I love meat. My boyfriend loves meat. We eat meat so often that sometimes I forget how a simple vegetarian dish can be so good. But vegetables can pack as much flavor punch when combined with the right ingredients and honestly, we can all benefit from consuming a little less animal product. Quiches are my [...]

We wanted to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving and share one of our favorite, super simple homemade cranberry sauce recipes. Ingredients: 1 package of cranberries 1 medium orange 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup sugar thyme to taste To make: Put cranberries into a pot. Sprinkle with grated zest from half [...]

Recently some of my friends, including Hisami of Miss Baby Sunshine’s Kitchen, spent some time in Napa Valley and stayed at the cottage at Stags’ Leap Winery. In front of the cottage, there was a vegetable garden where they were encouraged to pick and eat the produce. Hisami made a lovely feast with their pickings: [...]

We love having dinner parties, and when it is the birthday of someone we love, we go all out. One of our favorite special dinner hors’d oeuvres is potato blini from Thomas Keller’s French Laundry cookbook. They are easy to make, look sophisticated, and taste delicate and light. They can also be used as a [...]

I always find myself with a surplus of ripe avocados since I usually get the big bag of Haas avocados from Costco. There are your usual culprits for avocado usage – guacamole, salad fixings – but I get bored with the norm easily. So I went to the food blogs and found inspiration on Tastespotting.com: [...]