Noodles

Who To Thank? Spaghetti With Small Tomatoes, Basil, Garlic

Who To Thank? Spaghetti With Small Tomatoes, Basil, Garlic

Who doesn’t need a fast spaghetti recipe that uses the ever-available cherry tomatoe? This is that recipe. It makes a pretty presentation, too.  Who to thank, though, for the yearlong availability of cherry tomatoes. It is a contentious question. First, thanks go to the Incas…

Noodles with Eggplant and Mango Salad

Noodles with Eggplant and Mango Salad

“A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.”                                                  …

A Belated Happy New Year: Stir-Fried Tofu with Vegetables and Noodles

A Belated Happy New Year: Stir-Fried Tofu with Vegetables and Noodles

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…

Ravioli with Ricotta and Basil Filling

Qualcosa bolle in pentola!!!   That’s Italian for “something boils in a saucepan”– a delightful idiom meaning “Something’s up!” So, qualcosa bolle in pentola here in Huntington Beach. Huntington Beach’s two wild and crazy cooking divas (and a small sweet dog named Juliet)  are back…

Pad Thai

  My good friend Sarah and I have been taking cooking classes at Sur La Table in Costa Mesa. (Sarah is the pretty lady in the middle holding what is left of a tray of  minced chicken lettuce cups). What fun! Our most recent class…