heirloom marinara – the good stuff

i’ll let you know right off the bat that to make some seriously good marinara you need to start with some seriously delicious tomatoes – i recommend buying organic heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market while they’re still in season.  because they can be expensive, i recommend finding a farmer that has great tasting tomatoes but is willing to sell you the less perfect ones at a discount.  at the markets i frequent in los angeles,... Read More

super simple okra and miso marinara over soba noodles

last week at the farmers’ market a customer came up to my stand and told the girl i work for that her recipe for okra was amazing.  obviously i had to get it and see what it was all about. the recipe as she told it was, “half and onion, some okra and some tomato, chop chop chop, fry in some oil, then add oyster sauce.”  sounded easy enough, and while i didn’t feel like enjoying any oyster sauce in the mix, i had red miso... Read More