You know how a certain food grabs you and your thoughts for days on end until you eat it one more time, finally satiating your desire and putting you into trance of gastronomic bliss? And then it starts all over again. Tell me I’m not alone.

There’s a neighborhood cafe that [...]

I prepared this shrimp orzo from Ina’s At Home cookbook a few years back when hosting a cousin girls’ weekend in Los Angeles. The fresh herbs, lemon, and feta cheese make this pasta and shrimp salad explode and because the shrimp is roasted it caramelizes into something sinful. I’ve been making [...]

Many years ago, I worked in cable television to support my culinary habit of wanting tasting menus at fine restaurants. Thank you Charlie Trotter for helping me part with many hard earned dollars. In my  business, we had a group of customers we referred to as “truck chasers.” These delicious [...]

Tragedy – I am addicted to the lazy susan.

Comedy – Some nights I’m too lazy to turn it.

Ever since I bought the lazy susan, I cannot stop making smorgasbord dinners. Sure, we have a few more tiny dishes to wash, but that job ends up in the husband department, perpetuating [...]

Aged wine & imported cheese, salty meat & sweet jam, peanut butter & bananas, Justin Bieber & Snoop Dogg – these are things that delight us on their own, yet elevate to another level with the right partner.

Such is the case with this inspired and effortless [...]