CAESAR SALAD
THE ROMAINE LETTUCES AT GARDEN OF CHU WERE A FOOT LONG, FADING FROM PALE GREEN TO SUNSHINE YELLOW. SOPHIE LOVES CAESAR SALAD, SO HOW COULD I RESIST? BUT [Read More]
SHRIMP WITH FENNEL AND CANNELINI BEANS
I CONCOCTED THIS DISH ON A BLISTERING SEPTEMBER DAY WHEN I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE DOING MUCH COOKING. IT IS REALLY AN ANTIPASTO AND, AS SUCH, IS BEST SERVED [Read More]
RATATOUILLE SALAD
THIS DISH CAME ABOUT WHEN I DISCOVERED I DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH RADICCHIO FOR A SALAD, NOR PEPPERS FOR A SIDE DISH. RADICCHIO, PARTICULARLY THE ENDIVE-SHAPED KIND CALLED TREVISO, [Read More]
VEGAN FEAST: AN ODE TO SARAH
CALL IT A MOMENTARY LAPSE OR AN ODE TO MY NIECE SARAH, A VEGAN AND ALSO AN EXCELLENT COOK, BUT WITH SO MANY GREAT VEGETABLES AROUND AND DETERMINED [Read More]
LITTLE GEMS WITH CHEVRE DRESSING
THE INVENTION OF THIS DRESSING WAS SERENDIPITY. IN A REFRIGERATOR DRAWER, BURIED UNDER PACKAGES OF BUTTER, PARMESAN WRAPPED IN CHEESE CLOTH, AND A HUNK OF SLAB BACON, I [Read More]
BURRATA WITH TOMATOES AND PEACHES
WHEREVER YOU LIVE, IT’S NOT SUMMER TILL THE FARMER’S MARKETS ARE BURSTING WITH RIPE PEACHES AND TOMATOES. TOMATOES ARE ACTUALLY A FRUIT, BUT EVEN IF YOU INSIST ON [Read More]
BEEF CARPACCIO
IT TURNED SUDDENLY HOT IN L.A. NOT IN THE MOOD FOR COOKING, I ASSEMBLED A BEEF CARPACCIO, A DISH WHICH MANAGES TO BE BOTH LIGHT AND, BECAUSE OF [Read More]
THAI PORK SALAD
OUR HOLLYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IS CALLED THAI TOWN FOR A REASON. SOME OF THE BEST THAI-VIETNAMESE FOOD IN THE COUNTRY IS SERVED IN THE TEN BLOCKS OR SO BETWEEN [Read More]
WATER MELON, TOMATO AND FETA SALAD
THE MARKETS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH RIPE HEIRLOOM TOMATOES. I FIND MYSELF MAKING SOMETHING WITH TOMATOES EVERY DAY,
CHANTERELLES AND PARSLEY SALAD
THIS SALAD SHOWBOATS THE CHANTERELLES, PLAYING OFF THEIR HONEY SWEETNESS AGAINST THE BITTER BITE OF PARSLEY. THE TORN BREAD CRUMBS ADD A BIT OF CRUNCH. Click here to [Read More]