Category: weeknight dinners

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/5091892813/" title="Pumpkin Poblano 3 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5091892813_94051bfae9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Pumpkin Poblano 3" /></a> It's October -- the nights are getting cold, the leaves are turning color (on the three trees in …

There are times when all I want to cook and eat is <a href="http://www.thedomesticfront.com/2009/06/30/all-my-eggs-in-one-basket-corsican-omelet/ ">super simple comfort food.</a> Then there are other times when I'm willing to put in a little (or a lot!) of …

In the summertime, I'm usually all about the simple food. The amazing fruits and vegetables practically prepare themselves for dinner, and a typical weeknight menu will look something like this: BLT, Caprese …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/4821427083/" title="Spring's Chicken-2 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4821427083_2a6efffd2b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Spring's Chicken-2" /></a> One of the things I love most about writing a food blog is that people come out of the woodwork …

I've never been tempted to be a vegetarian. I never went through that adolescent phase where I got squeamish about meat. I don't find chickens or cows particularly cute; I will cheerfully handle …

I grew up in the kitchen. From a tender age, I watched my mother cook dinner every night, and began "helping", by stirring a sauce here, adding a pinch of herbs there.  …

Back in the day when I lived in New York, I was more than a little homesick. I pined and yearned for my home state of California, and pounced on everything I could find …