Many years ago in a bookstore in Portland, Oregon, we were fortunate to attend a book signing by...
Lest you think we eat only gourmet meals each and every night I thought I'd prove otherwise....
One of my favorite (and easy!) cookie recipes is Russian tea cookies, also known as Russian tea...
These muffins are always a huge hit in our home. They're densely packed with good-for-you...
I don't know what's better in this dish: the fresh tuna or the mango salsa? The fresh-from-...
One of the best ways to feature the season's ripest and most flavorful tomatoes is in a...
In Italy, when the first tomatoes of the season are ripe for plucking, they celebrate summer by...
Not long ago I posted a recipe for a chunky California-style gazpacho. It was such a hit that I...
Polenta is one of my favorite comfort foods. Nothing beats a heaping bowl of this peasant food made...
As a Pacific Northwesterner, pickled watermelon rinds were as foreign to me as fried okra, thus we...
If you like hot and spicy foods then you’d love harissa, a North African chili paste most...
Lemon curd is a quintessentially English treat. It reminds me of having tea at Harrod's in...
Legend has it that during World War II, American soldiers in Rome would bring their Italian friends...
The sun has finally decided to show itself here in Seattle, which means the barbecue has been...
Most people would haul themselves down to the nearest pho restaurant and drop the $4 bucks for a...
It wasn't until I lived in Seattle, with easy access to Taylor Shellfish Farms, that I truly...
I was born on a small island where people take food very seriously. Manhattan was then, and still...
I'm always hesitant to order crab cakes. Mainly because most places fall short in including a...
In 1994, my mom's best friend, and my "spiritual" mother, Ann Wall Frank wrote a...
