This dish is a bit of home on my plate. If you have a garden bursting with zucchini, this is your new best friend and it can be served a variety of ways throughout the week. The recipe isn’t fussy and the ingredient amounts are completely flexible. I’ve never followed a recipe, just watched my…
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Sweet & Spicy Mostarda
Winter in California brings citrus – lemons, oranges, tangerines and limes. This year, I am fortunate to have friends with bountiful backyards and citrus farms that have gifted me with some gorgeous lemons. So, today I shall make mostarda – which is essentially candied fruit with essence of mustard (which a friend brought me from…
Polenta Parmigiano
Last evening I made some tomato soup which, not surprisingly, always ends up more like my spaghetti sauce. So today I was faced with leftover sauce. What should I do? I wasn’t in the mood for traditional pasta and when I hunted through the cupboard I found the makings for rosemary parmesan polenta – a…
Dutch Baby Morning
So – I’m on holiday. On vacation. Not working and not on any schedule. After sleeping 14 hours last evening, I got up and saw a post on Facebook about popovers. Lovely, gorgeous popovers. I wanted them but, alas, no popover tins. So the next best thing was a dutch baby – or puffed pancake. …
Italy....and Me 