While I found California very beautiful, I had an issue with a lot of the stereotypes that turned out to be realities, especially the...

This is a really nice salad - crisp cucumbers, perfectly ripe tomatoes, herbaceous back notes, a nice tangy dressing and the added bonus...

...AKA what your son decided he wants for dinner after seeing the sausages at a specialty store on Sunday instead of the squid he...

Both the French and the British have a version of this dish and it is, for me, the quintessential spring vegetable side. It is fresh and...

Not to much to say about this dish. It is a nice workhorse of a side dish and takes on whatever flavors that you want it to which,...

It is hard to give measurements for this recipe as so much depends on personal taste and the sweetness of the parsnips. I suggest...

So easy and certainly a nice change from French fries and a new way to serve carrots when one is bored with them after eating them all...

No real recipe to write down for this one, just a lovely way to serve micro potatoes or the first tiny spring potatoes, the ones that you...

Two huge heads of red leaf lettuce melted down to 4 portions of luscious wilted lettuce, flavored with red wine vinegar, shallot and...

What started out as lunch and a movie with my sister today, ended up with my going to her house to prep a cauliflower gratin for a dinner...

This is a good way of using up mashed potatoes, either as an afternoon snack or as nibbles with drinks. It is also a delicious side for...

Pearl onions are one of the few things that I buy prepared in advance for me; I hate how fiddly they are to peel but there are a few...

I had forgotten how much L. likes daikon radish. Having had a devoted Japanese nanny from birth to age two, followed by a six year stint...

Cooking time aside, this was a "5 minutes of effort dish", which I always like. I paired it with homemade merguez patties but you could...

Both L. and my sister think that zoodles are an appaling name and L. has forbidden me from using it such is his disdain, but that is what...

Food 52 is one of my go-to food websites. The inspiration for my recipe was on the list of dishes that I really wanted to make for a long...

This is one of those easy-peasy, versatile recipes that it is nice to have in one's repertoire. Obviously it is best with delicious,...

People seem to feel strongly about radicchio - they either love it or hate it. I have to admit that I am not a big fan of radicchio in...

Bon Appetit Magazine recently had a recipe that sounded delicious so I used it as a base for mine; I didn't have peanuts in the house but...

I like long beans when ordered in Chinese restaurants but had never made them at home because I had heard that they were difficult to...

I grew up in Asia so properly cooked, fluffy, steamed rice was always a given. Restaurants made it in industrial rice cookers but, at...

Eddy and I have known each other longer than we would probably both like to admit (in view of our respective ages - yikes!) and worked...