A friend is moving back to her native Sicily and I hosted a brunch for her yesterday. There were 7 of us and our menu was:
- Butternut Squash & Kale gratin
- Southern Biscuits
- Trio of amazing fruit preserves
- Crispy Bacon
- Winter Fruit Salad
- Soft Scrambled Eggs
And a dear friend showed up with not only bubbly, [...]

Some of you know that I have stolen my go-to pizza dough recipe from Wolfgang Puck. Here it is for your convenience.
1 pack dry yeast, with an expiration date we have not yet reached
1 tsp honey or brown sugar
1 cup warm water (about 105-115 degrees)
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1 T olive oil
In [...]

I recently got a promotion and have been working a bit harder than the last year and a half that I enjoyed a bit of cruise control, so going to the grocery and planning meals, sadly, has been a lesser priority. I came home yesterday to a near empty refrigerator, telling myself my farm shipment [...]

For Two:
1lb bok choy/baby bok choy
1lb salmon of your choice (we used Atlantic)
2/3 C couscous
2 carrots, grated
1/2 onion, diced
soy sauce
toasted sesame oil
sake
parsley, chopped fine
Chat Masala spice mix (get it at Indian supply store)
Gomashi (toasted sesame seeds ground with salt, or just use some of each)
olive oil
salt & pepper
Preheat oven to 400. For a weekday meal, [...]

A New Year’s Day dinner recipe while we hosted Y’s brother & wife from HKG.
Pasta ingredients
semolina flour, ground finely (0 or 00 size)
wheat flour, ground finely (0 or 00 size)
2 eggs
salt
Make pasta for four - recipe (double it), cut the noodles 1/3 inch wide, lay flat to wait to be cooked at end.
Sauce ingredients
1/3 yellow [...]