Fresh Start (Julee Rosso)
- This book as great low-fat recipes, day-by-day menus, and gives great ways to cook, eat and live.
- Sheila Lukins U.S.A Cook Book (Sheila Lukins)
- Sheila Lukins of The Silver Palate Fame went out on her own and created this book full of great food
- The Bisquick Cookbook, Recipes from Betty Crocker in answer to your requests (Betty Crocker)
- This is an old 1960 era cook book that has fun and unque ways to use this great mix.
- Mexican Cooking Class Cook Book (The Editors of Consumer Guide)
- This one of those books that I hadn't looked at in a long while and forgot how amazing it was.
- Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cook Book (Beth Hensperger/Julie Kaufman)
- This is the best $2 I ever spent! An outstanding book on innovative recipes for the slow cooker.
- The Frugal Gourmet On Our Immigrant Ancestors (Jeff Smith)
- A wonderful and informative in-depth overview of the cuisines of the world..with great recipes.
- Better Homes & Gardens Simple Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens)
- The recipes in here are so simple, but the ingredients are innovative and the flavor combinations-A+
- Easy & Elegant Meals Affordable Elegant Meals by CA Culinary Academy (CA Culinary Academy)
- Some of the best whole meal soups, stews, one dish meals and pot pies.
Chefs quienes recomiendo
- Chef Ryan Bodreaux (LA)
- I met Chef Ryan on Foodbuzz.com and he and I talk weekly on Facebook. He is one of the nicest, most intelligent and competent & creative chefs I know-we haven't met but will one day.
- Chef Fabio Bangiani (Rome)
- Chef Fabio contacted me out of the blue on FoodBuzz. & when I researched who he was, I couldn't believe it! He has a school in Rome that i want to visit one day. He talks to me on Facebook weekly. We share the passion for cooking, food and Italian cuisine.
- Chef Chuck Kerber (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Chef Chuck is one of the nicest people I have "never met" but feel like I know really well on the net! His parents were amazing cooks and so he was bound to be the chef extraordinaire that he is today! I want to get out to PA and go to his restaurant VIBE! How cool that will be to meet him and taste his handiwork!
- Chef Dennis Littley (PA)
- He is a great person and has made a overwhelming impact as Executive Chef of an all girl's Christian school in PA. I would love to meet him one day and the girls who painted a mural they dedicate to him in his school kitchen. :-)
- Coach at Coach's Mediterranean Bar & Grill (Huntington Beach, CA)
- Outstanding quality in every sense of the word here at Coach's!
Restaurantes que recomiendo
- Doug's DownTown Grill (Garden Grove, CA)
- Doug and his wife are two of the nicest and hard working people around and opened a place in the heart of DownTown Historic Garden Grove. His Beef Brisket is smoked on a smoker -and it is mouth watering! The Creme Brulee is made daily and he has a following-I had never had any that had fresh raspberries in it! Also their Mahi Mahi with a coconut crust is outstanding too! The list goes on and on and the menu changes daily.
- Azteca Mexican Restaurant (Garden Grove, CA)
- I am writing a review for JJ the owner and manager there and it will be upcoming soon with pictures of the interior of the many Elivs Artifacts and their amazing bar. This place has been around for about 30 years in the historic distric of Garden Grove..my favorite place in that city. Their Garlic Tacos are a must, plus you can take the sauce home and put it on other things like tostadas and whatever else you think up!
- Carolina's Italian Restaurant (Garden Grove, CA)
- Aside from the Italian that I make, or my dad makes still at almost 83-this place owned by my friend Tim has the widest selection of entrees that I have seen using the best quality ingredients. His focaccia bread is to die for and I wish he would give me the recipe for it! (You can make a dinner on that and his Minestrone). Two people can split one of the combination dinners since up to 4 entrees are on one massive platter! If you like beer, he features over 200 beers from all over the world. It is a small place but full of heart and love and amazing Italian food!
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Rockin' Baja Costal Cantina
(Huntington Beach, CA)
- A great place to get fresh seafood dinners and especially good for large parties.
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Daphne's Greek Cafe
(Huntington Beach, CA)
- An excellent place for healthy and affordable cuisine for sophisticated tastes.
Comentarios
12 de Marzo de 2012- 19 de Octubre de 2011I have been so busy with The CA Restaurant Show Case.com and MyTotallyInspiredPC.com these days!
I would any of you to check out my company web sites at:
http://CARestaurantShowCase.com
And also my company site as a writer who writes blog postings, feature stories, presentations, etc.
I can also be hired to help write a non-fiction book as well.
Email: [email protected]
If you want to see all the over 50 features on Cooking Up A Storm All Over The World!(c)
Go to:
http://CookingUpaStorminCA.ning.com
If you would like the EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE OF BECOMING A REGULAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER ON THE SITE, EMAIL ME AT THE ABOVE EMAIL AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
Polly Motzko
http://MyTotallyInspiredPC.com - 26 de Julio de 2011Hello everyone,
I have not had time to write on here because I have been writing resumes with my company called MyTotallyInspiredPC.com and I am working on a Feature Story for a great restaurant called "Mel's Diner" in Fountain Valley, CA.
There are 50 features now on Cooking Up A Storm All Over The World, and I am sure there is one you would love!
There are now 4 Contributing Writers on the site and 22 Cooking Groups, over 800 photos in the Culinary Slide Show too!
So, with 135 members from all over the world, what is stopping you from joining and making bringing it up to 200?
Polly Motzko
http://www.CookingUpAStorminCa.ning.com 
30 de Mayo de 2011Hi, I am your new follower. Please visit my blog for some delectable Indian curries at http://cosmopolitancurrymania.blogspot.com. Looking forward to share a lot of recipes with you.- 20 de Febrero de 2011Check out my latest Magazine Review of Every Day Cooking Magazine's Feb. 2011 issue on Cooking Up A Storm All Over the World!(c):
http://cookingupastorminca.ning.com/profiles/blogs/magazine-review-a-dozen
Polly Motzko - 07 de Febrero de 2011Share the Country You Live or the Main Street You See-on CookingUpAStorminCa.ning.com.
This segment was created because just as diverse as the foods we cook are the countries and people and traditions that surround them. By sharing where we live and our traditions, we learn, we become and we grow as people. We also realize that we are not really different from one another, maybe culturally, but people nonetheless.
NOTE: There are only 3 questions I ask that I personally created on my blog that are food related and the rest are optional. Then you can go anywhere on the site. IT is more than cooking, more than recipes, it is Cooking Up A Storm All Over The World!
http://cookingupastorminca.ning.com/page/share-your-country-1
Paulette Le Pore Motzko
or
Polly Motzko
Feb 7th, 2011
3:24 a.m. - 16 de Diciembre de 2010I found some great ones recently. If you ever want to put any on my blog called "Cooking Up A Storm All Over The World!" I would really love it. Also, any pictures of your culinary creations, cooking videos are needed on the site.
If you know of any cooking buddies you have, round them up and join at:
http://www.CookingUpAStorminCa.ning.com
Polly Motzko 
10 de Diciembre de 2010Polly, I made a mistake yesterday about the biscotti recipes from cake mixes. I just "googled" "biscotti from cake mixes" and came up with several sites. You might try that. I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow and will pick up 2 or 3 boxes of mix myself.- 10 de Diciembre de 2010You asked about biscotti recipes using cake mixes. Check out BettyCrocker.com. Saw some there earlier in my searching. Thought about trying one, but, alas, I'm out of cake mixes and don't want to make up a batch. Good luck.
- 06 de Diciembre de 2010Paulette Motzko here in Orange County. Be on the look out for me on Examiner.com on the Food & Drink Channel :Anaheim Healthy Foods. Paulette Le Pore Motzko (Polly Motzko)
My page is being built now so stay tuned. - 26 de Noviembre de 2010http://cookingupastorminca.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tell-your-thanksgiving-story
Tell your Thanksgiving story, share your pictures and recipes here!
Polly Motzko - 30 de Agosto de 2010Hello there Nanette,
What a pretty name! Your name reminds me of the play "No, No Nanette" where the song "Tea For Two" came from-a song that is one of my fav's that my Nanny taught me when I was much younger.
Your day sounded really wonderful there in NY. It is wonderful how the BIG ORANGE and the BIG APPLE can seem so utterly close with the internet, ya know?
Yes, I work as a Freelance Writer here in Orange County and I also create web sites, presentations, resumes and write web content and marketing materials with my company called: My Totally Inspired PC at: http://www.MyTotallyInspiredPC.com
I also write Feature Stories for restaurants and Food Businesses here at:
http://www.RestaurantsOrangeCounty.webs.com
I taught piano for 20 years and was married to a rocket scientist for 15...now on my own for 8 years. I have no choice to work and wish i didn't have to work as much as I do. I am exploring options of maybe moving to Utah again, maybe AZ-where I was born, maybe even Indio, CA. All of those places cost about 1/3 the price of here....and in Utah I taught every kid on the block piano....so time will tell.
Pandora is FREE and I would recommend for you to try it out. There is nothing to do but just let your favorite songs play. I listen to it every day while I am working and it feels like I am not working because of it. :-)
I will have to look at your blog some time too.
What do you do for the Catholic Church?
I will cut/paste this in your email if there is one on here.
I discovered a really wonderful site called JustaPinch.com. I am now on there and 3 really nice women are now my friends and one joined both my websites today. :-)
It is so amazing to me how there is a reaction for every action we do. I hope to make all my actions good ones so that I help way more than myself.
God bless and talk to you soon.
Paulette Le Pore Motzko 
27 de Agosto de 2010Well Miss Polly, I see we share a love of coffee, too. You are at Starbucks...I was just taking my lunch hour in a park with an iced coffee by my side. It is simply fabulous in NY today.. more like a brilliant September day. It will be 95ish by Sunday...Summer is back which is okay by me. A friendship necklace. I like that...count me in. So who is Keith? and why are you in Starbucks? Do you work? Pandora, hmmmm, I've heard of it, but not sure how it works or if I want to get involved in another thing that's techy or is it techie or? Anyway, yes I will join CookinUpAStormCA....would you consider joining cucinananette.blogspot.com or you might enjoy following me on crookedhalocatholicblog.blogspot.com? I've read a great deal about Lourdes...I get so much information because I work for the Catholic Church. Isn't life interesting...how we are all so connected and God leads us to one another for a reason or no reason at all! Let's keep those recipes coming. Thanks for the shout out. Take care and God Bless. N- 27 de Agosto de 2010Hi Polly: Love what you write and your passion for cooking and the world of food. You caught my attention when you told Maria that you love her middle name, Lourdes. I, too, have a devotion to Our Lady esp the image of Fatima. You might like the piece I wrote about the Blessed Mother on my blog crookedhalocatholicblog.blogspot.com. We have two things in common, I see....maybe more. And as for Mr. Wonderful...he will fall into your lap when you least expect it. I'm sure Our Lady is interceding to her Son for you. Fondly, N cucinananette.blogspot.com
19 de Agosto de 2010Hi Polly...glad you joined. Thanks for sharing so many great recipes! I'll delete the other page under Paulette Le Pore Motzko...though that is a pretty cool full name!- 18 de Agosto de 2010Dear Frank Fariello and John Spottinswood,
When I was using the "connect with Facebook" feature on here, I inadvertingly created another page on here under my full name-"Paulette Le Pore Motzko".
This is where my recipes will appear though at:
http://cookeatshare.com/chefs/miss-polly-motzko-62381
Sorry about any confusion....and God bless you both and thanks for liking what you see & read enough to want to follow me! :-)
Chef's Cap off to the both of you for all your great culinary works!
Polly Motzko - 27 de Julio de 2010I am so pleased-I did my first guest post today on my friend Jesse's cooking blog at:
http://www.foodbuzz.com/blogs/2491252-guest-post-from-polly-farfalle-bolognese-with-zucchini-and-fresh-basil-for-garnishing
Polly Motzko 
18 de Julio de 2010Dear Polly!
Thank you for accepting my friend request.
Really nice to meet you here:)
I would like to share my recipes on your beautiful blog,it makes me happy .
(You're very kind)
Best regards- 14 de Julio de 2010"Whoever heard of a man getting a divorce from a woman who was a good cook?"- Kin Hubbard
20 de Mayo de 2010Polly, I am glad you liked our pineapple salsa recipe..I hope you like the taste as well, when you try it..
Thanks,
Muskaan@a2z vegetarian Cuisine- 16 de Mayo de 2010I will try and leave a comment here: I am adding to this profile daily.1 reply
I have a business that I run called My Totally Inspired PC and I am the inspired one behind the PC and I write resumes (much in demand) and presentations as well as restaurant reviews on another site that I am working on now.
You can email me at: [email protected]
Paulette Le Pore Motzko or just call me "Polly"
