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This recipe does not use refined sugar but honey, applesauce, and bananas do have sugar and are included in the bread.

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Loaf 30 I will happily get lost for hours in all things related to technology and cooking.

This simple corn salad is inspired by a dish I ordered from Milo & Olive several weeks back.

If I had a Top 5 list of foods that I enjoy making and eating, slow roasted tomatoes would definitely be on it.

Earlier this week, Rob and I stopped by Gjelina Take Away and had the breakfast pizza you see above.

I stopped into Gjusta several weeks back and ended up buying a piece of butter mochi garnished with pomelo.

A few nights ago, I wanted to make a cobbler for dessert (have you seen the berries??)

I was craving juice over the weekend and decided to dig around in the fridge and use whatever I found.

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I've decided to start a Cooking Wish List.

Full disclosure - This egg was fried a little too long.

While we were lazing around on Sunday, my half-Irish husband talked me into making Irish Soda Bread a couple of days early.

We had a few days of rain recently and the temperature was in the 50s.

When Rob and I were dating, I didn't know much about cooking which was definitely to his benefit.

I prefer the flavor of roasted or fried brussels sprouts over braised since the former are firm, caramelized, and nutty rather than bitter.

Chestnuts from Root's Country Market - Lancaster, PA Over the weekend I decided to cook a full turkey dinner with all the fixings.

I'm a big fan of Tartine Bakery along with the the affiliated cookbooks (here and here).

This recipe is a spin on my Sriracha and Red Pepper Refrigerator Pickles.

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RECIPE UPDATED 12/20/2022 Ever since posting my Roasted Vegetable Stock, I've been meaning to follow it up with a chicken stock recipe.

I frequently consumed my weight in pickles as a child, which probably explains why my father's side of the family gave me the nickname "Pickle".

The idea to pair blistered Padrón peppers with chorizo came from Willi's Wine Bar in Santa Rosa.

I tried to make candied hazelnuts a couple of years ago and it didn't go very well.

My original salsa recipe already has three preparation methods, but a couple of months ago I decided to try a different approach for reducing the watery consistency that's inevitable with fresh tomatoes.

Panzanella salad is without question one of my favorite dishes to make during the summer.

I wrote this post a week ago and then decided to shelve it.

The quiet of an early morning is something I truly value.

This week I learned that barbecue sauce is easy to make, open to interpretation, and freezes beautifully.

Last week was our 7-year wedding anniversary so I decided to make dinner for a relaxed date night.

Osteria Mozza is one of our favorite Los Angeles restaurants.

Homemade pasta dough is incredibly forgiving and has only 4 basic ingredients.

Most of the fresh juice that I drink is a mixture of "leftovers".

Fresh cherries at Regier Family Farms - Santa Monica Farmers Market I was driving back from the Santa Monica Farmers Market yesterday when NPR did a segment on California's 2014 cherry crop.

I recently learned that the state of Alaska is a berry-growing machine.

After posting my Scratch Margarita Recipe, it seemed fitting to throw in some guacamole for good measure.

Teriyaki was a food fixation when I was a small person.

RECIPE UPDATED 10/5/2022 This has been my go-to margarita recipe ever since I scribbled it down on the cooking notes for my nachos.

While walking through the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Wednesday, I could smell the sweet strawberries well before I could see them.

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Eggs at JF Organic Farms - Santa Monica Farmers Market My culinary training involves cookbooks in bed, mistakes in the kitchen, and lots of time with The Google.

Several restaurants I frequent (and used to frequent...RIP, Scopa) serve chili oil with their pizza and it's excellent.

When I was big enough to use an oven (then through college and my first real job), some of my go-to foods were Kraft's stovetop mac and cheese and Stouffer's frozen macaroni and cheese.

Rob is half Irish so St.

Farro seems to be everywhere these days, from veggie burgers to soups and salads.

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Homemade salsa is very forgiving so I frequently tweak the ingredients based on what's in our refrigerator.

RECIPE UPDATED 10/12/25 I meant to post this recipe before the Super Bowl, but our trip to South America got the best of my schedule so making nachos had to wait.