Category: Party Food

I am often asked where I learned to cook. I am someone who cooks regularly, and enthusiastically and sometimes even ambitiously, so I suppose this is a simple and obvious question. But the …

People who don't live in Los Angeles say that we don't have seasons. The sun is always shining, the grass is always green, it's always swimming pool weather. That's not entirely true. We …

Some recipes sneak up on you. You get a cookbook or a magazine, you read through it in a leisurely fashion, maybe try a recipe or two, and set it aside. A …

Pop Quiz: What do you make when it's 95 degrees outside, the very thought of turning on the oven makes you melt into a syrupy mess and yet you're craving a delicious, starchy, baked-good …

<img SRC="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/3865780122_d74e2f5948.jpg"/> <br /> <img SRC="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3637985948_e89754118f.jpg"/> <br /> It has been hot as blazes in Los Angeles, and the thing about Los Angeles is it does hot extremely well. 3 digit temperatures, brush fires -- a heat wave …

Is there anything more wholesome than pie? The very word brings a smile to one's face, and it's associated with all sorts of pleasant things -- someone who is sweet as pie (or a …

The Nuni has been very taken with picnics lately. It started last weekend when we were at the Huntington Library. After a hard hour of playing in the bubble fountains and the rainbow …