I'm back from an east coast trip visiting family and friends and no doubt it had been too long. It felt great to reconnect. This was our first trip out of California since we moved here nearly 2 years ago. California is BIG so even as we've traveled hundreds and hundreds of miles over the past 2 years, we were still in CA. Quite different than the east coast where a 1 hour drive can take you through 3 different states
Read MoreThis is one of my favorite potato salads. I'm not sure where or when I started making it, but it definitely wasn't while I was growing up. My mom would make the traditional American potato salad which consisted of potatoes, hard-boiled egg, mayonnaise, onion and salt and pepper. That was it. And that's what I knew of potato salad as a kid.
Read MoreThis is one of my favorite side dishes. I just love these little veggie patties. I discovered it on Bea's site a while back and always make it when we have some zucchini and sweet potato on hand. I once made it with white potato but it wasn't quite the same.
Read MoreFlageolet beans! I was so excited to find these, I was away last week at a Cooper UX Design Bootcamp up in Petaluma (on a farm!) where we worked on a real world project for Fair Trade USA, it was an amazing experience, very intense and I learned a great deal about
Read MoreLately I'm finding myself interested in trying new grains, like black rice for this salad, it's something I probably had in a restaurant before but never thought to make myself, well those days are over. And I'm happy for it. And maybe a bit healthier? Black rice is high in iron and very nutritious, rivaling blueberries with antioxidants. And it tastes really good!
Read MoreLast week I made zucchini fries, for which there is no recipe posted at the moment because the photos did not look so pretty, but I know I will make it again in the next few days, they are that good. But one of the best aspects of that recipe was the panko breadcrumb and parmesan mixture, so when I spotted this recipe for butternut squash I had a feeling it would work, and it does, a very tasty side dish.
Read MoreI love the color of this salad but it wasn't what I originally intended. I picked up some golden and red beets yesterday at the farmer's market, or rather what I thought were red beets. It looks like a red beet on the outside, but lo and behold all kinds of colors inside, they're really beautiful. If you slice them in wedges they have a nice sunset coloring from pale yellow to deep red.
Read MoreLast week Jeff and I were over in Oakland and had lunch at Oliveto, a northern Italian restaurant. They had polenta on the menu, with a few choices for topping, farm fresh egg, cheese and herbs or beef spezzatino. We ordered the polenta with egg and polenta with beef. It was so amazing, like no other polenta. It's course-milled, grainy and tasty with a lot of flavor and texture. Served on traditional wood boards. It's called Red Flint Floriani Polenta, grown in Lodi, California. It has much more nutrition than yellow corn and is gluten-free.
Read MoreThis is my first time cooking with green lentils, lentilles du Puy to be exact. They're from France and are the most fantastic lentils in the world according to David Lebovitz. And I would agree that they have a unique taste all on their own (has something to do with volcanic soil). I'm quickly becoming a fan. I found a recipe for a lentil salad in Greens cookbook, it's vegetarian and tastes really good. Greens restaurant has such amazing vegetarian food and I'm hoping to learn as much as I can with this book.
Read MoreIt's blood orange season once again and they are tasty as expected! I love them for their brilliant color and flavor. And believe it or not I've been missing them all year. Last spring while out on a sunday brunch I had the best blood orange mimosa, then we went back a few weeks later and they were out of season, I was so disappointed because I knew I had to wait until… now! I haven't gotten around to the mimosa yet but it is sure to come with recipe and photos. (sparking wine, juice, complicated I know).
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