- Bacon and Leek Soup
We have had so much rain this season. It’s been relentlessly cold and wet, and I just can’t break my soup craving. I’ve also experimenting with home baked breads, and there’s nothing quite like a hot soup and fresh bread. I did this soup with bacon, but it would also be great with crumbled sausage. If you want to swap for no meat, or something like beef or chicken, you’ll probably need to up the … - Pizza Dough
Pizza is a continuum of sane to crazy. On the sane side, you find a good pizza joint and order. As you head down the crazy path you start making more and more of the component parts yourself. I haven’t yet started curing meats or making cheese in my kitchen, but that’s probably next. I usually make my own sauce, and I’ll add that in the future, but dough is the most important part of … - Salsa Verde
This is a sauce that goes great on almost anything by adding bright herby flavor and amazing color. Top meat and fish, scramble into eggs, dress a salad, dip bread, whatever. I prefer this fresh, but it should keep for a day or two in the fridge if you make more than you need. Ingredients Cilantro (about a quarter cup) Parsley (about a half cup) 1 medium shallot Juice of half a lemon Olive oil … - Pork and Cabbage Soup
with spicy pickled carrots We have not had a cold winter in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s been a wet one for sure, but most days we’re pulling out hoodies not coats… - Radish and Radish
Braised Radish with Radish Green Salsa Verde I have this weird memory from being a kid. We did a little bit of gardening, which I would occasionally help with, and one time we grew radishes that I felt a particular ownership for… - Chili
In Oakland we’re really starting to feel the fall. It’s been cold, windy and rainy, and in response I’ve been transitioning from bright summer flavors to deeper, richer ones. I really like this chili, it has a lot of contrasting elements – sweet tomatoes and brown sugar against spicy jalapeños, Crunchy beef with creamy beans. But it all comes together in and makes a great bowl. I do this one in a pressure cooker simply … - Grilled Chicken Pasta
We recently moved into our first house, and with that came a bunch of changes to our kitchen and cooking arrangement. For one I have my first gas stove, which has been amazing, but another big change is quick access to a grill. In our last home we had a great grill area, but it was down 4 floors and across a court yard. This made mixing grilled and stove cooked ingredients into a single … - Fennel and Sausage Soup
We do a weekly produce delivery, and while you can pick and choose what goes into the box, I prefer to go in blind and get creative with what we receive. Often there are ingredients I’ve never cooked with, or never eaten before and it can be a fun challenge. It can be a total disaster, but what’s the fun of cooking if you don’t screw things up once in a while. I had never … - White Beans with Kale & Bacon
I don’t love kale. I do love beans and bacon. Mixing the three not only makes the kale good, it rounds out the dish by adding color and texture, as well as brining it up from a side to a main course if you want. I’ll serve this with a side of roasted vegetables, but it does great as a stand alone meal, for lunch the next day, or spooned over toast with eggs. This … - Tomato and Roasted Summer Squash Salad
with lime vinaigrette In the Bay Area, October is a wonderful time where you alternate between hot summer days and chilly Autumn ones, back to back. This makes it a great time to do a hearty hot stew one night and a bright cool salad the next…
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