Pan Seared Halibut with Lentils and Bread Crumb Salsa
The other day I took my mom out to dinner. She’s 87 now and I love my mother, but it’s no picnic trying to figure out what she will agree to eat these days. So I asked her to name one food she’d like...
View ArticleOaxacan Mole
I just love when work bumps up against the things I love in my personal life. A couple weeks ago, as part of my job, I was interviewing farmers for a story and had the pleasure of spending a little...
View ArticleEggplant Parmigiana Calzone
Eggplant is so lovely with its rich dark color and smooth shiny skin. But the best thing about eggplant is its earty flavor and meaty texture. It’s one of those vegetables you can serve as a main dish...
View ArticleBreakfast Pizza with Linguica and Roasted Green Chiles
It used to be that weekends meant getting up early and heading out for a run, but lately it seems that weekends are meant for one thing: making breakfast pizza! A few weeks ago, I made a breakfast...
View ArticleEggplant and Bolognese Pizza
I’m thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to make and eat pizza at least once a week. That’s because pizza is just such a comforting and delicious food to eat, isn’t it? And the best thing...
View ArticleVegetable Beef Soup with Farro
Baby, it’s cold outside! Just days ago here in Northern California the weather was warm enough to wear shorts and t-shirts, but in the last few days many of us are scraping ice off our windshieds,...
View ArticleLentil Soup
Lentil soup has always been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. My mom used to make it with Italian sausage, rice, and spinach and would always top our bowls with grated parmesan cheese. I make that...
View ArticlePasta with Rapini and Garlic
When it comes to fast food, most people probably don’t think of whole wheat pasta tossed with garlic and rapini. But I do! One of my favorite under thirty-minute-meals is a quick and healthy pasta dish...
View ArticleSavory & Spicy Turkey Chili
It’s that time of year when I get really excited about cooking up warm comfort food like soups and stews. As much as I love summer, I still welcome the fall with it’s fresh, cool feeling, colorful...
View ArticleSpicy Shrimp Jambalaya
Jambalaya is one of the dishes my kids always ask for when planning family get togethers. I’m not sure why it’s taken me about six years to include it on my blog, but it has. My procrastination has...
View ArticleKimchi Breakfast Burger
For a Jewish Italian girl growing up in the suburbs of Boston, it may sound a little weird for me to say that I’ve been obsessed with kimchi since I was a kid. My discovery of the delicious fermented...
View ArticleSpicy Sausage and Shrimp Pasta Jambalaya
Update: This spicy sausage and shrimp pasta jambalaya recipe has been revised to make it even easier to follow. – – – My son Jaye mentioned that he had Pasta Jambalaya at a restaurant recently and that...
View ArticleSicilian Eggplant Parmigiana with Homemade Marinara Sauce
A few years ago. I made this eggplant parmigiana for a couple of friends, Reffie and Evelyne. It was one of those fun, easy-going evenings when chitchat and laughter just flowed so easily....
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