Our Stories
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I remember so well my Mom making pancakes for us during the rather meagre times after World War 11. ...
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I was recently invited to join a Master Class in bread making at the L’Atelier des Chefs school in ...
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On Sunday, the farmers’ market in Pacific Palisades — between Santa Monica and Malibu — becomes ...
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My first taste of goat’s cheese was at a tapas restaurant in Chicago many years ago. The soft, ...
Christmas
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On December 24th, 1963, Philadelphia was hit with a rip-roaring blizzard. I’ll never forget it. ...
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The Christmas Feast:
The Christmas feast was an elaborate affair, and in grand households, often ... -
My family, while I grew up in Iowa in the 1970's, had no traditions save one. For 364 dinner ...
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Elegant Entertaining
by Holly PalanceAll I want for Christmas is my caviar pie. Which is a ...
Our Recipes
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2 tablespons olive oil
2 shallots, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 pounds mustard ... -
2 lime wedges
10 lovage leaves
2 ounces gin
1 ounce simple syrup, recipe follows
soda water
lovage ... -
From Everyday Food
Serves 8
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more, room temperature for ... -
Wash beets, cut off the leaves and the tail.
Wrap each one separately in aluminum (tin) foil, ...
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Adapted from Intermezzo
1 pound dark chocolate chips
1 pound white chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon ... -
4 mint sprigs
1 tablespoon superfine sugar, or to taste
2/3 cups fresh grapefruit juice
1½ ...
Holiday Issues
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Perhaps it's their association with English tea and ladies' garden luncheons that make scones so ...
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Forget about Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t wait until the day after Thanksgiving for leftovers. When ...
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Boo!
I told you I loved Halloween!
And what would a Halloween celebration be without Blood Red ...
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Mother's Day is a special time to appreciate our mothers and the mothers of our children. A ...
Restaurant Reviews
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Double-dipped Justice at Philippe's
If you are a criminal defense attorney as I am defending cases ... -
That’s a loaded statement so let me describe the dish before we go any further. It’s a pot of clam ...
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A few decades ago, my sister and I went to Paris at Christmas to see the legendary holiday ...
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Longtime Santa Monica Pier staple, SM Pier Seafood, has officially re-launched as The Albright. ...
Cookbooks We Love
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I reviewed a lot of cookbooks this past year, but these are some that I feel really strongly about. ...
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My favorite all time shredded barely holding together cookbook is: The Classic Italian Cookbook by ...
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What is life without a little bit of the whimsical? The magical? The fanciful?
I think that is ...
Our Featured Authors
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...It wasn’t the hot time in Paris that caused the shift, though. It was Michael, my friend Michael ...
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Catastrophe struck the other day. My kitchen drain backed up into the bathtub. Unfortunately the ...
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When I think of my dad -- and if you know me, you know I always do think of him – it’s often ...