Chickpea Salad

Chickpea salad is the one salad that is our true warm-weather staple. Chock full of summer’s best, it’s fresh, vibrant, and goes with everything! Enjoy the recipe for this hearty, vegetarian chickpea salad at your next picnic or BBQ!

Italian Wedding Soup

This Italian Wedding Soup recipe features homemade meatballs, plenty of veggies, and acini di pepe pasta (which you can easily substitute if needed). It’s favorite with kids and adults alike!

Crab Cakes with Chimichurri Dressed Pea Sprouts & Avocado

My memories of savoring freshly prepared crab are very rustic and humble. I grew up on the East coast, where blue crab was plentiful. My mom would bring them home live from the market, and the lively critters would scamper in the paper bags, sometimes…

Fresh Spring Rolls with Spicy Carrot Sauce

Does anyone else find farmers markets in the summer both captivating and annoying? Hear me out — I love, love, love, our farmers markets: the abundance of freshness and perfect ripeness in every stall, the bites of rarity, those special finds. But you see, that’s…

Simple Sundays | Peanut Butter Pie

I made a Peanut Butter Pie. Many of you already know why. And if you do not, please take a moment to watch this beautiful video from White on Rice Couple, Todd Porter & Diane Cu. It explains it all so much more eloquently than…

Oyster Sauce Glazed Grilled Chicken

My mom’s first love was baking. Cooking, however, was another story. It was not until my brother, sister and I were much older that her talent for breads and cakes and all things oven baked finally began to parlay into her stove top creations. What…

Giveaway {Ball Canning Discovery Kit} | National Can-It-Forward Day + Peach Jam

There was a time when canning was something grandmothers did. Or at least I thought so. Canning was about as foreign to me as black and white television. But one day, about 10 years ago, I found myself with a sackful of homegrown plums. I…

Lemon Curd

Have 15 minutes? Make this easy, homemade lemon curd. You’ll be licking the spoon in no time. Perfect for scones, in tarts, layered in cakes, and so much more!

Summer Sangria with Rum

Gorgeous summer nights call for a gorgeous summer beverage! Enjoy this Summer Sangria with Rum at your next barbecue or pool party!

Giveaway {Muir Glen Reserve} | Grilled Shrimp with Fire Roasted Tomato & Fig Chutney

I’ve realized that I’m beginning to sound like a broken record. I should plant a vegetable garden. I should plant a vegetable garden. I should plant a vegetable garden. Over and over and over again. I did grow tomatoes once. Hated it. I think I…

Simple Sundays | Grilled Eggplant with Roast Garlic Dressing

Mama, do eggplants grow eggs? I was with my son at the market when I noticed the gorgeous purple eggplants from across the produce aisle. His question just made me burst out laughing. I adore eggplant. Baked, pureed, in a stew, in a dip, I…

Behind SF Chefs 2011 | Q&A with Chefs Dean Dupuis & Ed Vigil

Pro Spotlight | Chefs Milliken & Feniger's Cumin Glazed Ribs with California Avocado Pineapple Salsa

[note title=”Pro Spotlight” align=”right” width=”250″] The Pro Spotlight is a feature that showcases recipes developed by professional chefs. Today’s recipe was created by chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, both alumni of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters,” and is one of two recipes recently created…

Giveaway | Let's Get Pickled

Who’s ready to pucker up? I am very excited to offer you a fantastic giveaway. Do you remember the Fireworks Pasta Salad from just a few weeks ago? One of the ingredients that gave that modern take on macaroni salad its extra spice and crunch…

Simple Sundays | Goat Cheese with Blueberry Vanilla Compote

Where I live, there is that happy medium in the summer months that we hope for – too hot and we take shelter in our air conditioned homes, too cool and we run for our sweaters. But come evening, the fog rolls in and cools…