Lemons are ripe here in California, and the trees in my neighborhood are loaded with beautiful, yellow gems. Here’s a recipe for luscious, tangy-sweet lemon bars with a buttery crust. Enjoy! Fresh Lemon Bars Makes 24 bars For the crust: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 2 cups (10 oz) flour 2 TB […]
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Giant Cheesy Goldfish Crackers
These are the Goldfish of your dreams. Cheesy, buttery, smiling giant goldfish crackers. Perfect for a special snack, as they are rich and addictively delicious for the cheese lover. The key to getting the goldfish shape is to augment a diamond ring cookie cutter by elongating the round portion, and adding a dent in the…
Red Shiso Drop
The Red Shiso Drop is a refreshing cocktail with mesmerizing color and complex flavor. The stunning visual qualities and unique scent of this drink are all due to an herb — Red Shiso. Easy to grow red shiso is a ruffly purple-leaved cultivar of the more familiar green shiso, common in Japanese cuisine. Red shiso’s…
Venus Thistle Cocktail
A cocktail is an impression of a greater experience – evoking something beautiful, mysterious, tender, dramatic. My Venus Thistle Cocktail is an impression of the stunning wildflowers and rocky crags of Pinnacles National Park. Its namesake wildflower, The Venus Thistle, blooms bright and fresh in a harsh and dry landscape. Scotch was the natural choice…
Sweet Potato Fritters
Creamy textured, but substantial – these sweet potato fritters surprised me. I was tinkering with new ways to use my favorite Beauregard sweet potato, and imagined that a fried patty of shredded sweet potato lightly bound with egg and panko might work. But I was blown away by the creamy textured interior. It made sense…
Simple Asparagus Salad
This uber simple salad honors the fleeting perfection of one of the gifts of the Spring: fresh local asparagus. Raw asparagus has a tender crunch and grassy fresh flavor. I combined it with complementary flavors: parmesean cheese shreds, grassy olive oil, lemon juice, and black pepper. This recipe relies on the quality and freshness of…
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