Recipes

ROSEMARY POTATO KALE TART

I love making, serving, and eating savory tarts.  Perfect as make ahead dishes, they can be served room temp, and they taste delicious too. Plus, you can put practically anything in them. I felt like snacking on a big bowl of salty homemade potato chips today, but didn’t want to deal with the guilt and mess of dragging out my […]
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SPICY CHICKEN MEATBALLS WITH SUGO ALL’ARRABIATA

“Meatball” is probably the least sexy name possible for something this delicious. It’s efficient, but lacks any lyricism.  In China, they’re called Lion’s head, in Spain, albóndigas, and in Italy, polpettine.  All of these words, playful and rhythmic to the unfamiliar ear, are descriptions of the shape rather than the content of meatballs.  But then again, maybe something too fanciful […]
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SPICED SANGRIA WITH CITRUS // VIDEO

The holiday season is behind us but that doesn’t mean we have to stop the party!  In anticipation of many cold nights in, here is a simple, quick, and delicious recipe for a sangria inspired by mulling spices.  I served some to the stylish ladies at the Planet Blue Holiday Party.  Check out the video below to check it out! […]
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BOURBON PEAR BREAD PUDDING WITH MAPLE SOUR CREAM

Sometimes I feel like I’m playing recipe bingo.  A basket twirls ping pong balls with ingredients written on them, it pauses and I pull out a few, reading them out loud: Bourbon! Pear! Vanilla! Maple! Bread Pudding! You could switch bourbon with rum, pears with apple, vanilla with cinnamon, maple with agave, and have an equally delicious dish.  It’s funny, […]
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SPICED PERSIMMON CAKE WITH CINNAMON BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Hachiya persimmons can be culinary head scratchers.  They’re mild in flavor, a regional specialty, and have the most delicate texture.  Imagine a water-balloon filled with chocolate pudding that will burst if you so much as sneeze in its direction, that is a ripe hachiya persimmon.  Gorgeous to look at, persimmons were meant for still-lifes.  Even the trees possess drama, with waxy large […]
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