I’m always looking for new ways to prepare zucchini. Typical household favorites include this soft sourdough zucchini bread, these jammy zucchini quesadillas and this amazing lemony courgette linguine. The possibilities are never ending (so is zucchini season). But more often than not, we tend to grill zucchini and call it…
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on my list to make…
You inspire me. For the last 185 days, I’ve spent countless hours dreaming up recipes for the cookbook. And I’ve had an incredible time doing so; cooking, creating and writing about food. It’s my thing. And with no disrespect to my own muse, I’m ready to eat someone else’s food! Your food!…
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grilled fennel & brown rice salad
Is fennel the new cilantro? We all know that fennel has a strong licorice flavor (black licorice, not Twizzlers) and the aroma is quite intense. When I was a kid, Sunday dinners at my Grandmother’s was not complete without a plate of raw sliced fennel in between courses. I couldn’t…
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Simple Sautéed Rainbow Chard with Sourdough
Pets… My feline friend has a new habit: he likes to GNAW on our TV cables with his razor sharp fangs, until I BOLT out of bed to release his Majesty into the early morning wilderness (a.k.a my hood). I think he has a new lady friend… It sounds like an obnoxious human chewing…
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in my summer kitchen…
When I was a kid, I was always curious to see what my friends had in their kitchen. Sugar cereal? Candy? Entenmann’s? Show me the loot! You have to understand, my mom sent me to school with homemade carrot-raisin slaw packed in 1970’s (brown) Tupperware. I was that kid. Today, I…
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