Harvest Festival Cooking Class – August 4, 2011
I hope you are enjoying all the fresh food at the Farmers Markets this time of year. Everything is so plentiful. The sweetness of the peaches, apricots, plums and strawberries are unmatched at an...
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Swiss Chard & Ricotta Ravioli star at Pasta Class
The Pasta Class Prep 45 mins Cook 5 mins Eat 50 mins I felt like a proud mother watching everyone cranking and rolling out beautiful ribbons of pasta dough at our Pasta Cooking Class on Jun...
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Summer Entertaining Cooking Class – July 7, 2011
Almond Olive Oil Cake I just realized that our next Cooking Class is on 7-7-11. Sounds like a lucky day to me! Lucky in that we will be making and tasting some amazing dishes that I am ...
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Santa Monica Place – The Place for Food
The Market at Santa Monica Place If you haven't been to the new Santa Monica Place yet...better go now! The Place is a virtual haven for foodies. The new Market, which opened May 21 boasts some n...
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Patrice Rushen and Friends…and Food – Lots of It
Patrice Rushen and Friends May 14 has been in my head for awhile - more than a date, it was a deadline. I needed to come up with a plan to serve 100 people...food that they would be wowed by and c...
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Pasta-Pasta-Pasta Cooking Class – June 9, 2011
Pesto and Tomato Angel Hair Pasta Pasta is one of the most versatile "food groups" as far as I'm concerned. You can add so many things to pasta and come up with a casual or an elegant ...
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Take the Fiji Water Taste Challenge
Fiji Water Is there a difference between bottled water and Los Angeles city water? Fiji Water asked me to develop some simple recipes that would answer this question at Camp Blogaway, a weekend c...
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Slicing and Dicing is Delicious!
I took my Knife Skills class some 16 years ago in UCLA Extension’s Professional Cooking program. It was the best class I have ever taken. Why you ask? Slicing and Dicing! Because learning to use a ...
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