A few weeks ago, while touring Filoli and their Holiday Fair, I came across Shelley and her wonderful Chocolate Dipped Salted Caramels. Her Coconess is a brand new business, just started in 2009, right here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as Shelley explains on her Facebook page, she makes candy confections and delicious [...]
The Menlo Park Farmer’s Market on Sundays is full of lovely local food, and today I met Heba from Happiness Within, my second feature of a 12 Days of Local Christmas series, highlighting local food purveyors, perfect for a locavore-minded holiday season. Heba makes 4 different types of Baklava, which she sells packaged in boxes [...]
For the next 12 days, I am going to highlight some of my favorite local food purveyors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some are new to me, some I have been visiting for years. And all have lovely gifts for the season and the locavore on your list. At this point, I cannot remember [...]
Last year, I promised to share more persimmon recipes, following my post about Persimmon Cookies. I have also written about Steamed Persimmon Pudding and making Hoshigaki at home. With persimmons in season again, it was time to pull out the recipes. I generally use Hachiya for breads and cookies, and enjoy Fuyu in salads. The [...]
December is really the time to break out the cookies – between cookie exchanges, neighborhood gifts, and tables loaded down with favorites lining every hallway in offices around the country, now is the time to make an effort to bring a tasty cookie. Fortunately, I have three books that I turn too when I am [...]
After bringing home the Progressive Collapsible Salad Spinner, I wanted to know more about what was new from Progressive. Many of the kitchen tools and gadgets I have seen lately from this line seem to focus on storage and organization, making it easier to keep your kitchen in order. But they also have a couple [...]
Wow, I had a whole week off from blogging! I did not really plan it intentionally, but after cooking our own Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, November 29th, we had enough leftovers to get through most of last week. Add in a couple nights out (BlogHer Holiday party at Tres Agaves and dinner with friends) and [...]
Cookbook Book Club: Cooking with Paula Wolfert
Family Dinner Plan: Mother’s Day
Family Dinner Plan: Pretty purple spring onions
