What’s Cooking Today

Here's what some other folks are featuring today:       NYT Cooking - Recipe of the Day         Epicurious - 47 Mother's Day Dinner Recipes for the Best Mom Ever   ...

Knives

A cook’s knives are his or her most basic and, I think, most important, kitchen tools. And yet, when I help out in the kitchens of friends and family, I am frequently amazed by what I see when I check out their knife collections and the condition ...

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 ...

Farmers Market Bounty

Today's bounty from the Laguna Beach Farmers Market. I go pretty much every Saturday morning and buy almost all of our produce for the week. The market is an Orange County certified farmers market, which means that the vendors can only sell what ...