Meals on Wheels Benefit: 23rd Annual Star Chefs and Vintners Gala

Meals on Wheels Benefit: 23rd Annual Star Chefs and Vintners Gala

May 16, 2010: Wine and Dine for a good cause.

Salmon with Creamy Mustard Sauce

Salmon with Creamy Mustard Sauce

Taking a page out of the Barefoot Contessa's book, to create an easy, healthy, delicious supper of Salmon with Creamy Mustard Yogurt Sauce.

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

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.

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

Punch Drunk Happy

Punch Drunk Happy

Bringing back the punch. You're in for a treat if you haven't tried it since a middle school dance...or out of a trash can at a frat house. Just sayin.

Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Jiao Zi)

Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Jiao Zi)

Chinese New Year celebrations come to a close soon, and with that, so does my dumpling stash. Resembling little purses stuffed with riches, it is tradition to eat plenty of dumplings during this time because they symbolize prosperity.

Chinese White Cut Chicken with Ginger-Scallion Oil

Chinese White Cut Chicken with Ginger-Scallion Oil

Treat your chicken to a ginger/salt Jacuzzi bath and a sesame oil massage, and you will have one juicy, tender, tasty bird.