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Whew. Well we moved. And although we’re not yet totally unpacked (far from it), my kitchen is starting to look like a functional kitchen, and I’m beginning to have glimmers of interest in actually cooking again. It’s almost lik (read full article)
Bread pudding. The words themselves are hardly inspiring. Stodgy, pedestrian, British, with those overtones of school dining halls and hospital food. There are some truly execrable bread puddings — dry, almost crusty, with little discern (read full article)
It's the Monday before Christmas. You've baked your fruitcake, braved the mall, passed all the shipping deadlines and if you're anything like me, are more than ready to settle down for a long winter's nap. Then your neighbor drops off a "small gi (read full article)
I don't know if I have an old fashioned palate, or if it's my inner historian, or if I'm just plain curious, but whenever I hear about a recipe or a dish that is extinct my mouth starts watering. I love poring through old cookbooks and finding rec (read full article)
I know what you're thinking. Fruitcake? Really? And yes, I am well aware of fruitcake's reputation as the bane of the holidays. But fruitcake doesn't have to be a joke. Yes, it is dense, but it should be sliced thinly -- it's really a confecti (read full article)
One of the things I truly love about cooking is the sense of community that's created around food. Not just the bloggers and their social media, the chefs and their late night hangouts or even the people around your dinner table, but the broader c (read full article)
The Nuni just started preschool a few weeks ago. My baby is growing up! Generally she's very happy and excited about school, because there are not one, but TWO slides and also there is a play kitchen. This new development does bring with it all (read full article)
My darling daughter very recently turned two. The Nuni is growing up -- getting more independent, more vocal, more affectionate, more skilled. She chatters and tumbles and climbs her way through life. The Nuni was quite pleased to have a birthda (read full article)
My darling daughter very recently turned two. The Nuni is growing up -- getting more independent, more vocal, more affectionate, more skilled. She chatters and tumbles and climbs her way through life. The Nuni was quite pleased to have a birthda (read full article)
People who don't live in Los Angeles say that we don't have seasons. The sun is always shining, the grass is always green, it's always swimming pool weather. That's not entirely true. We have seasons. In the winter it rains and the world is green (read full article)
People who don't live in Los Angeles say that we don't have seasons. The sun is always shining, the grass is always green, it's always swimming pool weather. That's not entirely true. We have seasons. In the winter it rains and the world is green (read full article)
Some recipes sneak up on you. You get a cookbook or a magazine, you read through it in a leisurely fashion, maybe try a recipe or two, and set it aside. A few months later, you pick it up again, notice a picture that looks tasty, and forget about (read full article)
Some recipes sneak up on you. You get a cookbook or a magazine, you read through it in a leisurely fashion, maybe try a recipe or two, and set it aside. A few months later, you pick it up again, notice a picture that looks tasty, and forget about (read full article)
Pop Quiz: What do you make when it's 95 degrees outside, the very thought of turning on the oven makes you melt into a syrupy mess and yet you're craving a delicious, starchy, baked-good kind of dessert? If you answered "fruitcake" then I think (read full article)
Pop Quiz: What do you make when it's 95 degrees outside, the very thought of turning on the oven makes you melt into a syrupy mess and yet you're craving a delicious, starchy, baked-good kind of dessert? If you answered "fruitcake" then I think (read full article)
Is there anything more wholesome than pie? The very word brings a smile to one's face, and it's associated with all sorts of pleasant things -- someone who is sweet as pie (or a sweetie pie) may wish for their pie in the sky which may be easy as p (read full article)
Is there anything more wholesome than pie? The very word brings a smile to one's face, and it's associated with all sorts of pleasant things -- someone who is sweet as pie (or a sweetie pie) may wish for their pie in the sky which may be easy as p (read full article)
I'm not much of a summer cook. I like to cook the foods of cooler weather -- spicy gingerbreads, hearty stews, root vegetables that stick to your ribs. Summer, at least in Los Angeles, is really to hot to do this type of cooking, and those foods (read full article)
I'm not much of a summer cook. I like to cook the foods of cooler weather -- spicy gingerbreads, hearty stews, root vegetables that stick to your ribs. Summer, at least in Los Angeles, is really to hot to do this type of cooking, and those foods (read full article)
It's become fashionable or a mark of pride to eschew recipes. You'll hear many cooks boasting of how they never use a recipe, or they just use techniques they know on whatever they have in the pantry. While there is some virtue to this, if you're (read full article)
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