The main difference between restaurant cooking and home cooking is preparation. Restaurant cooks plan their dishes days and weeks and in advance which gives them time to spread tasks over a few days in order to build up flavors and get the most out of each ingredient. A few years ago, a pastry chef … Continue reading Restaurant 101: Prep Tip
This will make me sound like an unabashed nerd, but a well designed grocery store is my happy place. I love turning the corners around aisles to discover unexpected treasures on the end caps. Encountering baby vegetables of any variety can turn my day around like that Dead or Alive song. While at Trader Joe's … Continue reading Speculaas Cookies
the beginnings of a beautiful salad Let us take a moment to consider Kale. That humble, sweet green with the bitter bite that has the texture of an innertube when not prepared correctly. You can't swing a salad spinner around Los Angeles these days without hitting a restaurant with a Kale Salad on the menu. … Continue reading Hospitality @ Home: Kale Salad
For Thanksgiving this year, I felt like doing something different. For me, holiday cooking is not so much about cooking the same dishes year after year. No, the holidays are the time that I try over the top recipes that I would never ordinarily have an excuse to make. This is the time that I … Continue reading Pumpkin & Spice Infused Vodka
For football season, I like to serve these babies up on a toasted french roll. For a tailgate, you can make them in advance, and keep them wrapped in their foil to enjoy field-side. Or, if you live in Los Angeles, fire up the grill by the pool and enjoy after a long swim.... I … Continue reading Hospitality @ Home: Turkey Meatball Subs!
