Digging the Idaho Potato Harvest 2015

Towards the end of summer, while Los Angeles was baking, I took a trip to Idaho. Yup, Idaho. The Idaho Potato Commission invited a group of bloggers and food professionals to experience the Idaho Potato Harvest firsthand. Short of driving a tractor, we got to tour farms and processing plants, we meet with some farmers, […]

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Thanksgiving Stuffing with Blueberries, Rosemary and Almonds

Thanksgiving dinner would not be complete without the stuffing.  Whether you are stuffing your foul or serving  the moist bread mixture alongside your bird,  making your own stuffing for the holidays is easier than you think.  In this recipe we cut up old cornbread into small cubes, but any day old bread will do.  Simply cube […]

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Darling, have you seen my pearls? Cherry Balsamic Glazed Pearl Onions

Being a professional cook has meant coming home reeking of onions and garlic on an almost daily basis. Sometimes flaking off fish scales or peeling off an octopus tentacle or two. And while I do not mind much when I have to shake off thin slices of prosciutto after a deli slicer “incident,” sometimes I […]

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Simple Savory Side: Asparagus with Warm Bacon Shallot Vinaigrette

With Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s, and everything in-between, it’s easy for anybody to feel the overwhelming flush of despair in the kitchen and give in to store bought sides for that first, next, and last holiday potluck. Here is a quick and simple savory side dish. The blanched asparagus will maintain their snap and […]

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