It was a weekend of heavy dinners for me. I seem to have made up for the (self-imposed) absence of beef in my diet at home by having steak with my girlfriends Friday night and a burger with other friends Saturday night. By the time Sunday rolled around I was ready for something a little ... Read More
Roasted Chicken Breasts with White Beans and Spinach
When my husband and I escaped to Napa Valley one weekend in December one of the more memorable dishes, surprisingly, was a wood oven roasted chicken served with cannellini beans. How boring, you might say, and I would tend to agree. I always consider the obligatory chicken dish on ... Read More
Braised Pork Belly
This season of healthy eating lasted, oh, about 5 minutes? I finally got around to buying a slab of pork belly (I've eaten it but have never cooked with it) so I could roast it and make some pork buns Momofuku-style. There's a noodle shop in Maui that serves them (in fact, a lot of their ... Read More
Homemade Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Guanciale
As I sip the day's first cup of tea from my little spot in the kitchen, I see the cake crumbs that I missed wiping off the table. Rows of wine glasses are drying on the mat next to the sink. The dish towels that should have done that job last night hang askew on the bar stools that doubled as ... Read More
Stir-Fried Bitter Melon with Chicken and Black Beans
For my first meal of the new year I ate a bowl of apples with low-sugar granola and nonfat, plain yogurt. It was a healthy start, I thought, and it was my breakfast of choice while on vacation but I followed that with a cheeseburger for lunch. I was at the beach--I started each day of ... Read More
Orecchiette with Chanterelles, Brocollini, Frisee and Pancetta
The warm feeling that permeates all over; when your heart is overflowing and you know that though your life isn't perfect you can't possibly want or need anything else that very moment. Pure joy. That's what I've felt all day. Much more than happy. Happiness is feeling pleasure about ... Read More
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