Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart

Angelina’s in Paris
While I’m writing up Paris must-experience eateries I thought I’d better mention Angelina’s. Their menu I would like to put in my vita-prep on high but the hot… Read More »

L’As du Fallafel
This falafel is the BEST on earth. And only from this particular shop in Paris, in the heart of the Marais, on Rue de Rosiers. I am not the… Read More »

Septime in Paris
Hon, hon, hon! I have not written a restaurant review for Paris for years now. But I receive requests daily about where to go and eat. I want to… Read More »

Paris, Ma Maîtresse
THESE POSTS UPCOMING ARE DEDICATED TO A LONG TIME BLOG READER OF MINE WHO UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY. HE WAS A LIGHT IN MY LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. AN… Read More »

Pie Ranch: Quiche & Kids
What a fantastic, totally draining, fun filled week of teaching San Francisco high school students how to cook, bake, and serve just harvested fresh and healthy homemade meals… Read More »

Crab Boil! How to Cook Live Crabs
Once you get the over the heeby jeebies of picking up a live crab, the rest is simple. Easy peasy! I get my crabs (man, that sounds wrong)… Read More »

Lobster Ravioli, Pea Shoots, & Smoked Paprika Sauce
I made these lobster raviolis for a friend of mine who spent 9 months craving sushi, shellfish, and martinis. I promised her lobster once her baby was born… Read More »

Dutch Apple Baby & Truffled Skillet Soufflé: Cast Iron Breakfasts
That long title is a complicated way of saying: one basic recipe, two different results. My Mom makes Dutch Apple Baby for fancy brunches. It’s a crowd pleaser…. Read More »

Pumpkin Butter: In Bread, On Pizza, By the Spoonful
I know you’re wondering if I’ve totally lost my mind with pumpkin recipes in March, but when I said (in my last pumpkin mole post) we have 70… Read More »

Chicken Pumpkin Mole
And you thought pumpkin pack was like so 3 months ago! But, if you had 70 pounds of sugar pie pumpkins still left in dry storage (like we… Read More »

Jes’ Don’t Act Like Dinner
It’s been a breathtaking week at Echo valley farm. The nights specifically with a moon so big and bright you’d think it was Alaska in the summertime. I… Read More »

Nettles! Nettle Pesto Pizza with Delicata Squash & Bacon
Farmer Kate stumbles down a ravine backward that borders the Pescadero creek. She trips, she falls, she screams. Farmer Jeff and I come running over thinking Kate has… Read More »