The weather is changing. It's cold in the mornings and early afternoons. The light has shifted and is flatter. It feels like we wake up and start our day only to find several hours in that we have skipped right to dusk and sunset. We...
It's officially fall. The days are getting shorter, the light has changed and the air smells different. It's a noticeable shift. So I happen to live in a place where we experience "Indian Summer" meaning our fall days are often quite warm and sunny. Even...
One of my all time absolute favorite restaurants in Mill Valley is The Buckeye Roadhouse. I go there a couple times a week for both lunch and dinner. I crave their Ahi Tuna Salad and must have it minimum once a week. One night friends...
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...