I cannot go to a Thai restaurant without ordering green curry. It is by far my most favorite Thai ...
What the hell is Happy Hour and why is everyone talking about it? The happiest hour for me is when ...
My culinary relationship with my daughter Alison has gone through many permutations over the years. ...
Over 10 years ago, my friend Karen offered to bring a spinach salad to one of our many Sunday ...
Growing up "salad" meant a plate with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and tomato slices, and ...
A couple of weeks ago I experienced a revelation: I tasted my first pea shoot.
I was at the Little ...
I happen to like liver, like I really like it, although lately, even I understand why someone ...
As apple picking season approaches, I’m reminded of this all time family favorite cake. My sister ...
Makes 12 regular size muffins.
Streusel Topping:
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown ...
8-10 medium sized apples
8-10 wooden twigs, twimmed
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn ...
In light oil, olive, grapeseed, whatever, toss whatever leftover chicken you have, roasted, ...
Austin has a lot going on. Besides being the state capital, the city has amazing music venues with ...
Three weeks into all night shoots in Chatsworth on a low-budget indie movie with the same caterer ...
Since (finally) it has been discovered that the fat in beef – oleic acid – is the same heart ...
Huckleberry, Sweet Rose Creamery and Rustic Canyon touched a foodie sweet spot with locals in Santa ...
This week, Italian women everywhere will be knee deep in eggs, butter, sugar, and ricotta cheese -- ...
In a recent headline in the "Dining" section of the New York Times, the following question was ...
They say you always remember your first. And were we talking about a kiss, I remember sitting on a ...
It is 1979, my first night of Seder in America since I fled Iran eight months before. My husband ...
Let’s talk about spring greens, specifically baby kale. I am very excited that baby kale is finally ...
Fresh chanterelles are my favorite mushroom. Sure I enjoy porcini and I certainly wouldn't pass up ...
This is the perfect time of year to serve fresh asparagus and one great method for cooking is an ...
From the New York Times
Like radicchio and other bitter, tough greens, escarole can survive the ...
I have always associated peaches with July and August. That is until a few years ago when I ...
When I think of my dad -- and if you know me, you know I always do think of him – it’s often ...
A few years ago I noticed that a tree was growing in the tiny side area between my house and my ...