Plan? What plan?

Sometimes we deviate from the plan, or there is no plan. Today being market day, the larder is somewhat bare, so last evening was supposed to be take-out night (at least in my feeble mind - did you know that communication is the bedrock of a ...

Salade Niçoise (sort-of)

Dinner yesterday was our version of Salade Niçoise: butter lettuce, arugula, haricots verts, baby potatoes, tomato, olives, hard-boiled egg, and tuna, with homemade mustard vinaigrette. Arugula is not usually found in a "classic" Salade Niçoise, ...

Tuesday Dinner: Favorite Chicken; Salad Notes.

Dinner on Tuesday: Grilled lemon chicken with lemon-caper sauce, grilled onion, steamed broccoli, and our usual salad. This chicken preparation is one of my wife's absolute favorites. I make it often - at least once every two weeks or so. I ...

Cedar plank salmon

Dinner yesterday looks a lot like that from last week. This time the salmon is grilled on a cedar plank. The process is so easy: soak the plank in water for 2 hours or all day, place the plank on the preheated grill, when it starts to smoke place ...

Dinner last night

Dinner last night: Bison burgers, grilled corn on the cob, steamed broccolini, and our typical green salad with tomatoes, avocado, and mustard vinaigrette. I learned from Marcella Hazan's Italian cookbooks that in food preparation, like so many ...

Dinner a few nights ago

We eat so well in California. Grilled Copper River salmon with grilled lemon, grilled carrots, and steamed asparagus with mayo and chopped egg; mixed greens salad (arugula and two varieties of butter lettuce) with radishes, tomatoes, avocado, and ...