It was time for one of our recently less frequent non-pescetarian meals, and I decided to pull out a couple of dishes from my Peruvian repertoire that I’d been playing with on and off. Not for every course, in fact, three of the five were repeats of recent hits. I’m still debating, internally, this whole… Read More Liver and Giblets for All

A new class added to our vegan repertoire, Coastal Spain. One dish each from Valencia, Murcia and Andalucia. So, what did you miss? A delicious and tummy-warming olla gitana, or gypsy soup, packed with chickpeas, green beans, squash, and pears, and flavored with a sofreito of different onions, garlic, almonds, saffron, paprika and cinnamon. A… Read More Vegging out on the coast of Spain

Let’s wake up this lovely Tuesday morning with a look back at Soul Train… …some of you will remember the show, others will be thinking, “Dancing with the Stars” is so much… oh never mind. This last weekend’s feature dish, the main course, a baked sole. Those of you who’ve been around with me awhile… Read More Sole Train

Really, just wait for it. Or scroll down and feast your eyes. Because good as the rest of the dinner turned out, the eye-rolling and moaning started with the tart. Or, I could save you the work, here, I’m going to post this dinner in reverse…. An apple, pear, cashew and brazil nut tart –… Read More Wait for the Tart…

The theme turned citric… it wasn’t planned that way, I think I was just feeling the need for some Vitamin C and Sunshine – and with all the rain we were under, citrus fruits were the best I could do. So, four out of five courses, lemons or limes or both. The shellfish ceviche was… Read More Fun with Ceviche

In some way I suppose, making up for the long dry spell we had, this last week Mother Nature decided to present us with a bit of water pouring from the sky. Out of, I think, nine days it rained seven of them – for much of it coming down in buckets. I don’t know… Read More Rainy Days and M… err… Rainy Days

Still full from those chocolate spice rolls of our casual night (not really – in my defense against devouring the remaining ones I gave them all to our portero to share with his cadre here in the hood), I set to work on preparing the weekend’s menu. More fish, more fish! Don’t worry, this coming… Read More A Cheek-y Little Dinner

So this week began my little experiment with an occasional casual night. The idea grew out of some of the evening classes with students where we would cook and then sit around eating what we made and chatting. Since many a night I experiment with ideas for upcoming dishes, and often they’re only tasted by… Read More First Night Casual