Veal Chops with Mustard Sauce

December 13, 2014

I have just returned from a Christmas time visit to my family in the San Francisco bay area, and what a gift I brought home with me! My adorable Mother has recently moved from her 4 bedroom home of 60 years (!!!) to a lovely but very small apartment in Palo Alto.  The downsizing was […]

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Thanksgiving Blessings

November 27, 2014

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”  William Arthur Ward “If you feel like you are spiritually enlightened, go home for Thanksgiving.” Ram Dass “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall”  F. Scott Fitzgerald “People who love to eat are always the […]

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Antipasto Platter Makes a Great Thanksgiving Appetizer

November 23, 2014

We have been the fortunate guests for many years now at our dear friends the Dudeks for Thanksgiving.  The make-up of the group continues to change as we lose dear ones and add babies and in-laws; life goes on and holidays must evolve.  My assignment has been the same every year – bring a giant […]

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Roasted Cauliflower Snowflakes from Ina’s New Book

November 11, 2014

A new cookbook from Ina Garten is always promising…you just know there will be  recipes you will put into heavy rotation. I gave this book to Brittany (and a few birthday girls) and love the concept of a whole book devoted to dishes you can make ahead.  Even an entire Thanksgiving dinner!  After reading it […]

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Simple,Juicy Blueberry Cobbler

November 2, 2014

If I can make this cobbler in my demolished kitchen, you know it must be easy. (My oven still works.)  All you need is a couple of mixing bowls, pantry staples plus fresh blueberries and an orange, and you have a delicous dessert that bakes in half an hour.  It’s from the Lure Fish House […]

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Nigel Slater’s Coq au Riesling

October 21, 2014

This recipe is from his Kitchen Diaries Cookbook, which was brought back by popular demand. It is lucious, flavorful and worth every calorie.  I wanted a special dinner to mark the last meal prepared in my about- to- be- demolished kitchen, and this fit the bill.  As I type this, my cracked tile is being […]

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Rosa’s Biscuits

October 11, 2014

The pastry chef at Del Posto restaurant in New York City has a book due out October 2oth called “Fancy Desserts”.  Bon Appetit recently published an essay from the book about the much loved Rosa, who among many jobs at the restaurant, makes her fabulous biscuits for the staff dinners.  As Brooks puts it “Del […]

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Pasta with Sausage, Basil and Mustard by Nigel Slater

October 4, 2014

This is a quick pasta supper for a cool Fall evening. One of Britian’s best loved cookery authors,  Nigel Slater puts together spicy sausage, basil  and a creamy mustard sauce in a recipe you will have ready in 20 minutes. Nigel claims in his award-winning autobiography “Toast -the Story of a Boy’s Hunger”,(now a BBC […]

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Carmelized Black Pepper Chicken from the Slanted Door

September 27, 2014

Casey is recently back from a meeting in San Francisco, raving about the fabulous dinner the group had at the Slanted Door restaurant on the Embarcadero.  I have a fond memory of waiting for our lunch reservation there when Brittany was very pregnant with Wyatt…..she was famished and could not resist swiping a roll from […]

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Fish Stew Diane

September 22, 2014

Well the first day of Fall has come and gone, and it’s still hot and humid!  Time for one more light summery seafood recipe, especially one that comes together in 20 minutes.  This is courtesy of Pat Kallio, food blogger, who writes “Our family was in the retail fish and seafood business for almost 80 […]

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