Our Stories
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It's that time of year again when everyone is ready to jump onto the get-fit wagon. I could easily ...
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Walking at a brisk pace down the narrow roads of Florence, on my final night in the city before ...
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My girlfriend took one bite of these and said, “this tastes like Mac ‘n Cheese”. Voila, the Mac ‘n ...
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A couple of nights before we left for Paris my sister came to my house for dinner and told me she ...
Fall
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What cooking method can be more primal than roasting? When humans discovered fire, it was by ...
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For a long time, the closest I had ever come to what I thought was a real fig was the dried kind or ...
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I had a vegetable drawer filled with fuji apples that had seen better days. They were not fit to ...
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This past summer I've grown more arugula than I've known what to do with. This fall the arugula has ...
Our Recipes
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¼ cup POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice
2 tbs orange juice concentrate
1 tbs balsamic vinegar
½ cup ... -
Adapted from “Rustic Fruit Desserts”
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3 pints red currants (about 6 cups berries without stems)
2 cups granulated sugarCombine the ...
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Originally cooked over an open flame, but adapted for the more modern cook.
Two chickens
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Serves 10
Ingredients:
1 lb pasta (elbow macaroni, fusilli, or any shape desired)
2 oz butter
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Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
1 medium carrot, diced
2 ...
Holiday Issues
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I know this looks like ice cream. But IT’S NOT. It’s Strawberry Mousse. And it has all the ...
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I’m sitting in Barack Obama’s campaign office in Dover, New Hampshire. It is 3:30 in the ...
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If you’re getting around to planning your St. Patrick’s menu a little late like me, here’s ...
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“WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO TURKEY???” I have never sent an angrier text in my life. Ping!
“We are ...
Restaurant Reviews
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This year on my summer vacation I actually played tourist in my own home town. I've lived in Los ...
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"I just returned from Lisbon and only have one thing to say - Belem Pasteis de Nata"
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We all know the few things in our lives that give us status above and beyond our own reality.
Our ...
Cookbooks We Love
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When Heather Christo asked me if I would be interested in checking out her new book, Generous ...
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The Sunset Cookbook
I grew up with Sunset magazine, Sunset cookbooks and a philosophy of cooking ...
Our Featured Authors
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When I am at my home on Orcas Island, Washington and away from the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, ...
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This is an excerpt from the book "Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories"
We had ...
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It would seem churlish to complain about the cold in Los Angeles, when all my English friends are ...