Side Dish

I just kind of feel like I need to acknowledge the elephant in the room here: Donald Trump is going to be our president. (No this isn’t a political blog and I really am hoping not to alienate any readers by making a few comments here). But holy. what?!. just.…

  Happy Halloween everyone, and get ready for a photo heavy post!  (But never fear, I still managed to include a recipe…) Karen and Eric are our amazing friends here in San Diego and we couldn’t be happier for them that they are expecting their 1st baby!  We met almost…

I’m trying to cope with the fact that it’s no longer the weekend.  We got back last night from an amazing weekend trip to Santa Barbara with friends and I am definitely not ready to be awake or working at the present time. (Pillow in my office, can haz?) For…

First of all I want to congratulate Cheyanne from No Spoon Necessary who was the winner of the Sweet Phi Cookbook giveaway!  Get excited for some amazing recipes coming your way, Cheyanne 🙂  If you’re a newcomer and don’t know about Phi’s cookbook, I’d highly recommend that you pop on…

As a blogger I kind of feel guilty posting recipes that I’ve only tried once; my reputation is supposedly “food expert” but how can one be an expert in a food one has only attempted once?  But, I also hate repeating recipes due to my easily bored palate.  As it…

Summer is officially here!  Let’s celebrate by gorging on fresh and roasted summer vegetables tossed with rustic bread. That’s what I was thinking, at least, when I decided to make this Summer Panzanella. Panzanella is a hearty salad that heralds from Tuscany, Italy, and typically is made up of a combination…

There’s been so much to celebrate lately- Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, The Kentucky Derby.. sometimes blogging feels like an exercise in chasing the holidays. So today (there are no holidays that I know of) I am going back to my roots. Recipes for recipes sake. Behold! Crepes with Wild…

I’ve been wracking my brains (wracking!!!) for an epic Cinco de Mayo post.  As a San Diegan I feel a particular burden of responsibility when it comes to Mexican and Latin American recipes and I want to do them all the justice I can. (Let it be known that I…

My favorite fish market in San Diego, called Catalina Offshore Products, has weekly coupons that typically include seasonal fish and whatever they happen to have a plethora of at the moment.  I was so excited when, a few weeks ago, I started noticing halibut all over their list.  I went…

Burrata is one of those fun cheeses that seems so fancy, but is incredibly approachable flavor-wise. If you haven’t ever had the pleasure of trying burrata- first off- go get some!!!!  It’s so good! And secondly – the flavor profile is incredibly similar to mozzarella.  It’s stretched and pulled thin…