I love the Barefoot Contessa the way some women love chocolate. To me, she can do no wrong. I mean the woman can build a charcoal grill, grow herbs without killing them and drink while cooking without, apparently, getting drunk. If that’s not rock star material, I don’t know what is.
As of late, I’ve had a number of friends confide, either directly to me or via their entire friend network on Facebook, that they can’t cook.
It’s hot. No, not the soup. San Diego. We’re talking summer time hot! Yesterday Gonzo Girl’s soccer practice was canceled due to excessive heat (which was a relief, really, because I didn’t want either of us to roast in that heat). So a soup recipe makes all the sense in the world, right?!
This tasty little treat seriously rocks my Casbah. Why? So sweet and delicious, it’s hard to believe it’s fruit and not some sugar-laden delicacy. Using my beloved Ninja, I created this protein-packed blend by tossing in an overly-ripe pluot, some fresh-frozen strawberry ice cubes, the juice of half a lime and one scoop of vanilla […]
Cooking with parchment paper is yet another one of those things that intrigued and intimidated me at the same time. The idea that I could put paper into the oven without it catching on fire was, I admit, somewhat perplexing. But not nearly as mystifying as where one can actually buy parchment paper. The baking […]
I just finished rereading Judith Jones’ charming memoir, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food. Her conviction that we continue to cook, even if we’re the only one at the dinner table, inspired me to pull out an old Moosewood Collective cookbook and whip up this tasty little pasta (carb cravings!), Penne with Creamy Walnut […]
My relationship with hummus is relatively new. It all started about four years ago, when I was living in Tucson and just starting to embrace all the wonder that is Trader Joe’s. I was shopping with my friend Kitty one day and she fell on a tub of TJ’s Mediterranean Hummus as if it were […]
Little Gonzo Girl loves pizza; veggies? Not so much. So even though I’d (somewhat) mastered the art of take out pizza at home, she still wasn’t biting. Until now. Subbing out pepperoni for the veggies, while less healthy, is still a far superior solution to pizza that comes home in a box. This also has […]
This is a tale of a girl who bought green tomatoes—unripe! overly firm!— and turned a mess into a masterpiece. But let’s begin at the beginning.