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Spring at the Farmers Market: Onions
I’m always just a little bit jealous listening to the market report from the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market on Good Food. I was a Saturday Santa Monica girl for years and when it comes to produce, that market (and California in general) can't be beat. Spring has been slow to arrive everywhere, but down…
May 24, 2011Share Post
corn fritters
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bills corn fritters
If Americans have heard of Bill Granger, they’ve probably either been to his restaurants in Sydney (and now Japan, apparently) or possibly seen his show, “bills food” on the Cooking Channel (Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. ET -- plug plug!). Why Curtis whats-his-name is catching on Stateside and bill remains a secret, I can’t tell –…
May 20, 2011Share Post
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Chilled Banana & Pistachio Rice Pudding
There’s no meal that rice is excluded from at my house – breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, appetizer, entrée, dess--errrr-–no. I’ve never been a big fan of rice for dessert. I didn’t like Botan Rice Candy growing up, but its got its own Facebook page, so apparently a lot of people do (at least 1,955 as…
May 17, 2011Share Post
Baking Recipes
Outrageous Pretzel Bars
I love chocolate covered pretzels. Earlier this week Adam Roberts, the @amateurgourmet, retweeted @JustinChapple's Outrageous Pretzel Bars in Food and Wine magazine. Cookie layer + fudge layer+ pretzels = straight into my recipe file and off to the grocery to buy 2 bags of chocolate chips. Three notes: 1. Even spreading is important for the layers. From…
May 15, 2011Share Post
Main Course Recipes
Calendar Says May, Weather Says Soup
After a beautiful sunny day yesterday, well, most of the day, Mother Nature is back to the same ol', same ol' in the Pacific Northwest. While other people are persevering and standing at their grills in their rain slickers, I gave in and made a stew.  I started out thinking about making a daube, or…
May 15, 2011Share Post
Main Course
Saturday Night Special: Braised Chicken w/ Dates
Cumulus' Cracked Wheat and Freekeh Salad One of our best meals on our trip to AUS/NZ last fall was at Cumulus in Melbourne. Sort of a shared plates concept, one of the dishes we had a was tabbouleh-like salad, with freekeh, bulghur, mint, parsley, almonds and barberries, garnished with dollops of creme fraiche. And it's…
March 28, 2010Share Post
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