A Potato Galette, Sort Of.
I came of age in the kitchen in the early 1980s. One of my favorite Saturday morning shows was Julia Child and More Company. I missed the French Chef era...
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In the kitchen
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Every year it seems like Turkey Curry is the featured after-Thanksgiving recipe in most of the newspapers. I suspect most of us just pick at the turkey until it's finished....
Purslane in the Garden and in the Kitchen
I first encountered purslane in the books of Diana Kennedy. In Spanish, it's known as vedolagas and often teamed with pork and tomatillos for a tangy stew that I can't...
Fermented Xoconostle
Being an unbearable hipster, I of course am fermenting almost everything that stands still in my kitchen. Kombucha, vinegar, tepache, chiles, beets-- nothing is safe. My latest victim is the...
Fermented Xoconostle
Being an unbearable hipster, I of course am fermenting almost everything that stands still in my kitchen. Kombucha, vinegar, tepache, chiles, beets-- nothing is safe. My latest victim is the...
Chorizo and White Bean Tamale Pie
Before you leave a comment about the word tamale, yes, I know that in Spanish the word is tamal and the plural is tamales and there really isn't a word...
Breakfast with Eggs Poached in Heirloom Tomatoes
The more I read about breakfast cereal, the more I question its value as a breakfast food. Processed grains with sugar floating in milk. I have the habit but like...
Feeling the Pressure: Giving in to the Pressure Cooker
Watching TV recently, I watched an otherwise fine chef make a pot of beans in an electric pressure cooker. Said he: This was the best way to make beans because...
Xoconostle Chicken
Sunday night means family meal and as our weather has been mild, almost cool, it seemed time to pull out the old chicken coffin, as I call it, and make...
When Life Gives You an Earthquake, Make Beans
Like most people in the Napa Valley, I just want to get this last earthquake behind me. I'm tired of thinking about it: the lost money, the damages, that initial...
Green Beans with Pepitas and Oregano Indio
What has my life come to? Every week I get a glorious box of vegetables from my CSA, Carneros Farm Stand, and at first it was cute but now I'm...