Southern Californians take their Mexican food very seriously. Whether we’re talking about fish tacos, spicy margaritas, or breakfast burritos, everyone has their favorite (often “secret”) spot. But there’s one SoCal Mexican dish you can make at home, time and time again, with better-than-restaurant results: chicken tortilla soup
Chicken stock is one of those recipes that typically ends up in the back of cookbooks, in the “Basics” section that no one really ever reads. Stock is also considered rather intimidating, like a first date or the first day of school. But it’s neither basic nor scary and because it’s so forgiving – and […]
Super Bowl Sunday is a big food day for my family. To be honest, I approach it with the same exuberance as I do Thanksgiving and Christmas. Think an afternoon of snacking followed by a big Sunday dinner. Yesterday that meant lots of locally made chips, salsa and guacamole; salty mixed nuts and (God bless […]
Roasted butternut squash soup doesn’t exactly jibe with San Diego’s fall temperatures of 85 degrees weather. In October. As a true California girl, I’m puttering around the house in a tank top and shorts, my go-to outfit whenever the thermometer goes above 72 degrees. But with warm fall days come – finally! – crisp, cool […]
There are two things I love about this chicken stock recipe: it’s fast and you can use the chicken meat rather than discard it (think chicken salad sandwiches, chicken tortilla soup, or chicken curry and rice salad). Also, it tastes fantastic. So I guess that’s three things I love about this stock recipe. I essentially followed […]
Italian Wedding Soup is one of my favorite comfort foods. The potatoes, the sausage, the bacon, the cream … oh, the cream. It’s all so decadant. And, sadly, time consuming.
Whether it’s drizzling or pouring cats and dogs, rain falling from the sky calls to mind just one thing: stew. (And bad traffic, since no one in Southern California knows how to drive in the rain, so two that’s two things, I suppose.)
Before our trip to France last month, I decided to start experimenting with some of the food we’d discover along the way. As my mind wandered into French fantasy food land, I experienced visions of dining on gluten-free sole meunière, popping over to Marseille with our six-year-old to slurp up bouillabaisse, and consuming bottle after […]
If you live outside San Diego, then you’re probably wondering why I’m sharing a soup recipe with you in the early breath of summer. Sure, you’re most likely sitting outside, mint ice tea in hand, the smell of freshly cut grass mingling with the shouts of canon-balling kids. I, on the other hand, am bundled […]