Last week Erika from Not Ketchup and I cooked up a storm of potatoes for this year's Potato Palooza. It's always great fun to create new and unusual dishes with the incredible, edible and utterly versatile Idaho potato. As always this event draws in some of Los Angeles' biggest and best food bloggers. If you don't believe me, take a look at Average Betty's video of the … [Read more...]
Squash Blossoms
Squash blossoms. Whether they stand alone a single bloom or are attached to a tiny delicate squash they are absolutely wonderful. In the past I would stuff them with chevre that's been embellished with chives, thyme and basil dip them in a batter and fry. I was cleaning out my photos and ran across this video from 2009 of a lovely stranger at the Hollywood Farmers' … [Read more...]
Gazpacho Made Easy
When temperatures start to hit the 80s the last thing I want to do is cook. So I always turn to gazpacho, the chilled Spanish soup the sings of summer. Here's a video to show you just how easy gazpacho is to make. Gazpacho The following recipe is a combination of quite a few recipes that I've tried. I like Persian cucumbers because they have more bulk to them. You can … [Read more...]
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Grilled Red Pepper Sauce Just in time for your July 4th BBQ, a sauce that goes with just about anything you can throw on a grill--steak, burgers, shrimp, veggies and my personal favorite--salmon. Check out the salmon recipe here. Claim your independence and make this easy sauce! The recipe is in the video. Have a happy Fourth of July. … [Read more...]
Kara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx–Williamsburg Brooklyn
A few weeks ago I took off on a sunny day from New Jersey to see the Kara Walker exhibit at the Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By all rights the trip should have been a disaster—the skies opened up and poured while in line, I had no umbrella and the rain didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. But as luck would have it, a family in front of me shared the … [Read more...]
