I discovered the love of cooking at age 7. Since that first cake that I baked for my dad’s ...

New Year's eve has got to be the most over-rated holiday of the year. I'm all about celebrating ...

When I was growing up, my parents took me and my sister to all kinds of restaurants but rarely ones ...

People say we don’t have seasons in LA.  Oh but we do my friends, we do.  For example, now is ...

One cooking feat that has eluded me until now is searing fish with extra crispy skin. I've finally ...

Growing up "salad" meant a plate with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and tomato slices, and ...

This is a zen salad. For one thing, like meditation, it requires slowing down. Normally salad is ...

There are few more beautiful places in the world than the Amalfi Coast. Ancient villages vie with ...

Austin has a lot going on. Besides being the state capital, the city has amazing music venues with ...

Chef Walter Manzke’s smile is infectious. Wait, maybe I shouldn’t say “infectious” since we’re in ...

Can we talk about how strange a yoga class in London is?  Stretch out your kidneys, she kept ...

So what to cook for Father’s Day? Pork belly sliders have been all the rage for the last few years. ...

This recipe is actually Ina Garten's recipe for her 4th of July Flag cake. It is one of the BEST ...

In the summer of 1966 I worked as a dishwasher in a summer camp near Hunter Mountain in upstate New ...

Jeff and I have been starving ourselves for the past few days. Well, not actually starving. We did ...

When my lovely daughter, Hillary was a Malibu pre-teen, I gave her what I thought was a total ...

The best things come in small packages. In the case of “Small-Batch Baking for Chocolate ...

I have to confess – my relationship to the barbecue is voyeur at best.  Occasionally, I’m assigned ...