Hi, I’m Lisa! I started this blog as a way to travel through food. Oh, and because I’ve got nearly 200 cookbooks and a bazillion recipes that I’ve collected over the years from newspapers, magazines, memoirs, food packages, Williams-Sonoma catalogs…you get the idea. Yet I still make the same thing, week after week. Join me as I chronicle my attempts to work through my massive cookbook and recipe collection while exploring new tastes, textures and techniques in the kitchen.
Growing up in Northern California, our family always gathered around a table filled with fresh, regional dishes. My mom was an early proponent of California Cuisine and taught me the importance of local, lean ingredients that could be simple or complex, but always delicious.
Following in her footsteps, I focus on healthy, easy, everyday dishes that anyone can cook. My goal is to demystify the cooking process, breaking down the steps so that even a beginner can gain confidence in the kitchen. These are recipes I hope you’ll turn to again and again, recipes you can build on and make your own. You’ll find my kitchen features (mostly) healthy, seasonal recipes that encourage you to expand your skills while improving your palette.
So the madness stops now! Join me as I explore new tastes, textures and techniques in my quest to go from ho-hum to man, this is good!