It’s the hottest summer on record since people have kept track of these things. AC units are struggling, and I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want to do is fire up my stove to cook a meal. Weather like this is the perfect excuse for a delicious...
No matter what skill level you reach as a cook or what triumphs of culinary complication you manage to master over the course of a lifetime it’s a plain simple truth that sometimes simpler is better. I feel that the simplest of dishes with the fewest...
This is less a serious recipe and more an ode to summer in all it’s blast-furnace glory. Basil season is at its peak here in Northern California and has been on my mind a lot lately, even though it hasn’t been finding its way to my plate. (This is...
Sometimes the aim of a dish is simply to get something on the table that everyone will eat. Add-in that you have a house full of kids who cringe at the thought of anything made with vegetables and it can become an issue. The answer? Cover those veggies in something...
One of the best parts of having my wife home for a visit is that she is also an excellent cook. This has not only given me a much needed break from the kitchen, but has given the entire family a perspective on cooking that is different from my own. While my cooking...
Cooking for three growing boys has its challenges. They may always be hungry, but having been raised up to this point on primarily convenient foods, they have a very limited idea of what is acceptable to eat. Unfortunately for me, just about any vegetable that I...
