edible ventures

It's time for a special Friday night dinner.  This recipe will pretty much knock your socks off.  It seems complicated, but it really is...

The first time I saw this recipe, I couldn't wait to try it.  Then I proceeded to wait a couple of years to make it.  The fact is, this ...

Cacio e pepe is a very simple, traditional Italian pasta dish.  The main ingredients (apart from the pasta) are cheese and black pepper.  B...

I'll admit I was a little skeptical about how this recipe would turn out.  Even right up to the point of plating it, I was not so sure....

This is a similar concept to a recipe I posted fairly recently , but trust me.  It's quite different.  My love affair with polenta cont...

Obviously it is not uncommon for me to try cooking something I've never cooked before.  But occasionally I am so crazy that I try cooki...

Thanksgiving is around the corner, and some things are automatically on the menu - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pie, etc.   For me...

Summer may be over, but the tomato season isn't quite. I had some gorgeous golden-colored tomatoes in my CSA bag this week, and this r...

Fall officially began a few days ago, but it took California a little while to get the memo. We had insanely hot weather the past few days,...

This is a great meal to make for dinner when you're atoning for a fairly indulgent lunch. Or, a fairly indulgent week, as the case may ...

I have to admit, this is not a very pretty meal. I was somewhat embarrassed to serve it. After all, it bears a striking resemblance to H...

It's about that time of year when people who have gardens (lucky so-and-so's, as I call them) are starting to complain about too muc...

In need of comfort food at its finest and easiest? Here you have it. Big baked potatoes loaded with broccoli, cheese, and a bit of bacon (...

I don't eat eggplant very often. I have sort of a texture issue with it. But when I cook it myself, I tend to err on the side of under...

My entire culinary world expanded by about a trillion the day I first made home-made gravy. It was so easy, so delicious and rich, that sud...

It's time to welcome another vegetable to your repertoire. Broccoli rabe appears in a lot of Italian dishes, but otherwise it's fai...

Now it's time for another variation on pasta dinner. The opportunities are endless, folks. Here is a pasta that is flavored to begin w...

This meal is what I like to think of as regular-people food. It's tasty and interesting enough, and it's even kind of pretty. But ...

This is another one of those recipes that you don't really need a recipe for. It's more a great suggestion of something to make for...

I bought a huge bunch of spinach at the beginning of the week.  I had big plans for it.  Big. Plans.  But today I suddenly had a craving for...