Dip, Baby, Dip

Dip, Baby, Dip

Three dips to satisfy all your BBQ/block party/picnic needs: Radish Cream Cheese Dill Dip, Portuguese Green Olive Anchovy Dip, Guacamole

Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Hidden Gems

Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Hidden Gems

Great finds from the Fancy Food Show: smoked olive oil, soda made from varietal wine grapes, black garlic, sesame seed brittle, Indonesian volcano rice, and ginger chews.

Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Loco for Cocoa

Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Loco for Cocoa

Best Chocolates of the Fancy Food Show 2010

An African Dinner in Berkeley

An African Dinner in Berkeley

A evening far far away...in Berkeley. An exploration of African flavors: Senegalese-style Mafà©, a tomato-based groundnut stew, and Bread Pudding with Malagasy Vanilla Rum Sauce.

Sweetriot Giveaway

Sweetriot Giveaway

Choco-jolt: Win 100% dark cacao nibs dunked in 50%, 65%, and 70% dark chocolate.

Chocolate Month Extended

Chocolate Month Extended

Response was so great from February’s Chocolate Month of Giveaways…that I’ve decided to spill over into March as well :) I mean, really, why stop at just one month – and the shortest month of the year at that.

Liquid Irish Luck

Liquid Irish Luck

Creamy, frothy, boozy, amazingness.

Oat Risotto with Pecorino and Peas

Oat Risotto with Pecorino and Peas

A new take on risotto.

Cooking Class at Ramekins with Joyce Goldstein

Cooking Class at Ramekins with Joyce Goldstein

Cooking with Joyce Goldstein at the Ramekins Cooking School and Inn in Sonoma: Warm Scallop and Mushroom Salad, Crab and Fennel Risotto with Meyer Lemon Gremolata, Pork with Chestnuts served with Pumpkin Polenta, Blood Orange Marmalade Tart