The trade group food holiday thing is kind of nuts. Every month hosts multiple "celebrations", every day is an excuse to focus on yet another food. As if we needed an excuse. I'm surprised a younger Morgan Spurlock hasn't attempted to eat his/her way through a year of said trade ...read more
My improvisational style of cooking involves templates. Especially when it comes to cold noodles. I hate thinking of them as "salads" since that implies a "dressing" that is at the forefront. Instead, they're bowls of cool freshness, or fresh coolness. When it's hot I want a flavor bomb, some spice ...read more
It's the last day in April but it feels like mid-summer in LA, or what we call fire season. Fires are raging. You can feel the pollution in your chest and it's just too damn hot to cook. But I have to. I invited a couple friends I haven't had ...read more
It was one of those days. I had run all over town doing errands when suddenly it was 5 o'clock and I remembered that the fridge was uncharacteristically empty. I got home, ran up the stairs, ran into the kitchen slightly panicked (the Mom must be fed) and saw that the ...read more
By now I hope you're starting to figure out that I rarely make an isolated "dish" or "recipe". Nearly everything I make starts out with something I already made before. I hesitate to call it a leftover. I have a very wide definition of mise en place. It's all ...read more