After years and years of Tequila being king (or queen) of summer in our house, things are changing a bit. At least for me. My best friends, The Casadores Sisters, might be a bit alarmed to hear this but I’ve been enjoying the refreshing taste of rum lately as my summer beverage of choice. We […]
Saturday Haiku: A Busy Day.
Could be at the beach.. Much love going into food. Celebrate a friend!
Hot Cookies!
Hot Cookies I’m in full party plan mode right now. For me, the key to party survival is in the planning and menu selection. That is all done now and we are in the “Time minus 24 hours” stage where the shopping gets done and any dish that can be made ahead of time is […]
Baked Salmon with Thyme and Cranberries – Christmas dinner worthy salmon?
I went into “summer mode” there and still owed you the fall [slash] spring recipe I had promised you awhile back. I worked through this baked salmon with thyme recipe back when cranberries on fish seemed like a great idea and cooking on anything other than a grill wasn’t anathema. Yes, that was back in […]
Summer Cocktail Series: The Long Island Iced Tea
I think you are allowed to begin wearing white pants and shoes now. Also, and perhaps more significantly, it is now time to kick off our Summer Cocktail Season. We had a preview with The Diablo but that was just a warm-up born out of necessity and an early LA heat-wave. Now its time to […]
Saturday Haiku: Its here!
I have been waiting. Long time no see my good friend! Summertime is here.
Hot Cookies On Call.
We had an impromptu Lost Finale Party on Sunday and I was too lazy to cook anything last minute so we ordered Persian take out. One look and you’ll see why I’d hardly call it a consolation meal — even though it did lack a certain creativity called for for such an event. My friend […]
Saturday Haiku: Cookie Quest Winner!
Chewy or crunchy? The very best cookie is… The one in your hand.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Quest – Pt. 2: Getting Trendy
I made two different batches of Chocolate Chip Cookies this past week. I had purchased several varieties of chips and wanted to nail down a good recipe. First up was the Alton Brown’s “chewy” recipe that I posted earlier. While it certainly did not disappoint I thought I owed one more entry in the contest […]






















