Latest Recipes

Porcini Mushroom Red Wine Reduction

Condiments

Impress your family and friends with this Porcini Mushroom Red Wine Reduction that combines savory and rich porcini mushrooms with red wine to add umami flavors to your favorite dishes! This red wine reduction is a deceivingly elegant sauce that can be made with little effort! This sauce turns out gorgeously […]

Southwestern Wild Rice, Avocado, and Corn Salad

Salads

I can safely say that it’s finally warmed up over here!  I’ve been complaining about the season and harboring this not-so-secret excitement for warm weather, but the reality is: I love spring when it is in fact spring-like.  Who doesn’t?  Between my last post and now, though, we’ve gone from […]

Peach Oatmeal Bars

Breakfast and Brunch Dishes, Desserts and Sweets

Last summer, I went peach picking in New Jersey and brought home a few pounds of the most gorgeous, sun-ripened peaches I could find.  They were sweet, juicy, with a zip of acidity, and just out-of-this-world amazing (I must have “taste-tested” a dozen of them at the farm)!  When peaches […]

Flash-Fried Shishito Peppers

Appetizers and Snacks

Shishito peppers are probably my favorite tapa dish to date.  I was first introduced to them by my friend Rada, who suggested that we order them at Boqueria.  I loved all of the dishes we tried (highly recommend the patata bravas and Iberico ham, by the way) but the peppers […]