If you are hungry and wanting some yummy Italian comfort food I suggest this lasagne type casserole. I made it with zucchini but it would be great with yellow squash or eggplant too. Ingredients: 2-3lbs zucchini -sliced thin lengthwise 2 packages of arugula washed and sautéed...
Monday night 5 pm. I have just picked up a starving kid from flag football. He's behaving as if I haven't fed him in days, never mind that he had a huge lunch only a few hours earlier. Regardless, the minute I pick him up...
It was a let's cook what's in the fridge kind of Sunday night. Had a great fun filled sports week-end and spent the day down at Stanford today playing tennis and watching tennis and having an all around great day! At the end...
I needed an appetizer for a party recently. I was in Whole Foods wandering around in a daze trying to figure out what I was in the mood for. That's when I spotted the Chanterelles. Mmmmmmmm Chanterelles. I love them so much. I had to...
Tomato Pie, Tomato Pie there's nothing quite like it. NO….It's not a tart, in fact it's nothing at all like a tart! Tart's are edited and sleek, Tomato Pie is a hot, sexy mess! I love it. After much discussion about Tomato Pie this summer with...
The other day my friend mentioned she was in North Carolina eating fried chicken tacos. I thought "that sounds really good right now, good idea!" and I made my own version. I'm a weirdo who keeps lots of stuff in the freezer just in case I...
Many years ago when I was still living "at home" in Florida as it will forever be referred to, I was extremely fortunate to be able to take some cooking classes in Sarasota with Giuliano Hazan. Wow was I lucky! Marcella Hazan's son learned directly...
I needed chicken soup today. I mean needed. I am pretty picky about my chicken soup and it is something I have been making my whole life. I have a few different versions that I tweak as needed and per occasion. Today called for straight up...
Ok I've heard from several people lately that I have really been slacking on the blogging. It's been hot and I haven't felt like eating or cooking. Excuses, excuses. Anyway I made a pretty tasty lunch today so I thought I'd stop being lazy and...
I love this salad. My good friend Melanie takes Arugula to another level with this salad. Just wash some very bitter Arugula, shave some Pecorino over it and chop up some Marcona Almonds. Dress with lemon juice and oilive oil or a sherry vinaigrette. Add...