Southern Biscuits
Make your biscuit dough and shape them and get them in the oven before starting the omlette, assuming you are not world’s slowest prep artist.
4 eggs, whisked with salt & fresh cracked pepper
1/4 small onion, sliced lengthwise thinly
2 small French red fingerling potatoes, about 3-4 oz, diced/small cubes
1/2 T butter
1 inch block of gruyere [...]

Broccoli Slaw Sesame Salad
1 stalk broccoli, stem only
1 small bunch mizuna, about 20 stems of different sizes
2 spring carrots, medium-small
2 radishes
1 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp seasoned rice vinegar
1/2 tsp gomashi
1tsp black sesame seeds
Wash all vegetables and peel the carrots as well as any easy areas of the broccoli stem. Cut both into julienne [...]

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 [...]

This is one of those things you call “bread” instead of “cake” just to make yourself feel better about it. Feel free to fool yourself. I won’t judge you, and your true friends won’t either.
This uses fresh pumpkin, you can use canned as a substitute but please don’t tell me about it. That was me [...]

Fromage Blanc with herbs from Cowgirl Creamery (well actually, from somewhere else, but they carry it?), heirloom cherry/grape tomatoes from capay organics, olive oil, chili flakes, homemade pasta dough with yolks.
FAIL on recipe supply, I’m simply not in the mood and this one is overdue.

At a dinner party for six, I made a few quick courses that ended up with a fabulous “bang” on an easy, warm weeknight in the backyard.
- Pluot slices with seasoned Sheep’s ricotta and Prosciutto
- Grilled pork tenderloin with “5 spices” & rum braised peaches + rainbow chard
- Dark chocolate ice cream with bergamont olive [...]

Well, it’s not the first time I’ve taken a hint from something I enjoyed at The Sentinel in San Francisco. It’s probably not the last.
This serves 3-4 people.
1/2 lb ahi tuna, fresh
1/4 lb green beans, chopped evenly and blanched in salted water
1 gypsy pepper, sliced very, very thinly (this is a green mini bell pepper [...]

I rushed home from a Saturday morning outing to cook dinner for two boys. We ate in the backyard, it was gorgeous and sunny, and I had very little time to prep. I bought some amazing artisinal corn tortillas (taco size, one pack in chipotle and one in white corn), some pre-marinated tri tip (a [...]