Market Day…
Yesterday was market day in Laguna Beach. Artichokes are in season, so they were plentiful and relatively cheap. Lemons are mostly done for now. Strawberries have picked up a bit, but not so much that the price has come down, yet. The weather has ...
Reducing Added Sugar in the Diet
There was an interesting piece in the Smarter Living section of the NY Times this morning about how to reduce the amount of added sugar one consumes. It's a short piece with a link to a longer, more detailed guide by David Leonhardt. There seems to ...
Chocolate Oatmeal?
Melissa Clark, in her "A Good Appetite" column in this morning's NY Times Food section, writes about making chocolate oatmeal for breakfast. Since I eat oatmeal for breakfast a few times a week, and since even for someone like me who actually likes ...
Grilled Lemon-Caper Chicken
This is one of my wife's favorite dishes. It's sort-of a cross between lemon-pepper chicken and chicken piccata. Tasty and easy to put together. When we are in the mood for a little lighter version, we skip the sauce. The chicken stands alone pretty ...
Jerry’s Dijon Vinaigrette
This is our everyday salad dressing. Our typical dinner salad consists of mixed greens (not from a bag or plastic box!), tomatoes, some vegetables (cucumber, radish, snow peas, carrots - whatever is fresh), and an avocado when they are in season.
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Marcella Hazan’s Chicken Cacciatore
My mom made Chicken Cacciatore when I was a kid, and I remember liking it a lot. To be fair, there were very few foods that I didn’t like, a trait I took with me into adulthood. Sadly, I don’t have her recipe. So, when I got the urge to make ...
