i’ve been listening to the splendid table a lot lately, which is an awesome weekly radio show about cooking that you can download as a free podcast. in one of the episodes the host, lynne rossetto kasper, very quickly mentions making something like this for dinner that week. she commented on how easily it was [...]
i used to be obsessed with chicken pot pies when i was younger, the small microwavable kind. now that i’m all grown up and can make them for myself, i prefer to enjoy a slice of a full-sized pie, piled high with tasty veggies in a savory gravy sauce, surrounded by a crispy homemade crust [...]
the skies have been overcast most days here, which is LA’s version of winter i guess. on days like these only one thing comes to mind – soup. if it’s accompanying dinner or my stomach is a little upset, it’s nice to reach for something lighter. like this classic, which features a rich, flavorful broth [...]
i saw the inspiration for this post on foodgawker a while back and the idea has since stuck in my head. i wanted to make the dish with my own twist so i chose chamomile tea instead of white, agar agar as a vegan alternative to gelatin, and a mix of seedless mandarin oranges with [...]
i recently visited my good friend rose in san francisco, who always inspires me when we share the kitchen. our first night in town, exhausted from traveling, she made us a delicious dinner which included something she called a winter salad. it involved wilted napa cabbage, warm apples and apple cider vinegar.
while this isn’t exactly [...]
i love pizza in all it’s forms. sure it’s traditionally topped with red sauce and gooey strands of cheezy goodness, but also layered with pesto instead, or no sauce at all. with this recipe i had the idea that rather than worrying about not only making a sauce but also a cheese substitute, i could [...]
this is one of those recipes that happened on accident, based on the limited contents of my fridge. thankfully, the lemon and cilantro’s bright flavors compliment the hardiness of the whole wheat and toasted almonds in all the right ways. at first i thought it might be a sort of pasta salad, served cold and [...]
it’s probably too late for anyone to actually make these for valentine’s day but i thought i would share what i made for my valentine.
a few weeks past i exclaimed that it is the peak of orange season. i also mentioned that i used many of the seedless mandarin oranges i got from the farmer’s [...]
when i find a dish that works its way into my routine – popping up on my dinner plate at least once or twice a week – i feel obligated to share it here. partly because it’s a recipe i’ve tested mutliple times and know works, but also because it is usually pretty simple and [...]