“I have learned to treat each basket of really good berries I encounter as a box of fleeting, precious jewels, a treat to be enjoyed with unalloyed pleasure; no cream, sugar, or splash of Beaujolais, just the warm berry in all its scarlet glory. That perfect fruit is a rare find, but once you chance Continue reading → «Strawberry Shortcake»
Zucchini Bread with & without Chocolate Chips The summer solstice arrived last week, the Bay waters in the cove below my deck are once again dotted with the tiny sailboats bobbing with new students in the summer sailing school, warm afternoons continue to give way to cool evenings cloaked in fog, Sunday concerts in the Continue reading → «Zucchini Bread»
” Mmmm! Gentlemen, I put it to you: the worst tapioca pudding is better than the best pudding of any other flavor.” ~ the character, Rajesh Koothrappali of the TV series “The Big Bang Theory” in The Friendship Algorithm” episode, 2009 {via IMDb} I recently prepared a Chicken Bouillon soup for dinner, slightly adapting Continue reading → «Classic Tapioca Pudding»
Chocolate Cake {Gluten Free} | Orange, Cinnamon & Vanilla Cream Cake is synonymous with joy, laughter, and togetherness. While warm cookies may accompany an afternoon snack or ice cream may be a treat for a weekend celebration, cake is for the moments we want to remember, the milestones we want to imprint on our minds Continue reading → «Chocolate Cake with an Orange~Cinnamon Cream»
MONDAY & TUESDAY
SUNDAY Beef Tenderloin | Tomato Gravy | Basil Caesar Salad | Strawberry,Basil, Lemonade Granitas A whole fillet of beef tenderloin is a wonderful dinner when entertaining guests, as we did this evening. It is special, not something people often cook for themselves at home for dinner, and the finished presentation is always impressive. But Continue reading → «Beef Tenderloin with Tomato Gravy & A Basil Caesar Salad»
FRIDAY Tagliata…Grilled Beef with Arugula, Lemon & Parmesan | Strawberry Tart
WEDNESDAY Chopped Salad | Tomato-Buttermilk Dressing A couple of weeks ago I purchased two gourmet food items from one of my favorite on-line, pop-up shops, QUITOKEETO… Being a fan of small-batch, hand-crafted foods, both the ketchup and the honeydew immediately caught my eye. The ketchup {produced by The June Taylor Company in Berkeley, CA} Continue reading → «Chopped Salad with Tomato-Buttermilk Dressing»
MONDAY Saffron Chicken & Herb Salad | Chocolate Bundt Cake {Gluten-Free} Back in April I made this amazing chicken salad. The ingredients are simple…simmered oranges, saffron and honey puréed into a dressing, fresh basil and mint, salad greens…but, when combined, produce an incredibly flavorful and satisfying salad. For this evening’s dinner, I used left-over Grilled Continue reading → «Chicken Salad & A {Very Special} Chocolate Cake»
Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce | Grilled Corn-On-The-Cob with Chile-Lime Butter | Red Fruit Salad Memorial Day 2013 was gray, cool and damp here in the Bay area. On and off rain showers kept us inside most of the day…the weather could not have been more perfect on this Holiday Monday. After Continue reading → «Flank Steak with Chimichurri & Grilled Corn»
