When I just feel like having a casual, no-frills dinner I often find myself turning to the ol' standby burger (veggie, that is). You've got your protein, carbs, veggies and tons of flavor all wrapped up in one little package. Eating with your hands is also an extra perk! :) We had ours on homemade […]
Panna Cotta with Kumquat Gelee Here's some sunshine for your mouth on this lovely 4th of July! Bright, citrus flavors from the kumquats cutting through the creamy, velvety richness of the panna cotta. Inspired by both Immaeatchu's recent post on creme fraiche panna cotta and Marcel's obsession with gelees and foams. You guys all remember […]
Chinese spinach is quite a looker in the vegetable universe. With its vivid green leaves centered with flames of vivid magenta, you really can't help but admire it. It's gorgeous, IMO. How many vegetables can you say that about? Chinese Spinach aka Amaranth Greens For dinner, I wanted to showcase my lovely, FM purchase in […]
Profiteroles with Caramelized Bananas & Ginger Ice Cream Tired of always making the same ol' banana bread with those ripe bananas??? I know I was. This week I found myself with four "too ripe for eating" bananas, and couldn't stand to make yet another loaf of banana bread. I picked my brain for inspiration. I wanted to […]
Alice Chocolate I am by no means a self-proclaimed chocolate connoisseur. Dark chocolate lover, though, yes indeed. Package whore? Definitely. These two loves bring me to my current post about Alice Chocolate, which was presented to me as "the world's most expensive chocolate" ($30 for a Kit Kat-sized package, yikes). With 68% cocoa and great packaging, I […]
We were lucky enough to inherit a much-coveted reservation at Hungry Cat's Third Annual Crab Fest (thank you very much Susan) yesterday. All you can eat Maryland crab and spectacular cocktails. You can't beat that on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. I had been looking forward to this day for weeks and it did not disappoint. I'm so cute you […]
Red Lentil Curry with Quinoa After an afternoon of pure indulgence, we found ourselves in desperate need of a nutritious home-cooked meal. Brock and I had spent the afternoon on at the Santa Monica Pier with our friends. Having lived in LA for eight years now, this was my first time there, so I, of […]
Simple Roasted Chicken So here comes the carnivorous 10% left of me rearing its ugly head. For some strange reason I got an itching, a serious, serious itching to roast a chicken last week. My co-worker Tony had been going on and on about the whole chicken that he gets at the Saturday Santa Monica […]
Culver City Farmers' Market Haul When Wednesday rolled around this last week, I began to go into panic mode. At my current rate of vegetable consumption, there would be no way that I could go to the S.M. Farmers' Market this weekend. Heaven forbid. Everybody knows that I absolutely love buying produce, and am very […]
Mung Bean Noodles with Kohlrabi & Yu Choy This week I'm back in the kitchen. Brock's been out of town for the past week and cooking for one just isn't any fun (hence the lack of blogging). I've managed to live off of popcorn, crackers and cheese for dinner, which I don't suppose would […]
