Side Dishes Perfectly Cooked & Seasoned Instant Pot Brown Rice Perfect Instant pot brown rice — hooray! This brown rice, without rinsing, cooks up so perfectly — not mushy at all, chewy in texture,... Continue Reading Perfectly Cooked & Seasoned Instant Pot Brown Rice»
Carrots Twice-Roasted Carrots with Honey and Almonds Where to begin? Fellow cookbook lovers: you know that feeling you get when you look at a cookbook and your heart races? And you... Continue Reading Twice-Roasted Carrots with Honey and Almonds»
Bread Recipes Peasant Bread Video Tutorials I created these videos to supplement this recipe: My Mother’s Peasant Bread: The Best Easiest Bread You Will Ever Bake. If you are using... Continue Reading Peasant Bread Video Tutorials»
Weeknight Dinners Crispy Tofu and Broccoli with Sesame-Peanut Pesto Five years ago, I published a post just after the New Year titled: Detox: Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Nuoc Cham. The sesame crust for this... Continue Reading Crispy Tofu and Broccoli with Sesame-Peanut Pesto»
Broccoli Ina Garten’s Roasted Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Parmesan Ina Garten’s roasted broccoli recipe is excellent and comes together quickly, a perfect veggie side dish to make year-round. I find myself making this... Continue Reading Ina Garten’s Roasted Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Parmesan»
Holidays Favorite Local Spots For Last-Minute Gifts (Schenectady, Niskayuna, Clifton Park, Saratoga) A friend emailed me recently asking if I had any ideas for locally made food gifts, so I put together a little list. Local... Continue Reading Favorite Local Spots For Last-Minute Gifts (Schenectady, Niskayuna, Clifton Park, Saratoga)»
Gifts 25 Homemade Gifts to Make Today We’re down to the wire, Friends. Fortunately, there’s (nearly) always time to give the gift of something homemade. Wishing you all the happiest of... Continue Reading 25 Homemade Gifts to Make Today»
Appetizers Homemade Nut-Free Dukkah On my first night in California with a group visiting California Olive Ranch, we ate dinner at Matchbook Wines. The caterer, Chef Jeff Anderson,... Continue Reading Homemade Nut-Free Dukkah»
Travel 2017 California Olive Harvest with California Olive Ranch Friends, how are you? I hope all of your holiday preparations are going well. I’m scrambling per usual … alas, will it ever not... Continue Reading 2017 California Olive Harvest with California Olive Ranch»
Holidays 10 Gifts for the Food Lover Hi Friends! Here are a few food-related gift ideas. If you have anything to add, please share in the comments. Hope you all are... Continue Reading 10 Gifts for the Food Lover»
Holidays Seven Gifts for Her Hi Friends! I hope all of your holiday shopping is going well. I am way behind per usual, though hoping to get organized this... Continue Reading Seven Gifts for Her»
Bread Recipes The 54-Cent Gift to Give All Season Today’s Agenda: Math! Very basic math, I promise — it’s the only kind I know how to do. Some of you know, I’ve been... Continue Reading The 54-Cent Gift to Give All Season»