Kitchen Matters & Recipes
Many people tell me they have more time for cooking in the summer when the kids’ schedules are much lighter and office hours are reduced. Great news! I do cook pretty consistently all year, but I find in the summer I have a little extra time for breakfasts other than a smoothie bowl. That’s probably…
Whenever I go out for Japanese food, if there are shishito peppers on the menu, I order them. Shishitos are the perfect appetizer since they are light (they’re just vegetables) and pretty healthful. Most Japanese restaurants serve them very simply with a dousing of soy sauce or ponzu sauce.
There are some food trends that I can’t embrace. Unicorn everything, please go away. And although it looks cute, I also have no time to cut my fruit into 1/2-inch star shapes and slide them into ombre parfaits. If someone would like to make me such parfait though, I would be over the moon.
Do you ever smell a food or something in nature that takes you back to a time in your life or an experience you had? For me, certain smells sum up my childhood, e.g espresso and garlic cooking in oil. And then certain smells are specific to my childhood summers – freshly cut grass (because…
I keep doing this thing where I look at the calendar and something major is tomorrow or coming up really soon. Oh no, Father’s Day is tomorrow and I haven’t sent cards or gifts! I am in Seattle right now and then en route to Portland, and I just realized July 4th is on Tuesday….
It has been quite a week! I had a quick trip to New York where I was able to meet some editors, taped a bunch of videos for NBCNewsBetter, and did a cooking segment out on the Plaza for The Today Show. Yesterday, I returned to my favorite local LA show, KTLA morning news to…
I’m back in New York and I am super excited because I’m doing a cooking segment on The TODAY Show on Wednesday. It will be in the 8:00 am hour (usually after 8:30), so set your DVR’s! I’ll be doing a demo of two recipes from my new cookbook, “Kitchen Matters.”
The book process is a long one and similar to online dating. You parade yourself around vulnerably, putting your best assets forward, hoping the right companion will ask you for a date. You might have to kiss a few frogs before you find Mr. Right…