It’s hard to remember the first time you tasted a peach. Perhaps, for you, that difficulty of recollection pertains to tomatoes or something as basic as bread. But labneh, labneh is a different story altogether. Years ago at a different company, we would build a booth to exhibit our wares at the Moscone Convention Center… Continue reading Labneh
Category: Recipes
Olallieberry Shrub
When you find something so good it makes your heart beat faster, makes your foot press down more firmly on the gas, it’s meant to be shared. Love is like that. Back in graduate school, every so often, I would be woken up by a squeal of elation coming from down the corridor as quiet… Continue reading Olallieberry Shrub
Squash Blossom Poppers
Social media advertising can be intrusive- the amount of information that lovely facebook social graph knows about you or the eerily right-on ads gmail users see in their inbox can make even the best of us think of big brother as more technological than governmental. One evening, perusing facebook, an ad of less than 25 characters… Continue reading Squash Blossom Poppers
Chopped Carrot Basil Salad
This past weekend my cousin Erika flew up to the city by the Bay for a visit with her son, who we will call the Wedding Cake Bandit. We call him that because a very clever wedding photographer caught a somewhat clever ring-bearer right before he deposited his index finger in our wedding cake on… Continue reading Chopped Carrot Basil Salad
Rocky Road Popsicles
School cannot prepare you for this. You may define “this” differently. Perhaps it’s paying a mortgage, considering a career change, mourning a death. Where does simple mathematics play in here? Or perhaps mathematics is too much of a given, that simple logic of 1-1= 0. Maybe you would say that high school French class was… Continue reading Rocky Road Popsicles
Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls with Black Tea Dipping Sauce
We stop to smell the roses. We stop to find their petals caress our fingertips, soft as rustling silk. We find their sweet aroma lingers into the rest of our day, its faint residue a recollection of gathering the mind swell of remembering we are part of life once. Travel can be such a disjointed… Continue reading Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls with Black Tea Dipping Sauce
Mee Goreng
Who says the street food craze can’t be brought home? This recipe while it may look daunting requires time for prepping the ingredients and is easy to make for a weeknight alternative to take-out. I give you the insanely good Mee Goreng recipe. Yotam Ottolenghi has really outdone himself with this recipe. I made it… Continue reading Mee Goreng
Green Tea Coconut Rice
I’m a bit obsessed with Matcha green tea. Maybe it has something to do with the bright grassy flavor that almost makes the mouth pucker. Perhaps it’s because with Matcha, you drink the entire tea leaf, not leaves infused in hot water and then removed. It could be the disarmingly green color and hear me… Continue reading Green Tea Coconut Rice
Green Tea Granola
This past Saturday, early in the morning, we decked out tables with pink and coral tablecloths in front of Noe Valley Pets and nearby Omnivore Books. As San Francisco food bloggers arrived with their freshly baked goods, we assembled them into categories by price and hugged the participating bakers or in my case tackled them… Continue reading Green Tea Granola
Artichoke-Rosemary Tart with Polenta Crust
It’s no secret that my dear sweet Beck’s appreciation for artichokes and cheese almost rival his fondness for beer and cheese. Where the Wild Rice Frittata called out to me from the table of contents of the “Ancient Grains for Modern Meals,” the Artichoke-Rosemary Tart with Polenta Crust had Beck written all over it. I… Continue reading Artichoke-Rosemary Tart with Polenta Crust
Creamy Black Beans with Melted Onions
It might seem like a given that a non-traditional person may not crave ritual. I counter the presupposition happily. Each weekend, Saturday evenings to be precise, I pad into the kitchen, already clothed in pajamas to measure our black turtle beans and pour them into a big red bowl. They cascade into the bowl like… Continue reading Creamy Black Beans with Melted Onions
Creamy Mint Pesto Quinoa Noodles
It’s a weekend night. It has been a doozy of a week and I crash through the door with the intention of dinner in an hour. The catch is there is not a bone in my body really rendering its services for the task. Do we head out in what is the second storm to… Continue reading Creamy Mint Pesto Quinoa Noodles