Our Stories
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The woman at the desk has never heard of that bus station before. It's on East 7th and Shady ...
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My Mimi told me something quite hysterically funny and dramatically morbid a few years ago…”If I ...
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The refrigerator is suffering from in-between celebration emptiness. A lonely cabbage sits there ...
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Stuffed with dates, bloated with tea, and in the midst of a pitched battle about Israel’s right to ...
Fall
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It's September. Summer's over.
I'm probably the only person in San Diego who isn't sad that ... -
I always look forward to Thanksgiving. Sharing the holday with my family, extended family, and a ...
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Keitt Mangoes
Last year in the steamy Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden of South Florida I ...
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The other day at the market, a woman approached me and said, "Excuse me, but may I ask you a ...
Our Recipes
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2 pounds asparagus spears (2 bunches), tough ends trimmed
1-2 tablespoon olive oil
Sea salt and ... -
Serves 2 as a main course, or 4 as a first course
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, thinly ... -
1 pound boneless top sirloin steak, cut into thin, 2-inch-long strips
1 pound large shrimp, peeled ... -
(makes roughly 16 cups of chowder)
1 slice organic smoked bacon
1 large yellow onion, cut in half ... -
Chef Robert Irvine -
Like everybody else in the world, I have a recipe for rice pudding that has ... -
6 cups canned low-sodium vegetable broth or homemade stock, more if needed
3 tablespoons olive ...
Holiday Issues
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What is it about the holidays that make everyone feel like baking? Is it the change in seasons that ...
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It is 3:30PM November 26, 2009. I take a deep breath as I swallow a spoonful of green bean ...
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Here we go again.
This is where Magical Thinking meets Enlightened Acceptance.
Here are some ...
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Each week, Levi gravitates to the fresh raspberries at our local farmers market. He insists on ...
Restaurant Reviews
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I think there might be a reason most of the neutral or positive reviews of Olio Pizzeria focus ...
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Just recently my mother asked me to pick up some vanilla ice cream she wanted to serve with a pie ...
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Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant in San Francisco is where “Joe Grinds His Own Fresh Chuck Daily”. A ...
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I didn’t miss him all winter. Everytime I spoke to our mutual friends, who I guess he got custody ...
Cookbooks We Love
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I've had plenty of disasters in the kitchen. I once dropped a duck on the floor on the way to the ...
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Our Featured Authors
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It's almost the end of summer, which likely means you're sunburned, overtired, and ready for your ...
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It would seem churlish to complain about the cold in Los Angeles, when all my English friends are ...
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Thanksgiving in our house wasn't Thanksgiving without a stupid amount of chestnuts that needed to ...