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It kills me that I can't take credit for today's black bean brownie recipe. As strange as it sounds (we're... Read more |
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101 Cookbooks is a website about recipes. And while each new entry on the site culminates in a new recipe,... Read more |
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Back in the late 1990s, my friend Beatrice had a tradition of hosting dumpling parties. She'd make a few... Read more |
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Do you remember last spring when I took a fresh look at a typical pasta salad recipe? Well, I've been... Read more |
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I bought a three-foot stretch of brussels sprouts the other morning at the farmers' market. For those of... Read more |
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I make a lot of fritattas. They fill your belly, allow you to put neglected ingredients in your... Read more |
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As most of you know by now, I'm not one for pretentious, fussy cakes. A buttermilk base, kiss of lemon and... Read more |
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This lovely pomegranate-studded salad recipe is from Samuel and Samantha Clark's recent cookbook release -... Read more |
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Balsamic roasted butternut squash, deeply toasted walnuts, and nutty farro come together in this salad... Read more |
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Whitney Moss and Heather Flett are two crafty, creative ladies - I'm lucky to call them both friends.... Read more |
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Placerville, California is apple country. This time of year, apple farms line nearby country roads and all... Read more |
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My friends are a diverse lot. Some are sixteen, others are seniors. They are technophiles and technophobes.... Read more |
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Hi everyone, I thought it might be helpful if I posted a round up a handful of a few of my favorite vegan... Read more |
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I'm boarding a flight back to San Francisco. Wayne and I had a great time in NYC and I promise more details... Read more |
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This is one of my favorite ways to cook green beans - five ingredients, one skillet. I know some of you are... Read more |
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This recipe is an odd bird of sorts, but it was so well received that I thought I'd share it with you.... Read more |
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It's unfortunate, but aside from the holiday season wild rice seems to be all but ignored. For an eight... Read more |
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Last weekend Wayne and I popped up to Portland for a little get-away. I thought some of you might be... Read more |
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I combined all things crunchy and colorful in this broccoli salad. My hope is that I might be able to... Read more |
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I've been bursting at the seams anticipating this latest cookbook list. Many of you are familiar with New... Read more |
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This is another one of my clean-out-the-fridge recipes. Actually, I should rephrase that. This is a... Read more |
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I suppose I had what most people would call a stay-cation last week in nearby Marin County. My assignment... Read more |
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The black bean brownies were an unexpected hit, so I thought I'd throw another quirky recipe in your... Read more |
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Mark Bittman wrote a giant, 996-page vegetarian cookbook....yes, that Mark Bittman. I know, I was a bit... Read more |
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Meet Malinda Reich. Malinda is a friend, neighbor, and talented textile designer. She's one of those people... Read more |
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Dad, this recipe is for you. You know how you always used to have something going in the kitchen when... Read more |
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For those of you who think you don't have time to make soup from scratch, this one's for you. It is a... Read more |
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This pumpkin pie recipe was inspired by Kathy FitzHenry. Her name might not ring a bell with many of you,... Read more |
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I opened my refrigerator the other night to find a lone head of broccoli staring back at me. I stared, it... Read more |
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I decided if I was going to feature a cornbread recipe on this site, it needed to be two things - delicious... Read more |
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I recently spent a weekend in the backwoods of Mendocino County. Let me emphasize that when I say... Read more |
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Eating healthy while traveling is an ongoing challenge for me. I'm not a light packer to begin with, and my... Read more |
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Sharpen your knives - this salad requires some chopping. You chop chives, cabbage, and red onions. You... Read more |
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I'm packing my bags and hopping a plane to New York City for what should be a jam-packed, exciting weekend.... Read more |
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I thought it might be helpful if I posted a round up of a few of my favorite vegetarian Thanksgiving... Read more |
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Note to self: a bowl of curry is perfect this time of year. A fact that annually slips my mind. If I'm not... Read more |
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Good vegetarian gumbo exists. My neighbor Kim makes it for us, but only once a year. Kim is one of those... Read more |
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My favorite line in Alice Medrich's buckwheat butter cookie recipe is when she writes, "these cookies can... Read more |
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Vibrant flecks of chopped spinach and lemon zest, toasted almond slices and oozy, bubbly cheese all... Read more |
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This stunning berry-studded breakfast quinoa is from Dr. John La Puma's recent release - Chef MD's Big Book... Read more |
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If you ask me, great coleslaw is created with good knife skills and a short list of easy-to-find... Read more |
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This spring ragout can take five minutes to pull together or fifty - depending on how much shelling you are... Read more |
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A quick single-skillet stir-fry thrown together with ingredients picked up at the Slow Food Nation... Read more |
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I picked up a box of cute, animal shaped cookie cutters at Williams-Sonoma the other day. The box contained... Read more |
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There's a fresh crop of fall cookbooks hitting stores, and in the coming weeks I'm going to highlight a few... Read more |
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I have an island in the middle of my kitchen, and unfortunately it isn't the kind with sand and surf. The... Read more |
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No recipe today, just a quick list of some of things I'm currently excited about (or inspired by) and... Read more |
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Perfect lettuce glows. I don't know a better way of describing it. Unfortunately, the glow doesn't last... Read more |
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Not to be a contrarian, but the standard deli-issued potato salad isn't really my thing. Potatoes as the... Read more |
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Serve me this soup daily for lunch and you'll hear no complaints. Tender, translucent pasta pillows, pale... Read more |
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It's not everyday that you find yourself on a sun-kissed terrace in Argentina looking out at a few stray... Read more |
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This fettuccine recipe was inspired one of the many trips I made to the Testaccio Market while in Rome over... Read more |
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Dried pasta, garlic powder, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese - the ingredients that made up the backbone of... Read more |
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About this time, last year, I was in Rome. My favorite time of year in one of my favorite cities. Most... Read more |
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I'm squeaking this meringue recipe in under the gun, hoping that it's not too late for at least a few of... Read more |
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Last week I watched the paint melt off the walls in my kitchen. It was that hot here in San Francisco. It... Read more |
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I'll start with a confession. I avoid parsley. It's not that I hate it, or won't eat it - nothing quite... Read more |
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I wasn't going to run this Spring Panzanella recipe. It sounded like some of you were suffering from pea... Read more |
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A number of you emailed me about the farro platter pictured in the baby shower post from last Sunday... Read more |
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As promised, here is the pine nut & rosemary shortbread recipe I used for my latest batch of holiday... Read more |
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A few of you have emailed me about Halloween recipes. There are a bunch getting dusty in the archives, so I... Read more |
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I might be getting ahead of myself (it's only May after all), but I suspect I've discovered what will... Read more |
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I suspect many of you will have leftover eggs this weekend - ones that escaped the egg hunt and the color... Read more |
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I was waiting for the perfect day to give this blackberry limeade recipe a try. Time and again, bundled in... Read more |
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People keep asking me for "that recipe...the yellow one with crunchy seeds." This particular medley made... Read more |
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If you can imagine coconut macaroons in pancake form, you'll understand where I'm headed. Moist, golden,... Read more |
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Everyone has a favorite cookie. Believe it or not, mine is the Anzac. If French macarons are the prim and... Read more |
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If I told you Fig Newtons were a favorite cookie of mine as a child, I'd be lying. In my mind they were... Read more |
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I'm going to try to get you excited about a tofu scramble recipe today, and I suspect it's going to be a... Read more |
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If you're on the lookout for a creamy, delicious, vanilla-spiked tapioca pudding recipe, this is it. I came... Read more |
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A few nights ago we made the first grilled pizzas of the summer. With fog enveloping San Francisco, Wayne... Read more |
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This farro salad accompanied me to a special birthday party recently. Those of you who have either of my... Read more |
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I want to do a quick highlight of a fantastic cookbook I picked up while visiting Wayne's family in... Read more |
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I suspect many of you are on the prowl for Christmas cookie recipes. I have to admit, I've been quite... Read more |
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I suspect that one of my favorite recipes from Super Natural Cooking is a tad bit neglected, overlooked. It... Read more |
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This soup is known by a few names around here - lil' noodle soup, aspirational noodle soup, and... Read more |
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I keep in touch with one of my best friends from high school. Her name is Nikki and she lives in rural... Read more |
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At this point in time, no other sandwich I make is more requested. Instead of a classic BLT sandwich, I... Read more |
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Over the past month yellow split peas have become a frequent go-to ingredient for me. Ingredients fall in... Read more |
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I picked up my mystery box the other night, and it was no joke. So heavy, I suspect it weighed in the... Read more |
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I accumulated seven different kinds of apples over the past ten days or so. Not really on purpose (election... Read more |
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This is my take on tortilla soup - a full-bodied, spicy vegetarian broth envelops a nest of baked tortilla... Read more |
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1. The heat coming off of the massive, buttery yellow oven at Innocenti Biscottificio Artigiano. It... Read more |
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This breakfast polenta just edged out the do-it-youself waffle bar as my favorite crowd-pleasing brunch... Read more |
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Today's chickpea hot pot recipe was inspired by a small burst of early spring cleaning. I have a certain... Read more |
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No recipe today, just a quick list of some of things I'm excited about (or inspired by) this holiday... Read more |
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Riffing on one of my favorite cookie doughs, the one I use in SNC for the mesquite flour chocolate chip... Read more |
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I thought I'd share my all-time favorite brussels sprouts recipe with you. It's a slightly extended version... Read more |
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For those of you who missed the original post a couple weeks back, I've set 101 Cookbooks up as a Kiva... Read more |
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A few of you were curious about what I made with the lovely sunset-shaded pumpkin I found nestled at the... Read more |
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About a year and a half ago I did this post about how to create your own cookbook. It focused on a few of... Read more |
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This strawberry panzanella recipe was inspired by a childhood of picky eating. Extremely picky eating. My... Read more |
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I've set up 101 Cookbooks as a Kiva Lending Team. There were nearly a million visits to 101 Cookbooks last... Read more |
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I opened my sister's freezer the other day and was greeted by stacks of individually portioned, vacuum... Read more |
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Many of you are familiar with San Francisco-based Eric Gower, I've highlighted his work in the past. You... Read more |
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Take one part artist, one part chef, one part stylist, another part mom, and you have Jennifer Carden.... Read more |
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If you're up for a project, this is it. When I visited Valparaiso, Chile a few weeks back, we had dinner... Read more |
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When the San Francisco skies are clear, bright, and blue I like to pop into Greens Restaurant where in... Read more |
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I bought some seductively aromatic, wild huckleberries from Far West Fungi. They were deep violet in color... Read more |
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I'm always on the lookout for cookbooks by Rose Elliot. They aren't always easy to find, particularly if... Read more |
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This is what happens when you cook a pot of cornmeal until it is thick and creamy. Add a bit off cheese,... Read more |
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I keep homemade crushed red pepper oil on hand to use as a simple condiment and flavor accent. I call it... Read more |
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We're going to wrap up 2007 with a buttery-sweet bang. The theme: scones. I'm sure many of you will agree,... Read more |
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What you see up above is a vibrant, flavorful, shaved carrot salad. I intended to serve it under thick... Read more |
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