Four-Layer Caviar Cake Taste With The Eyes is 4-years-old and we’re celebrating with cake! A unique cake apropos of a savory anniversary. Black Lumpfish Caviar from Iceland tops a molded sour cream/cream cheese/shallot layer over a molded… Read more

roasted butternut squash & corn lasagna layered with corn tortilla, shredded mozzarella, and tomatillo sauce Already? The school year is winding to a close. It’s time to thank the parent volunteers for their energy, support, and dedication… Read more

Gourmet Picnic Spicy Cold Soba Noodles with Peanut, Scallion, and Cilantro Radish, Tofu, Shiitake, Carrot, Cucumber, Edamame, Shrimp Natasha, the 5 Star Foodie & Lazaro of Lazaro Cooks! host the 5 Star Makeover Cooking Group, a fabulous… Read more

Discovering Calabria – A Rustic Southern Italian Dinner Party Inspired this past weekend, by the recent gift of a new Calabrese cookbook, my friends and I prepared an authentic Southern Italian feast. The setting was beautifully simple, complete… Read more

Branzino Sotto Sale, Salmoriglio Whole Salt-Baked Mediterranean Sea Bass with an olive oil-lemon-garlic herb sauce with red chiles… Read more

Why is this night different from all other nights? The eight-day Passover holiday concludes today at nightfall. The story we tell at Passover isn’t a fairy tale that happened “once upon a time.” It is a true story. Each year at Passover we… Read more

Our Beautiful Passover Seder Table, and Frogs! Extending warm wishes for a wonderful Passover from our family to yours… This post is the second in a series highlighting our Passover customs and traditions. Kristy & Stone The Passover… Read more

Haroset חֲרֽוֹסֶת Welcome to our Seder! In the next few posts I plan to share customs of the Passover Seder. The Hebrew word seder means order. The Seder tells the story of how we were slaves in Egypt before God led us to freedom. Each… Read more

Saffron Matzoh Balls Paella, Risotto alla Milanese, Bouillabaisse, Persian Pilafs, Indian Biryani dishes… make room! We can now add Matzoh Balls to the list of international foods flavored with that mysterious orange-hued spice with the bright… Read more

Matzoh Balls Over the last decade, I have made in excess of one thousand Matzoh Balls. We make about one hundred every Passover and enjoy them throughout the year as well. As the self-proclaimed Queen of The Matzoh Ball, with Passover around the… Read more

Blooming Heart Display Tea There’s a fancy tea party underway to benefit ovarian cancer research over at Foodbuzz. My talented blogger friends are busy preparing darling tea sandwiches and baking scones, crumpets, precious little cakes. So I… Read more

Happy Pi Day! If you are a math nerd (like me), this is a fun day! People young and old, all around the world, challenge themselves to memorize ∏ on this day March 14 or 3.14 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884… Pi, the ratio of the… Read more

Lacquered Brisket of Beef, Anise Ginger Garlic Tamari Glaze Served with Pickled Fennel Meet a match made in heaven: Lacquered Beef Brisket & Pickled Fennel. Bright tart crisp pickled fennel flavored with star anise and cinnamon marries… Read more

a   p e r s i m m o n    d r e a m s i c l e a    f r o z e n    p e r s i m m o n    i n t e r m e z z o Last month Sally and I had the opportunity to harvest a ton of hachiya persimmons at the home of our friend Alice. This… Read more

Wild-Caught Fresh Black Cod Stuffed with Fresh Black Winter Truffle Crispy Rice Paper Wrapper Truffle Oil/Truffle Flecks This is special. An elegantly dressed all-green salad and a big, yeasty Champagne were its only accompaniments. The… Read more

“Truffle Heaven” Crostini Fresh French Black Winter Truffle, Italian Truffle Cheese, Truffle Oil with Shiitake and Frisée A framed description of our “black diamond” is placed on the buffet. This one ounce beauty is from Gourmet Attitude,… Read more

Menu appetizer Three Holiday Crostini Served with Bubbly: Italian Truffle Cheese, Truffled Shiitake, Truffled Frisee Cambozola, Cranberry Orange Relish, Walnut Foie Gras Paté dinner Lori Lynn’s Spicy Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Creme… Read more

Roasted Cornish Game Hen Meyer Lemon, Fennel, Olive, Garlic Meyer Lemon Cream Fraiche “Gravy” Last week, looking for inspiration for the main course to be served at A Foodie Christmas Dinner Party using in-season Meyer lemons, I googled… Read more

a 3 oz. portion of spicy curried butternut squash soup with creme fraiche garnished with toasted coconut, chopped cashews, dried pomegranate arils As I tinker with my table setting ideas for our holiday parties here’s what’s been playing on… Read more

Every year, it is my absolute pleasure to plan the Holiday Party for our workplace, Rolling Hills Country Day School. This year, we kicked off the holiday season with a celebration at Sushi Sen Nari in Gardena, California. If you are within… Read more

French Green Bean/ Portabella Mushroom/ Gruyere CASSEROLE With Fried Onions It dawned on me a few days before Thanksgiving that my nephews, Stone & Jett, would not ever know of the iconic green bean casserole unless I served it. You see, I… Read more

And so the sun has set on my participation in Project Food Blog, Foodbuzz’s first ever competition where 10 official challenges test the culinary and blogging skills of almost 2000 contestants, whittling them down until only one star remains…It… Read more

Caprese Verrine with Heirloom Tomato Gelée, Burrata Cheese, Olive Oil, Basil Camembert with Edible Flower Wine Gelée Espresso Gelée with Coffee Liqueur Cream Entertain with Gelée! Another dinner party at Lori Lynn’s, but this one… Read more

heart healthy cold poached salmon over multi grain angel hair pasta meyer lemon slivers, shaved fennel, kalamata olive, marinated artichoke, fat-free feta olive oil meyer lemon dill sauce The star of the meal at our Elegant Heart Healthy Picnic… Read more

Elegant Heart Healthy Picnic by the Sea Congratulations, you’re one step closer to becoming the next Food Blog Star! Your entry has advanced to the next round of Project Food Blog 2010. Your next challenge? “Road Trip.” Challenge Prompt:… Read more