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Turkey Tom Kha Gai, a Twist on Thai Coconut Chicken Soup

Last week I pulled out the turkey carcass left over from our Thanksgiving feast and stuck it in a large stock pot, along with some yellow onion, carrots, kombu, celery, peppercorns, salt, ground black pepper, and water and let everything simmer for a good part of the day until the entire house smelled of Thanksgiving dinner […]

This post is brought to you by Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs. I must be missing Memphis, because lately I’ve been craving all of the Southern foods I fell in love with when we lived there—collared greens, pulled pork, banana pudding . . . you name it, and I’ve been craving it. Thankfully I’ll be making […]

What does pasta salad have to do with Halloween you might ask? Well, not much usually, but this year it was the dish I took to Mr. Fuji’s family Halloween party. I tried to think of a clever name, since the pasta does look a bit like brains, but by the time the salad was […]

Did you know that it’s National Food Safety Month? Well, it is! I figured I’d talk a bit about food safety as it pertains to eggs, since I’m sharing one of my favorite egg snacks today. Actually I’m revisiting one of my favorite eggs snacks—shoyu tamago, or Japanese soy sauce eggs—hard boiled eggs that have […]

Hatch chile season (August through September) makes me ridiculously happy, and the Hatch chile recipe that I’m sharing with you today just makes me plain giddy. (If you’re looking for Hatch chiles, Frieda’s sells them at Ralph’s grocery stores.) I am a total chile head, and Hatch chiles are one of my all-time favorites because […]

August is one of my favorite times of year simply for the fact that figs are in season. Unfortunately it seems that although these little jewels have been grown in California for a good long time, people still don’t seem to know what to do with them. I wait, with anticipation, for them to show […]

One of the reasons I love summer is that it’s stone fruit season! Today I’m sharing one of my favorite salads, a stone fruit salad with a simple creamy honey and Greek yogurt dressing, over on the Chobani Champions blog. It’s simple and fabulous. Go check it out!

Here we are again, getting our kiddos ready to go back to school (or in our case, already back in school)! I always loved this time of year growing up. I loved starting the school year with a new outfit, new pencils, a new binder, etc. Now as a parent, I think it’s a great […]

Half way through completing my undergrad degree in French and French literature, I spent a semester studying in Paris. I went to class in a fantastically old building in Le Marais, a historic district of Paris. Between the closest metro station to school and the school building there was an amazing tiny little takeout restaurant that […]

Pastel de Choclo, directly translated means “corn pie,” but is more of a layered corn and beef casserole than a pie in the traditional American sense. Pastel de Choclo was the final piece of the Chilean meal that I cooked with Ms. M. Chilean cuisine is a product of the commingling of the native Indian […]

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