Culinary forays and failures: Know your ingredients and do doubling right!
For fresh lemon recipes, try to garden variety versus store bought. For recipes that focus on the peel, choose large lemons with …
Ella-gant inspiration and a ramp recipe
Yep, those are shutters on the ceiling. Too cool! A couple weeks ago, we joined a friend for dinner at the lovely …
Easy chicken with charred cauliflower and bell peppers
I adore one-dish meals! An extra week at home courtesy of Southwest Flight 812 meant a little more time to cook for …
I like big buns (and I cannot lie)
For St. Paddy’s, I went the shepherd’s pie route (stay tuned for the recipe). In lieu of traditional Irish soda bread (I …
Channeling summer with fabulous fish tacos
On the list of things I never thought I’d find myself cooking, fish tacos are somewhere in the top 20. Why? Because …
Recreating a classic: French onion soup (Ooo la la!)
I may or may not have squealed at my culinary success. Twice. It’s spring break for me and I’m supposed to be …
Vintage Sacramento: Nut Tree Almond Chicken
Credit For Christmas, my sister-in-law gave her dad a set of one-on-one cooking lessons. (Tiffany is, by the way, an amazing cook …
Juicy roasted chicken with fresh herbs
I try to be modest, but when we ate this beautiful bird, I couldn’t help but exclaim that I *might* be the …
How to make, serve and eat the perfect artichoke
When I worked in the dorms in college, the resident assistants ran a secret pal program. To figure out what types of …
Everyone needs ‘Essence’
Photo credit Another confession: I have a crush. A big one! Only I just remembered yesterday when I was scouring the internets …