These fancy little walnut date cups are the perfect savory-sweet treat for a special holiday brunch or cocktail party. It’s a prettier take on one of my favorite easy appetizers, a nut and blue cheese-stuffed date wrapped in bacon and broiled until crispy and caramelized.
For this dressed up version, the walnut and dates [...]

As featured in Bay Area Bites, April 15, 2009.
The markets have been flooded with bundles of bright green, fresh and crisp asparagus for weeks now. Jumbo, pencil-thin, white…I’ve seen every iteration of these luscious spears overflowing from stands across the city.
If you haven’t been tempted yet to pick up a bunch of [...]

Because it’s Friday…it’s been a long week…and it’s time to indulge.

If you’ve ever been to Ridgewood, NJ, you know what a picturesque, quaint little town it is.

Its main street is lined with boutique shops, an old movie theater, and a small town gem called The Country Pancake House, famous for its 90 flavors of pancakes. And these aren’t any ordinary pancakes. [...]