Food, Photography and Bon Mots
Summer tomatoes. **sigh** While we still have some late summer tomatoes in our gardens and stores, here is a beautiful galette that showcases their beauty. It is especially beautiful made with some of those big multi-colored heirloom tomatoes. Tomato Galette Save Recipe Print Recipe…
Do you have filo phobia? Afraid to touch the delicate sheets of filo for fear that they will tear into a million pieces? If so, this recipe is for you. It is called Greek Rag Pie and the recipe actually calls for you to…
This one’s a keeper. On my first taste, I knew that this cauliflower cake would be a party dish on my table. I’m pretty picky about what I serve my guests but this beautiful dish is that good. Love at first bite, I guess. This…
Happy Year of the Pig. I’m a bit late cooking for Chinese New Year. Life got in the way. Here is a wonderful stir fry served with noodles that I’m pretty sure you will enjoy. No pigs here, though, just a great melange of…
Do Asian vegetables confuse you? Don’t know your bok choy from your choy sum? Neither do I, but when David Tanis, one of my favorite food writers, published this recipe for Glazed Shiitakes With Bok Choy in his New York Times column City Kitchen, I soon found…
How do you feel about butternut squash? No, really. For those of you who might shy away from the squash, consider the following: It is a fruit; who doesn’t love fruit? It is a healthy food; who doesn’t want to eat healthy? It is inexpensive;…
Truth be told, I love baked beans. There are few meals that I enjoy more than a big bowl of baked beans and a generous side of coleslaw. To my taste, the crunch of the coleslaw perfectly complements the sweet/savory flavor of the baked…
This probably never happens to you, but I sometimes find myself wanting to get in and out of the kitchen quickly after a tiring day. If I can do that and still produce a great meal, I’m one happy camper. This is a recipe…
I’ll confess right off. Eggplant and I have a rocky relationship. It’s not because eggplant isn’t Robert-Redford handsome. Just look at that smooth skin and that sensuous coloring. It’s also not because I don’t try. I do. I just have trouble finding stellar recipes that…
It is the Christmas season here in Huntington Beach. I know that because my local Costco has Christmas trees for sale. Seems a tad early to me, but there is some research that holds that people who decorate early for the holidays lead happier…
