Archives for February 2014

Grilled Eel is the Best Tasting Fish in the World!

The absolutely best tasting fish in the word is eel.  And a grilled eel is as close to piscatorial perfection as you can get.  The down side is that Americans don’t eat eel meaning it’s impossible to find.  Sometimes fish stores carry it around Christmas time and when they do I buy as much as […]

Vindaloo for Cold Weather

Cold is all relative.  When I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts I thought a temperature of 35 degrees F in mid February was warm.  Now that I live in southern California, 60 degrees F is downright freezing.  Wherever you live winter does bring out the desire for warming foods and nothing is more warming than foods […]

Scarlett Begonia in Santa Barbara is Stellar

As a cookbook author, I’m often asked “what’s your favorite restaurant?”  I usually answer (take your pick): I’m a cookbook author; I’m too poor to afford going out to eat, or I write cookbooks, not restaurant reviews or I don’t eat out very often because I test recipes at home all the time.  Another important […]

Humble Leftover Peas into Magnificent Frittata

An efficient cook will always be able to squeeze two dishes out of one.  This is the reason leftovers are not to be thought of as too much food but rather as the beginning to the next.  Many times we don’t have enough leftovers to make two servings but plenty to add to a new […]

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