a shot of summer

a shot of summer

We’re having a gorgeous Indian summer here in Boise, and the kitchen counter continues to be littered with tomatoes picked fresh from the vine. Recently I helped out with the food for a baby shower and bruschetta is about as plentiful as tomatoes these days so I...
crabless cakes with hearts of palm & corn

crabless cakes with hearts of palm & corn

I know this is a food blog and all, and generally speaking everything posted here should (and does) taste good, but I have to say, these crab less cakes are one of the best things I’ve made in a long time. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been working...
persimmon bruschetta

persimmon bruschetta

My friend Heather is in the process of moving from Boise to Los Gatos and normally I’d do an intervention  – siting that she must be temporarily insane to give up the clean air, easy access to mountains and rivers and a bounty of friends for the high cost of...
goat cheese, pesto and dried tomato torta

goat cheese, pesto and dried tomato torta

Dip season (aka: the holidays) are coming up and this is one that I have made for years that is always a major crowd pleaser, plus with its red and green colors, it suits the season. If you need to put this together in a snap, it’s easy to buy all the components...
spiced pear & goat cheese tarte with mustard cream

spiced pear & goat cheese tarte with mustard cream

Each month I’ve been trying to take one of the cookbooks that I’ve never made anything out of down off the shelf and finally do it some justice, but I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax this summer and there’s really no excuse. There’s...
a dip for a dip

a dip for a dip

Making this dip, I admit, is for purely selfish reasons. Our friends, Mark & Romy, have a pool and with the sweltering hot days we’ve been having, I like to up the chances of getting an invitation any way I can and so I like to make sure I have something...