Life’s been busy, but I wanted to get this recipe up in time for the Super Bowl, in case someone is looking to step up their party game to something other than cocktail weenies with ketchup. Though, if that’s your Super Bowl tradition, go for it. I wouldn’t mind munching on these pulled pork sandwiches [...]
Multigrain Buttermilk Pancakes
Obviously I have a bit of a sweet tooth lately, with carb-o-rific posts of cupcakes and ice cream. And I need more recipes to use up the buttermilk that only seems to come in large cartons. One day I will again post a recipe including some vegetables and meat, I promise. But for now, pancakes. [...]
Chocolate Cinnamon Buttermilk Cupcakes
Or should I call them “chocolate and cassia cupcakes?” What I always thought of as cinnamon apparently is not as it seems. Why is food so tricky? Remember what I found out about currants? “Ceylon” or “true” cinnamon comes from the bark of the cinnamon tree, originated in Sri Lanka and is the type of [...]
Blueberry Ginger Snap Ice Cream
It turns out that California and Texas have something in common other than historically belonging to Mexico. The residents of these two states have good taste… maybe not in fashion or political candidates, but at least when it comes to summertime dessert. Or maybe they just have more cows than anyone else. California and Texas [...]
More Mexican Eats: Chilaquiles
The Mexican food fairy visited last weekend and left delectable chilaquiles in our refrigerator. This act of kindness occurred even after we had subjected her to days of hard labor, which she effortlessly completed with sweeps of her magic wand (I want one of those). Chilaquiles are yet another Mexican dish to love and cherish. [...]
Summer Soup for “Love Apple” Season: Gazpacho
It’s hot in Sevilla in the summer. So hot that you’ll cross the street just to walk (slowly) on a sidewalk shaded by buildings and clench a water bottle in a sweaty fist at all times. Hot enough that the streets are watered to control the dust and tamp down the odors that exude from [...]
Blueberry Buttermilk Tart
Why light a field of blueberry bushes on fire? What I was told, growing up, is that burning the blueberry bushes after they’ve given up their crop at the end of the season makes them healthier and set for new growth in the spring. Eating blueberries is one of my memories from lazy summers in [...]
Goat Cheese & Moroccan Onion Jam Bruschetta
I’ve been to Marrakech, but this recipe was inspired by “pastures” closer to home: a restaurant in Potrero Hill called Baraka. Although I haven’t been in years and it closed in 2009, this one dish sticks in my tastebuds. A combination of Mediterranean and North African flavors, you get creamy, tangy goat cheese with lusciously [...]
Stuffed Flank Steak
Every family has its secrets. Apparently my family also has “secret” recipes, some of which I am giving away on this blog. Shame on me. I say it’s good food, so why not share? Like a lot of us, my mom likes to try new foods and recipes often, so it’s only the really great [...]
Fattoush: Lebanese Bread Salad
Turns out I can’t get enough of drupes – but this time, from an unexpected source: sumac. Do you ever buy ingredients without a recipe in mind? Guilty. Sumac is one of those orphans in my cabinets that now has found a home in at least one recipe that I plan to make again. After [...]