by Jillian on March 19, 2010
Marin Sun Farm’s mixes up a mean assortment of pork sausage. I always pick up a pack or two when I visit the farmer’s market, and last week was no exception. With three links of their Spicy Italian sausage and two beautiful heads of cauliflower in hand, I made this simple and feisty pasta for [...]
by Jillian on January 29, 2010
I don’t know about you, but after a day of skiing (er, even a few hours of skiing), I’m ready scarf down a pot of chili, several burgers, or a plateful of tacos – pronto. All I can think about at the end of the day, besides ripping off my boots and jumping into the [...]
by Christina on January 14, 2010
One of Kele and my favorite take-out joints is a tiny Vietnamese place around the corner that makes an out-of-this world bbq’d pork Banh Mi sandwich and an equally divine papaya salad. While the sandwich looks easy enough to try reconstructing in my kitchen, I’ve never ventured making it on my own since it can [...]
by Jillian on November 12, 2009
The more I learn about “industrialized” meat (thank you Fast Food Nation), the less inclined I am to reach for the Foster Farms multi-pack of chicken breasts loaded with hormones, antibiotics and who knows what else! But at the same time, I have a hard time regularly forking over $6.99/lb for local or organic chicken as [...]
by Jillian on September 25, 2009
At the Marin farmer’s market on Sunday, I stopped dead in my tracks when I passed some beautiful, glossy, and almost enchanting globe eggplants sitting coyly in the shade. I still had a bad taste in mouth (literally and figuratively!) from having utterly failed at making baba ganoush the weekend past. But, at $1.50 a [...]