Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Beet & Poppyseed Cream Cheese Tartine
This is a farmhand favorite because it’s bright and beautiful, seasonal, and fits the homestead setting perfectly. I like to set out an array of tartines for guests… Read More »
Rhubarb & Raspberry Pie at Pie Ranch
You can’t end a dinner at Pie Ranch without pie now can you? The raspberries are bumpin’ and the rhubarb is crisp, red, and fat right now. It’s… Read More »
Farewell Hidden Kitchen, Hello Verjus!
Saving the best for last in my series of Paris restaurant reviews is restaurant: VERJUS. Big Thumbs Up! I am ecstatic for owners Braden Perkins and Laura Adrian (American) who… Read More »
Angelina’s in Paris
While I’m writing up Paris must-experience eateries I thought I’d better mention Angelina’s. Their menu I would like to put in my vita-prep on high but the hot… Read More »
L’As du Fallafel
This falafel is the BEST on earth. And only from this particular shop in Paris, in the heart of the Marais, on Rue de Rosiers. I am not the… Read More »
Septime in Paris
Hon, hon, hon! I have not written a restaurant review for Paris for years now. But I receive requests daily about where to go and eat. I want to… Read More »
Paris, Ma Maîtresse
THESE POSTS UPCOMING ARE DEDICATED TO A LONG TIME BLOG READER OF MINE WHO UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY. HE WAS A LIGHT IN MY LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. AN… Read More »
Pie Ranch: Quiche & Kids
What a fantastic, totally draining, fun filled week of teaching San Francisco high school students how to cook, bake, and serve just harvested fresh and healthy homemade meals… Read More »
Crab Boil! How to Cook Live Crabs
Once you get the over the heeby jeebies of picking up a live crab, the rest is simple. Easy peasy! I get my crabs (man, that sounds wrong)… Read More »
Lobster Ravioli, Pea Shoots, & Smoked Paprika Sauce
I made these lobster raviolis for a friend of mine who spent 9 months craving sushi, shellfish, and martinis. I promised her lobster once her baby was born… Read More »
Dutch Apple Baby & Truffled Skillet Soufflé: Cast Iron Breakfasts
That long title is a complicated way of saying: one basic recipe, two different results. My Mom makes Dutch Apple Baby for fancy brunches. It’s a crowd pleaser…. Read More »
Pumpkin Butter: In Bread, On Pizza, By the Spoonful
I know you’re wondering if I’ve totally lost my mind with pumpkin recipes in March, but when I said (in my last pumpkin mole post) we have 70… Read More »






