Take your marks... Get set... Bake! This 4th of July, I entered a bake-off hosted by our Cross Cultural Training Conference. My friend, Krista, and I proudly display our entries above - just a drop in the bucket of desserts we enjoyed that day. Red, white and blue cakes, cookies, fruit pizzas, salads, layer bars, cupcakes, tarts, fruit bars, candies, even marzipan crowded three long folding tables for judges and on-lookers to admire longingly. My entry, Pavlova, traditionally an Australian dessert named for defected Russian Ballerina (very patriotic, I know,) took first place in the miscellaneous category! It IS summer's perfect, light dessert, if I do say so myself. Now, by popular request, the recipe for Pavlova for your next bake-off: Pavlova: serves 10-15 Depending on where you live, you may want to make the meringue shells a day in advance, keeping them in the oven (turned off) to continue to dry over the next 24 hours. If you live in a rather dry climate, like Color...