From the monthly archives:
There’s nothing that screams summer more than biting into a ripe and juicy piece of melon and in this case, cantaloupe. For those of you that live in Colorado, you’re in luck because as the country’s fifth largest producer of cantaloupes, Colorado boasts some of the sweetest in the nation. Grown in Rocky Ford, about [...]
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Last week, I had the unbelievable pleasure of joining Tanya Steel up at Stone Barns for an ABC News shoot with Dan Barber. If you aren’t familiar with Dan or Stone Barns, Dan is the Alice Waters of the East Coast aka the ringleader for local, seasonal eating here in the Big Apple. He has [...]
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Summer has finally arrived in San Francisco and the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven and overheat my non-air conditioned apartment. On these rare warm days in the city, I turn to this super simple supper. In less than 20 minutes, I have a light and healthy one-pot meal highlighting [...]
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The saying “cool as a cucumber” allegedly stems from the fact that the inside of these vegetables always remain cool – despite hot summer weather, in which they thrive. It’s seems true enough. What’s more refreshing than iced water flavored with a few cucumber slices or lying on the coach with two big rounds placed [...]
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My mandolin gets a lot of use during the summer, especially when it comes to summer squash. I adjust it to the thinnest setting and slice away….there is something about those paper-thin pieces that make the squash taste extra delish. This is a recipe for my summer squash salad that I serve up about once [...]
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Each Sunday that I visit my neighborhood farmers market, I say a little prayer of thanks that it is summer. There is nothing better than walking up and down the market and seeing overflowing mounds of yellow corn, heirloom tomatoes, stone fruit, and summer squash. During these months, summer squash becomes a kitchen staple. I [...]
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Today marks the last leg of the Epicurious Farmers Market Tour, which has traveled to 5 cities across the country in the last few weeks. Today we’re bringing it home with a visit to NYC’s Union Square Greenmarket. The Epicurious booth will be at the market all day today (8/16), Friday (8/20) and Saturday (8/21)….plus [...]
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At the corner of Laguna and Fell in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco lies a dilapidated, sad little piece of land next to the freeway. For as long as I’ve lived in the city, this piece of land has been nothing but an eyesore. Fortunately, some kind and creative souls from the San [...]
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I love a cookie. I rarely meet a cookie I don’t like. So in my quest to eat cookies that have some nutritional value, I decided to swap out chocolate chips for dates in these oatmeal cookies.
1/2 cup soft butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 teaspoon [...]
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Last week I had the pleasure of joining Epicurious editor Tanya Steel and renowned pastry chef Gale Gand of Tru at the Daley Plaza Farmers Market in Chicago. We were there for the second leg of Epicurious’ Farmers Market tour and to film an episode of ABC News: Chefs Table. This market apparently gets a [...]
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