A group of our food-loving friends got together for a Sunday Supper potluck, and it was quite the fall feast. Warming comfort food was abundant and wine was flowing! I made jook (go here for my Guessipe), which is a hearty soup made with turkey and rice, then dressed to taste by the eater. This…
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Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
If you haven’t heard of it, you need to know about this amazing (as in causes amazement, rather than startlingly impressive) show called Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. It is exactly what it sounds like – a cooking show with Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. Of course my foodie friends and I had to check it…
Brains and Spiders (Cauliflower Olive Gratin)
Cookbook Club – Halloween For October’s Cookbook Club, we wanted to have a Halloween party, so instead of choosing a cookbook we just asked everyone to make something spooky-looking, creepy to eat, or otherwise Halloween themed. I made Brains and Spiders! AKA cauliflower and olive gratin. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see all…
Wood Oven Pizza
There is a giant wood-fired oven in Westchester that is open to the public for pizza-making on the second Saturday of every month. It’s so hot it only takes about 4 minutes to cook a pizza! People from all over come together for this amazing community cooking event. Everyone brings home-made dough, sauces, and toppings…
Miso-Glazed Eggplant
Cookbook Club – Lucky Peach Bonus Recipe The thing that I really liked about the Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes cookbook was that the recipes were so simple (see all the dishes from the Lucky Peach Cookbook Club event on my Cookbook Club site). The Miso-Glazed Eggplant sounded great, and epitomized simplicity. For…
Roasted Squash with Red Glaze
Cookbook Club – Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes For September’s Cookbook Club, we used Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes by Peter Meehan and the editors of Lucky Peach. I chose the Roasted Squash with Red Glaze. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see all the recipes we got to try…
City of Gold
City of Gold is a documentary in which Jonathan Gold explores the food culture of LA. Given my little side project of working my way through Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, seeing this movie was a must for me. I was so excited to hear that they would be doing a City of Gold event at…
Grilled Baby Bok Choy
Cookbook Club – Around the Fire For August’s Cookbook Club, we used Around the Fire by Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quinonez Denton, with Stacy Adimando. I chose the Grilled Baby Bok Choy with Ecuadorian Peanut Sauce and Hard-Boiled Egg. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see everything we grilled up at the event. For now – my dish!…
Polenta Budino with Plum Marmaletta
Sheana texts me one afternoon to say that she has clipped a recipe for Polenta Budino with Plum Marmaletta from her Bon Appetit magazine, and would I like to come over to make some with her. I dunno what a Budino is, and I guess I betta learn about a Marmaletta. But she mentions something…
Leek Fritters with Garlic and Lemon
Cookbook Club – Smitten Kitchen Bonus Recipe As I noted in my Buttered Popcorn Cookies post, while the cookies were a total fail, everything else in The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook seemed to be quite good (see all the dishes on my Cookbook Club site). The Leek Fritters with Garlic and Lemon would have been my dish…
Hikers, Bikers, and Bakers
Hikers One day I had plans to hang out with my good friend, Sheana. She had seen a flyer for a pie contest that was happening that morning. Pie was one of the first things Sheana and I bonded over, especially for breakfast! But it was another beautiful day in sunny Southern California, so we…
Buttered Popcorn Cookies
Cookbook Club – The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook For July’s Cookbook Club, we used The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman. I chose the Buttered Popcorn Cookies. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see the incredible spread we had at the event. For now – my dish! I was pretty excited to make these cookies….