I’m back in LA after the most special and perfect week on Long Island. I went for it. Traveling is dicey these days as we all know, but I did everything I could to reduce my risk and be with my family whom I haven’t seen since Christmas. The N95 nose pain and sweaty face from wearing a tight mask for so many hours was worth it.Continue reading
I am on vacation this week on Long Island with my family and I really had no idea how much I needed a break and a change of scenery. I wish I had planned for 2 weeks here since 5 days in and I’m just starting to unwind. We are having a great time hanging out, cooking together, swimming, puzzling, and the usual. We aren’t going on any outings obviously, but it’s no big deal.Continue reading
I’ve gone through many pizza phases in my life (I eat it often then I don’t and so on) and where I acknowledge that it is not a health food, I really do enjoy it. Even if the dough is gluten-free or made with whole wheat flour, flour is flour and will spike your blood sugar. So when I eat pizza, I don’t eat too much and I always supplement my meal with a salad. I also tend to load up my pizzas with lots of veggies and I often use no cheese, opting instead for my homemade vegan mozzarella (recipe from my online class this spring), cashew-cauliflower ricotta, or the red pepper pesto from Quicker Than Quick.Continue reading
Photography by Victoria Wall Harris
Here’s another recipe that was deep in my archives that I still absolutely love, but needed a photo makeover! This is the time of year when I am furiously trying to maximize my consumption of all things summer.  The seasonal window for some of my favorite foods is just too short, especially tomatoes.  In my classes July through September, I always feature at least two recipes with the beloved tomato and I beg everyone to enjoy them while they last because fresh tomatoes won’t be appearing in my kitchen until the following summer.Continue reading
Wow. I first posted this in August of 2011! I love this recipe and continue to make it regularly, but the images (not the recipe) needed an upgrade. Continue reading
All of my meals right now involve tomatoes or zucchini or basil or corn or some combination of these summer stars. This recipe is a big skillet of summertime if I have ever seen one. The flavors are light and bright; the texture juicy and fresh; and we have often eaten this as a meal with nothing else.Continue reading
You know when a recipe comes into your life and then it all of a sudden becomes your favorite? You start making it once a week for dinner and then it becomes your go-to when you have friends over? It’s easy and dependable and everyone flips for it. That’s the perfect recipe. This cedar plank salmon with lemon-maple-mustard glaze is that.Continue reading
This post is sponsored by the Florida Department of Citrus. All opinions are my own.
When the school year ends, my brain shifts from making breakfast-lunch-dinner mode to wanting to have my friends over for dinner all the time! I stop thinking about sheet pan dinners and batch cooking minestrone soup and instead obsess over combinations for grilled pizza and hoard stone fruit for crisps and galettes.Continue reading
