Look at those gorgeous potatoes! In honor of our nation’s birth aka the Fourth of July, my LA friends and I celebrated with a BBQ. I was tasked with potato salad. My first stop was the Hollywood Farmer’s Market! There …
Summer, for me, means macaroni salad, potato salad, hot dogs, and mason jars of lemonade or vodka sodas. But my mom (hi, mom!) always has made macaroni salad with tuna, which I love, love, love, but my vegetarian friends can’t …
Becca has been asking forever that we make our own polenta, so one day recently we did just that. It was so easy and delicious that I think I’ll just continue making it homemade, thank you very much! We used …
I know I posted about chicken yesterday, but I thought that, like me, you might eat chicken more than once a week. No? We’ll you’re quite lucky, but sometimes it’s all I can think to make. I know, I know, …
My friend Rachel happened to be born on July 4th! Happy Birthday, Rachel! Last week to celebrate (since she’s on vacation this week) I made a gluten-free strawberry cake in celebration of her birth! I made this recipe that V found on …
Jasmine is a friend from work that shares my mutual love for food, wine, and all things funny. As such, I asked her if she’d like to guest blog once in a while. Here’s her first post – hope you …
For my Inside Out Independence Cupcakes, I made Martha’s white sheet cake. The idea here was to make really really white cake. How to get a cake white? Egg whites. Start by turning on your oven, and buttering and flouring …
How do you tackle baking for the blogger on her birthday? It’s not an easy task, but it sure was fun! Step One: Send her a really weird email like the following: “In a hypothetical situation where you were to …
A favorite dinner of mine is crepes, and when I received a crepe maker a few years back for my birthday, I was also given a crepe cookbook that Jeff and I have been using ever since. The Chicken Broccoli …
Spinach My Soul indeed! A few weeks ago, I traveled to New York for four days to visit with family and friends. In preparation I had managed to cook almost everything perishable in my refrigerator except for a huge container …
