1/4 bulb fennel
1 large radish
1/2 lb king crab
vanilla salt (recipe follows)
1 T bergamot olive oil
Dig the meat out of your king crab–it helps to have a thick wooden skewer handy to push stuff through. Shave the fennel into thin slices; if you have no way to do this, julienne it. Slice the radish very thinly [...]

1 red onion
1/2 head radicchio
1/2 head beet greens (can sub chard or chiffonade collards, don’t overdo it though)
salt & pepper
olive oil
Dice the red onion. Cut the radicchio into small squares. Chiffonade the beet greens. In a large sautee pan cook the red onion with the olive oil until translucent, adding plenty of salt & pepper, [...]

1 lb brussel sprouts, washed and cut in half
1/2 pear, diced
1 inch peice fresh ginger, grated
2 T butter
1 T olive oil
salt & pepper
In a nonstick pan at medium high heat, melt the butter and then add the brusselsprouts cut side down. Cook until colored nicely on the bottom and the green has brightened andb ecome [...]

This is a meal to be shared by two people, heavy on the greens, lighter on the wallet than would be otherwise. Last night we were both exhausted and wanted to eat at home (mostly for economical reasons) but I really wanted a great Friday night date dinner, so we grabbed a filet from Andronico’s [...]

1 pork tenderloin, salted, peppered, pan seared & roasted in the oven
5 small carrots or 3 large ones, sliced in small, even rounds
2 small red onions, sliced in quarter strips
5 cloves garlic, peeled
1 apple, in large cubes
1/4 C pumpkin seeds
1 lb Bok Choy
olive oil, salt, pepper
Roast your tenderloin while you make the other items (~ [...]

Israeli Couscous
Pan steamed dino kale
Roast Pork Tenderloin
Apricot-Whiskey Compote
Serves 3-4 with appetizer or for light meal; serves 2 very generously
For the tenderloin & compote:
1 small to medium pork tenderloin, silver removed
1/4 medium yellow onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, thick slivers
1-2 tsp thyme
5-10 dried apricots, sliced
1/3 C whiskey or brandy
salt & pepper
olive oil
Preheat oven to 375. In a [...]

Great for breakfast or dessert served warm with ice cream, whipped cream, or custard. Makes four large personal apple galettes.
Use the recipe for crust on the Leek & Bacon Galette. These were so good my boyfriend actually thought it was dinner in its entirety (see the Napa Cabbage Salad I was busy making while these [...]

For his birthday, this evening I made:
- filet mignon with port reduction
- garlic-orange rainbow chard
- israeli couscous with cinnamon & laurel leaf
There is a love-hate relationship with Andronico’s markets that I’m sure many of you in the SF bay area can relate to. They have beautiful meat. They have beautiful almost everything, and everything costs [...]

We made our way up to Mendocino to meet a friend of mine and her extended family for Thanksgiving. The occasion called for some serious brevity as our setting was as such: two nights and one and a half days of smart, sharp, opinionated women (ages 13-60 something) and the sole male representative I brought [...]

For some time, I’ve been considering a home produce delivery, as the Bay Area has a large selection of vendors for this purpose–from private farms to co-op vendors who source several farms and deliver, there’s a wealth of good, organic produce in these parts. I had put off starting the shipments because I was torn [...]