One of the things we picked up at the farmers market in San Diego was a parsley-chili pesto from Hani’s Market (a local San Diego company). This was a wonderful thing, I found myself finding excuses to eat it all day long. I would put it on pita bread points, on crackers with cheese, on…
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Cammy’s Cinnamon Raisin Challah French Toast
There is nothing better than challah french toast except, perhaps, cinnamon raisin challah french toast! And who better to make it than our own Top Chef, Cammy? See the recipe for the cinnamon raisin challah in the recipe for raisin challah. The bread is so flavorful, that a very basic egg dip can be used….
Apple-Pear Butter in the Slow Cooker
It is fall and that means two of my favorite fruits are in season: apples and pears. And early fall is best to me, because that is when honey crisp apples are available in our local orchards. My daughter, Emily, needed a break from the college grind, so I picked her up, we went for…
Ode to Okra, part 2 – Pan-Seared Okra and Corn
Because of the damage from the caterpillars (at least I think that is who ate the leaves), I lost most of my okra plants. So the harvest is slow, although ‘pitiful’ may be the better term. But I finally have enough to do some pan-searing, so I made a half-recipe. When I have more…
Cammy’s Honey Spiced Apple Muffins
For Cammy’s contribution to our Rosh Hashanah celebration, he made the apple cupcakes from Joan Nathan’s The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen. We call them muffins because they seem better to us as a breakfast treat rather than as a dessert. The warm spices evoke thoughts of the oncoming fall. They are best drizzled with honey, but go…
Honey Orange Roasted Chicken
I rarely make roast chicken, but when I do, I cannot bring myself to make any other chicken than this. It has become my go-to dish for Rosh Hashanah and often finds its way to the Passover Seder (when I am not doing a Persian meal). The bird is always moist, the skin sweet and…
Raisin Challah
We are preparing for Rosh Hashanah, so it is time to bake some raisin challah. Although I use a recipe I found years ago in Joan Nathan’s The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen, I am not yet ready to tackle it with Cam. Look for that post in a year or two. I am perfectly capable of making…
Fried Eggplant Khoresh (Bademjun Sorkh Kardeh)
It was an exciting night for cooking, and a good thing I planned a dinner that could all be done on the stove top. Just as I was salting the eggplant and boiling the water to blanch the tomatoes, a storm blew through and we lost power for the next 2 hours. Because of…
Carrot Mango Lemon Smoothie – San Diego Cooking Adventure, Part 1
While staying with friends in San Diego, I got to try some cooking with a whole new bunch of local foods! So the first order of business was a trip to the Hillcrest farmers market. What a treat that was! Lots of things we don’t get in the mid-atlantic: mangos, figs, almonds, olives, freshly dried…
Tomato Confit
My friend Marian was over for dinner the other night; she saw all my tomatoes and suggested I make tomato confit. Okay, so I had never had tomato confit. So she told me how to make it and that I would then want to spread it on anything and everything. She was right! Just…
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