What’s Up, Chuck?

“So you do recommend eating fattier meat?”, a blog reader asked me in an email the other day. Yes, I do. Sometimes. I am not a fan of eating only fatty cuts of meat, no more than I am a fan of only eating skinless, boneless chicken breast.  It’s all about the balance. Sometimes, buy […]

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Got Underripe Fruit? Bananas to the Rescue!

You’ve found the most amazing recipe for an avocado-peach salsa, and you found plenty of both fruits but the peaches were hard as a rock! What to do?  Rethink the entire plan for dinner? Not at all! Just grab a few bananas and once you get home, place them side by side inside of a paper bag. […]

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Fresh Figs- Another California Treat

Just like my post yesterday about how nice it is to have access to fresh Rosemary, another fruit I’ve missed is fresh figs. (It’s almost as though being gone for a while gave me an even greater appreciation for all the fresh produce we have here, year round!). While we often think of the high […]

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Rosemary, How I’ve Missed You

One of the things I’ve missed quite  bit during our six month stay, thus far, in NYC, is the abundance of herbs and spices that grow au natural right outside our door of our home in LA. Being back home now, I can’t tell you how much I relish the delicious smell of rosemary, jasmine […]

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