Recently I was interviewed by Gary House from Food Blog Radio: http://www.foodblogradio.com Gary is on a mission to bring the people behind food blogs out into the open so that we can get to know them, learn what drives them, and what their creative process is. Gary spoke to me a few weeks ago, [...]
Looking at this menu I'm sure you think this is a Super Bowl party menu, and I completely understand why you'd come to that conclusion, but in fact it's all about what was on sale at the market. I'm not a sports enthusiast, never have been and more often than not have planned parties [...]
We had several non cooking classes after our class on Pasta. We were very lucky to have Ronna Kabatznick, the author of The Zen of Eating come and conduct a class. Ronna took us through the stages of mindful eating and posed some interesting questions for us to explore about our relationship with food. [...]
One of the ways I can get people to eat more vegetables is to bathe them in cream and caramelized onions. I think that's fair, don't you? This recipe can be made with just about any vegetable, but this time of year I want the orange, sweet taste of butternut squash. It really perks [...]
Last Friday the topic of the day was pasta. It's a great topic, one that everyone can participate in and like Pizza really get their hands in some dough. I chose two recipes. The first was Pasta Aglio Olio, a quick satisfying classic dish and the second was Spinach Pasta with Mushrooms and Fennel. [...]
I took this week off from work. Didn't go anywhere, just hung around the house, puttered, tried new recipes, sat in the big soft brown chair and read. It was perfect. I managed to rouse myself to invite some friends over for dinner. I love midweek dinner parties because it's such a luxury to [...]
Class # 2 - Paella I took a survey of students prior to the class to see what folks wanted to learn. Many people said they wanted to learn more about seafood so I chose Paella as our topic since it would allow me an opportunity to discuss many food related things [...]
In the Bay Area our weather can go from summer to winter in a range of eight hours…or less. Last weekend we had some cold foggy days that stayed that way for most of the day and with the edge of crisp in the air I found myself thinking of pot roast. My family [...]
I love the classic Italian dish of grilled steak over arugula with shaved parmesan. This is my version of this. I wanted a kind of Caesar’s dressing for this salad, hence the salted anchovies. For those of you who haven’t tried them I highly recommend salted anchovies as a staple in your kitchen. Whole [...]
Way back in the 80’s when Prego was the hot new Italian place on Union Street, and when Union Street was the hot neighborhood in San Francisco their signature dish was rotisserie chicken with a mustard sauce. I never have been able to replicate the sauce and since Prego is closed I won’t have [...]
