We escaped to the desert last week--Organ Pipe, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, and Mojave National Preserve--all National Park Service areas. Lo...

My friend Dave gave us some venison that his cousin shot and took to a processor. Item #1 was this entertainingly packaged sausage. It looks...

The strange cooking slump continues. This has never happened to me before for more than a few days: it's like I've lost both confide...

Here's another calzone, this one much more traditional. The filling was homemade Italian sausage, sauteed onions and garlic, ricotta, mo...

"Sunday night supper" connotes comfortable food that doesn't require too much work--or possibly a lighter meal because it foll...

I bought some nice grass-fed ground lamb on sale the other day. I looked at various spiced lamb meatball recipes and Moroccan lamby stews an...

I had a couple of episodes of stomach pain in the last week, which prompted me to look up my symptoms on the internet. All articles advised ...

I was away all day at rehearsals Saturday, so Dad--who understands that procuring the perfect take-out meal is an art--went to the new Bosn...

Sorry about the hiatus here. Other things got in the way of cooking and picture-taking. Here's a lemon meringue pie I made before the br...

I made a calzone using my regular pizza dough recipe . It's a fairly wet dough, which made it a little tough to work with. Lots of cornm...

Norm and Jane from Washington came for dinner and to spend the night. Norm is a vintner and brought two delicious bottles of his wine, an un...

Trying to use up food from the fridge, I made pretentious fancy nachos with: homemade corn chips bourbon-tomatillo black beans goat Brie wh...

We cooked our standard comfort food yesterday: green chile enchiladas and beans. Tonight we had pulled pork, sweet potatoes, and ratatouille...

Mom, we're geniuses. I just made that cocktail we invented in conversation last week, and it's great: a Campari and soda, but with a...

Here's another meal we made together last week: red snapper with charmoula , green beans, and gluten-free flatbread. I liked this flat...