Collard Greens with Corn It’s winter, even here in Los Angeles and sometimes I want a dish that wraps its arms around me and gives me a huge hug. That’s when I turn to collard greens. Yet my craving didn’t stop at comfort, I wanted the heat of spice and a bit of crunch. I also wanted to keep the bright green of fresh collard greens. I was determined to stop my collards from … [Read more...]
Idaho Potato Palooza 2015
Last week Erika from Not Ketchup and I cooked up a storm of potatoes for this year's Potato Palooza. It's always great fun to create new and unusual dishes with the incredible, edible and utterly versatile Idaho potato. As always this event draws in some of Los Angeles' biggest and best food bloggers. If you don't believe me, take a look at Average Betty's video of the … [Read more...]
Poached Pears
Poached Pears a la Jerusalem I recently bought Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s cookbook “Jerusalem” and I’m so very happy with the dishes I’ve made thus far. The standout so far is their recipe for poached pears. I made these poached pears for Thanksgiving with Bosc pears the very first time. Not a pear remained after the meal was over. I made them for Christmas treats to … [Read more...]
My Favorite Links for the Week
It's great to be me. I'm surrounded by wonderfully creative and generous people...who love to laugh and share. So today I share some of my favorite links of the week by people I know personally and via the web. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Valentina's Cooking On the Weekend's Wasabi Glazed Ahi Tuna had me reeling at its sheer beauty. But when I read the … [Read more...]
Kale Smoothy
KALE SMOOTHY It's that time of year--it starts as a sniffle or an ache and before you know it...you're sick. And you're grumpy. And nothing tastes good. I'm no medical doctor but when I was feeling terrible because of the flu I shuffled into the kitchen and whipped up a kale smoothy. I'm not a smoothy kind of girl. If I want kale (on that rare occasion) I cook it. But … [Read more...]
