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 […]
Grilled Oyster Mushroom, Tomato & Goat Cheese Pita Pizza Why do I always get so excited about eating? Excited like a five-year-old on Christmas Eve. Tonight turned out to be one of those nights. My stomach was antsy, and my appetite insatiable. I wanted to eat – NOW – and couldn't possible be bothered to […]
Vanilla Cupcakes with Valrhona Chocolate buttercream Today is my youngest sister's birthday. Happy birthday, Jenny! Since I can't be there in person to celebrate with her, I've decided to send her blog birthday wishes by dedicating this blog to her. I made these Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla cupcakes with Valrhona Chocolate Buttercream in her honor. I […]
Vegetarian Chow Fun Boy did I over shop for the week! I have tons of vegetables from my normal run through of the Sunday Farmers' Market and couldn't resist hopping into a 99 Ranch after dim sum. For those of you not from the area, 99 Ranch is a chain of asian supermarkets that carry […]
Seared King Salmon with Green Mole A while back my sister, Becky, gave me a wallet-sized pamphlet titled "Seafood Watch: West Coast Seafood Guide". It provides a list of seafood choices that are caught or farmed in environmentally friendly and sustainable ways. I know some might consider this mighty nerdy of me, but really […]
