Pea and burrata crostini recipe | Pamela Salzman

Pea Pesto and Burrata Crostini Recipe

It’s practically summertime and my cooking/entertaining strategy has already shifted. I’m making mental notes of easy-breezy recipes with lots of color and freshness.  Even though I feel comfortable cooking any recipe in any cookbook, I don’t feel as though I have to prove anything to my family and friends.  That’s not why I invite them […]

Cauliflower Steaks with Cauliflower Puree and Mint Pesto | Pamela Salzman

Cauliflower Steaks with Cauliflower Puree and Mint Pesto Recipe and Video

I never could have predicted that cauliflower would become what it is today.  Who knew that it would surpass kale in popularity?  (Although 20 years ago, did you ever think kale would be a thing?)  I mean, there is nothing that cauliflower cannot do!  We can steam it, blanch it, roast it, grill, puree it […]

Kale Pesto Recipe

When I was a child, my family ate pesto all the time in the summer and early fall.  In fact, to me the smell of basil, garlic and cheese in the food processor is synonymous with warm, lazy days at the beach or on my parents’ hammock under a big, breezy tree.  It was one […]

Chickpea and deconstructed pesto salad

Summer around my house is very loosey-goosey.  We lack a bit of structure when school is not in session.  On any given night, it varies who will be here for dinner and I often find myself cooking for either just two people or for an army.  This can be tricky for me since I make […]

Basil Parsley Pesto Recipe

  I am willing to bet that I have eaten more pesto in my life than all of you.  Let me give you a little background.  My father has an expert green thumb and has maintained amazing gardens throughout my life.  Every year, he plants one large plot with a wide variety of beautiful vegetables, […]