Giant peach dumplings
Today’s #OneGoodThing was enjoying these giant fresh peach dumplings in cognac sauce with Mama! I used a recipe from the first Smitten Kitchen cookbook, except I swapped out Bourbon for […]
California twist on Venetian small bites
Reading posts from a year ago reminded us how much we loved the small bites dishes in Venice. We decided to craft our own version with goodies from today’s farmers […]
Scrumptious lamb burgers
For tonight’s dinner, I grilled these amazing lamb burgers stuffed with feta cheese and kalamata olives. Mama’s new helper made them for us and all I had to do was […]
Tacos because… Tuesday
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was homestyle Taco Tuesday! As if we really needed an excuse to enjoy tacos! I stuffed our crunchy tacos with sautéed beef and onion, butter lettuce, […]
A pizza reward
After helping Mama with a calendaring project that required intricate cutting and gluing, our big reward was ordering pizza delivery for dinner! Our food was delayed a very long time, […]
Beautiful bruschetta
After enjoying delicious bruschetta at the July 4th party we attended, I had a lingering craving. I thumbed through our Marcella Hazan Italian cookbook to make sure I wasn’t forgetting […]
Deliciously crunchy, cold pickles
At Costco this past week, a stranger emphatically recommended these pickles to me. Her zest was convincing and I bought this container, finally trying it tonight. Wow! These are the […]
A perfectly North Bay pairing
We paired our favorite Cowgirl Creamery cheese with our new favorite Kozlowski jam and called it dinner. The exquisite creaminess of the Mt. Tam triple cream was fantastic with the […]
Nectar of the gods
Mama and I fell in love with pear juice while we were traveling in Italy and so we were thrilled to find it available back home in California. This Santa […]
Perfectly basted eggs for Mama
For Mama’s Sunday brunch today, I made her favorite basted eggs over sourdough toast. All three yolks turned out perfectly runny, and she loved them! I felt so pleased to […]
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