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Chocolate Crèmes with Pomegranate- The Simplest Dessert #NaBloPoMo
I was 29 when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. I planned the meal of a lifetime. Lobster and scallop canapés with vanilla chive sauce, salmon mousse, smoked salmon canapés, turkey, stuffing, two kinds...
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Mandarin and Fennel Salad with Champagne Citrus Vinaigrette #NaBloPoMo
Sometimes, a play day in the kitchen is just what’s needed. I love making a roast chicken, a lamb or pork shank, or a big pot of chili in my slow cooker. Not only does it feed us for days, it allows...
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White Salad with Cauliflower and Endive #NaBloPoMo
You never know where inspiration for a dish will come from. Sometimes, it’s straightforward, you’ve had a fabulous meal and want to recreate some aspect of it at home, you’ve brought home a lush...
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Blackberry Syrup with Rosemary & Vanilla for Holiday Gifts + Win a Kitchenaid!
A few years ago, I’d left my holiday shopping until the last minute. San Francisco was hit with a furious rainstorm and I had to brave the mall. People were wet, they were cranky, and with only four...
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Baby Vegetables Roasted with Extra Virgin Olive Oil + A Chance to Win from...
“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.” –Hippocrates I had a phone call two weeks ago from my late grandfather’s wife. I was happy to see her number pop up on my cell- I hadn’t been able to...
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Grain Free “Cornbread” With Roasted Chilies and Goat Cheese
We lived just a few minutes away from The Rib Shack. If my dad was in charge of dinner, there was a good chance we’d be chowin’ down on a full rack with smoky sauce, potato salad, and corn muffins....
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Grilled Fish en Papillote: Paleo Friendly 20 Minute Meal
I can’t help but admire the gutsiness that is spring. Spring, with its buds pushing through branches and its bright green optimism, signals that it’s time to wake up. And though the official end of...
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Spicy Sweet Potatoes with Strawberries
The mornings are still misty here in Sonoma County. As I steered my little hatchback through the windy forest roads, this morning, I wondered if we were in for a grey day. Then, I rounded a corner...
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Salty and Sweet Grain Free Granola
Time is the ultimate trickster. It moves at alarming speeds when you are under deadline, it whirs by when carving out a moment to relax, and it chugs along ever.so.slowly. when you’re waiting for...
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Yogurt with Rosemary Infused Honey
In the fat phobic 1980s, my mother was prone to buying fat free yogurt in flavors like Boston cream pie. You don’t hand a kid a container of slimy coagulated milk and tell them it tastes like pie....
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Sweet Potato Salad with Bacon and Roasted Chilies
Why Sacramento? Nearly everyone I know has asked me this question in the past couple of months- except my friends from Sacramento. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and after...
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The Perfect Bite: Three Simple Hors D’oeuvres + Win Artisan Goat Cheese!
Hors d’oeuvre, antojitos, pupus, nibbles, amuse bouches, canapés, finger foods, apertivos… No matter what you call them, the hors d’ouevre is my favorite course. The perfect hors d’oeuvre is a...
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Grain Free Tomato Tart + The Tomato Tart is 4
Reflecting on the last four years of writing The Tomato Tart, I feel like I should share something profound. Instead, I am on a plane to Pennsylvania, squished not unlike an overripe tomato,...
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Picking Apples with Grandmama… or Sautéed Apples in the French Style.
Flour. Butter. Salt. Water. Her hands moved quickly, but without a hint of hurry. Scoop. Slice. Sprinkle. Roll. I stood at her side watching her work the dough. As her rolling pin moved across the...
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Thai Butternut Squash Soup
Yesterday, we sat by the window and watched with delight. Cars stopped, people stared, and when neighbors wandered over, we went outside to greet them. With less than a week until Halloween, we...
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21 Gluten Free Comfort Food Recipes
About a week ago, I asked my readers a very important question on Facebook. “Have you turned on the heat yet, this season?” The answers were mixed. I was still holding out on the heater and mostly...
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Cranberry Chutney a Gluten Free, Vegan, Allergy Friendly, Paleo Recipe
It was 1981, and I spent every free moment at The Dance Theater Workshop in San Bruno, CA. In between dance classes, we’d run to the market next door to buy Jolly Ranchers. The market was half...
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Slow Cooker Onion Jam and a Tale of Being Different
I was the kid with brown bread. Between the slices lay rare roast beef and Dijon mustard. While the other kids had bologna and Wonder Bread and Twinkies and cookies, my food was decidedly homemade....
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Gluten Free Cauliflower Gratin
I was early, too early to knock on my friend, Joe’s door. It was a blustery fall day and the thought of waiting on his stoop was really unappealing, so I walked towards Valencia. Surely there was...
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Gluten Free Brownies with Candy Canes for Holiday Baking
My dad was a cookie guy. Every morning, he ate a couple of Chinese almond cookies with his milky tea. I can still see him sitting at our kitchen counter with the newspaper and a small plate of...
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