Happy New Year! The LA Times just published a feature on New Year celebrations in Japan. The December 30th article on making your own soba or buckwheat noodles has instructions and demo pictures from… more →
Slow Food Fastwrote 5 days ago: Happy New Year! The LA Times just published a feature on New Year celebrations in Japan. The Decemb … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Last week I got a Chanukah package in the mail from my sister. In it was India with Passion: Modern … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I adore cranberry sauce. It is so simple to make that I don’t understand why people eat that … more →
wrote 1 month ago: If you find the gravy to be too thin at the end, you can add slurry of stock and cornstarch to thic … more →
wrote 2 months ago: My husband came home this weekend loaded down with leftovers from a brunch he’d helped set up. … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been trying my hand at making preserves. I haven’t got much of a sweet tooth so I … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This week my local Trader Joe’s had crates of beautiful–and hefty–spaghetti and bu … more →
wrote 3 months ago: What if you’re stuck with supermarket peaches or nectarines that looked good, were on an incre … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I love the tang of goat cheese and I love creamy dressing, but usually the creamy dressings have a l … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Charmoula is this West African condiment that rocks not only in its tastiness but in its simplicity. … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Z’khug is a Yemenite condiment, something like pesto but much, much hotter. It’s made of … more →
wrote 8 months ago: For years I assumed that only the truly gifted home ec queens, most of them from the deep South, wer … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Aren’t we all these days? In Seattle, it took a little longer for the effects of all of this … more →
wrote 10 months ago: If you don’t know who I’m talking about, then you don’t live in South Louisiana, y … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Ingredients Pancakes: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablesp … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Ingredients 4 cups store-bought pomegranate juice 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 6 cups sugar 1 1/2 … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I made this last week for my elections party, and named it “October Surprise.” While the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The one produce item that seems in short supply here on the west coast is cranberries. Being a Massa … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Last week, our CSA box had tomatoes, cilantro, and serrano peppers in it. So, we made guacamole. Not … more →