I’m a pasta snob. I admit it and I don’t apologize for it. I believe that great pasta is an ...
Seattle is a dream city for a coffee-lover like me. If you type “coffee” on your smart phone’s ...
Most people look at an artichoke and think: "What do I do with this?" But artichokes only look ...
The flavors of the Mediterranean are an ideal match for preparing lamb. Rosemary and garlic are ...
Salade Lyonnaise is one of the most popular salads in small French restaurants and bistros. In ...
If the name of this dish alone doesn't pull you in, then let me explain to you how wonderful it ...
Growing up "salad" meant a plate with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and tomato slices, and ...
1 cup chopped dried figs
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup pitted chopped Kalamata olives
2 tablespoons ...
Is there anything better a nice piece of coffee cake in the morning with your coffee or tea? There ...
canola oil, for brushing grill
8 all-beef skinless hot dogs
8 whole-wheat hot dog buns
spicy brown ...
1/2 cup olive oil
1 bulb fennel, chopped
2 teaspoons fennel seeds
1 large onion, chopped
16 cloves ...
Whenever I try my hand at galettes I end up with a rustic (read: messy) irregular shape, but it ...
We had planned to spend New Year's Eve with friends and family but the flu and changes in ...
I love breakfast. Pancakes that taste like cookie dough at Hedley's, Huevos O'Groats, I'll even ...
Call out the riot squad! Barricade the streets! Lock up your daughters! The Three Fat Unemployed ...
It's Thursday, it's late and we parked blocks away because the lot is full at Steel & Rye. We're ...
Candy corn—you either love or hate the candy. I used to despise candy corn as a kid. I'd always be ...
What better way to celebrate moms and wives than by making them breakfast. This recipe for baked ...
My little brother came home from a bar mitzvah with a dazed look in his eyes and a henna tattoo ...
If you’re getting around to planning your St. Patrick’s menu a little late like me, here’s ...
I always get excited about cookbooks with a connection to the Bay Area. There are so many things ...
From the LA Times
Barbecue – and by that I mean real barbecue, meat cooked long and slow near (not ...
James Beard's American Cookery
Don't you just love the word cookery? It's so old-fashioned. ...
Since Easter is all about sweets, we like to ask our friends and family to bring a dessert to ...
"It's not that Easter is really about excess, because it isn't. But we always think it's a lot of ...
Calling Vermont winters “long” is like saying I have “salt-and-pepper” hair. My hair is gray, the ...
I love hard boiled eggs. Using them for egg salad and especially for making deviled eggs is always ...
The other day I received a flyer advertising a romantic Caribbean get-away. It showed a scantily ...
This recipe, which originally appeared in the NY Times in 1973 in an article by Jean Hewitt, was ...
Before leaving on my recent trip to Ireland I was thinking that while there, I’d write about the ...