Our Stories
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I have been making a version of this cake for the past 20 years. However, I’ve always made it in a ...
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“Eat poor that day, eat rich the rest of the year… Rice for riches and peas for peace.” – Old ...
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Back in the day, I did buy pre-packaged granola bars. The ones that we were told were “good for ...
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Fall
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Is there some sort of cheap plastic switch nestled deep inside my brain that gets reset each time ...
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When you grow up in Rhode Island, you just can't comprehend 90 degree temperatures in October. ...
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I don't think there is a cheese that my father doesn't like. He once received a pungent, ...
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There is magic in these fields we have - the kind of magic that store bought soil or fertilizer ...
Our Recipes
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As the raw craze is even starting to affect us! We think this recipe's great.
6 small raw ...
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2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cups water
2/3 cup canola oil
4 eggs
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for the shrimp:
1/2 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon coarse salt
1 tablespoon ... -
"Also B'stilla. A Moroccan chicken dish wrapped in phyllo dough. Delicious!
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1 pound boneless top sirloin steak, cut into thin, 2-inch-long strips
1 pound large shrimp, peeled ... -
Adapted from Coastal Living
1 ounce melon liqueur (such as Midori)
2 ounces citrus vodka (such as ...
Holiday Issues
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Yep, the kids have elevated me to the likes of Albert Einstein. Up until yesterday they thought of ...
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We always eat lamb at our house for Easter. As a child we ate lamb twice on Easter, breakfast and ...
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Biscotti, the popular Italian cookies, can be enjoyed any time of the year, but I find them ...
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Candy has been a bond between me and my pal Joy since we first became best friends in sixth grade ...
Restaurant Reviews
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In Persian, Darya means seaDarya in West L.A.
I wish my comfort food was as simple as ...
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Visiting Dinosaur National Park from Salt Lake City can certainly be done in a long day trip, but ...
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Twenty years ago when I lived in San Diego, my ex-husband and I loved eating at Karinya Thai ...
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The Big Dog and I lunched this afternoon at Ai Fiori, The Big Dog is my high-priced attorney. We ...
Cookbooks We Love
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When my lovely daughter, Hillary was a Malibu pre-teen, I gave her what I thought was a total ...
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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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From the LA Times
In a world overstuffed with weighty, glossy celebrity chef cookbooks, it would be ...
Our Featured Authors
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A few years ago I noticed that a tree was growing in the tiny side area between my house and my ...
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I’d flown to New York for too short a time and then extended my stay because I had too many things ...
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My mother phoned from Tjøme, the little island in the Oslo fjord that she calls home every June and ...