Archive for the ‘condiments’ Category

Jump to Recipe

The heat is on, friends.

These guys named it the ingredient of the year. LA’s most popular food trucksplashes it into their top sellers. The rooster brand, brewed and manufactured in Rosemead, CA (home of the best Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles, btw), has its own cookbookand like good LA divas, … Read More

Jump to Recipe

What do ziploc bags, Adam Carolla podcasts, and pickled onions have in common? Three topics I yarn about to the dismay of all involved. I challenge you to make a better sandwich than one with threads of perfectly brined red onion. And then there’s the tartine or in my book … Read More

Jump to Recipe

If you have the blues this year, maybe you should look no further than your plate’s palate. We pitched the virtues of colorful foods for Thanksgiving one year ago. But breaking the beige takes practice; so we thought let’s bring it back one more time.

I like to gravy it up … Read More

Jump to Recipe

I am giddy over this red onion and rosemary jam that I have plopped on top of everything from eggs to steak to turkey sandwiches. The jam is novel and rich, and it's a secret weapon against boring dinners.Don't feel like marinading chicken tonight - jam it up. Can't look at another steamed vegetable - jam magic. Tired of the same old peanut butter toast for breakfast - onion jamalamadingdong. Giddy or solitude insanity ever since my husband and daughter troupe headed off to Coachella while the Fourth Grader traveled through the caverns of Sacramento on a class trip awaiting his arrival in the wee hours tonight in Burbank of all places. The house is quiet and I am putting onion jam on everything in sight. Look out Pepper, you're next.Here's why you need to make onion jam. First, you will impress the hell out of yourself. Second, it makes everything taste better. Third, it honors the crunchtime credo - make it fast, make it real. Suddenly, leftover something, becomes new something else.

Jump to Recipe

When I left the corporate world and packed up my skirts and shirts, I had visions of cultivating a backyard orchard while growing seasonal vegetables in raised beds. Together, with my children, we would harvest the yield and then I would prepare farm fresh fare for our family dinners while … Read More

Newer posts