Category: Vegetables and Sides

Spring has sprung. Sure, I live in LA, where a sunny day could just as easily mean December as it could April. People are always exhibiting various degrees of suntan (usually related to …

I have vivid childhood memories of dyeing Easter Eggs. We always made my family's traditional <a href="http://www.thedomesticfront.com/2009/04/06/craftsman-eggs/">Craftsman flower eggs</a>, but I also spent many a spring break waiting impatiently for the eggs to …

There seems to be this idea out there that kids will not eat vegetables. There are suggestions to disguise the vegetables as trees, or puree them and hide them in the brownies. I …

As I may have mentioned before, I generally receive a several cookbooks for major gift-giving occasions. This isn’t surprising; after all, I have a known cookbook problem, and I have several cookbooks on my Amazon …

<br /><br /> When I was a little girl, my favorite restaurant was a steakhouse in my hometown called the Sawmill. The interior was one of those 1980's restaurants with no windows, an open kitchen, …

Something funny has been happening this winter -- kale has become a staple in my refrigerator. A week rarely passes when I don't buy a bunch, either from the farmer's market or during a …

... So I'm going to present you today with a recipe that isn't at all topical, but is good, nonetheless. It came from a desire for old fahioned, comforting, mashed potatoes (because WHO doesn't like …