Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’

bruschetta

17Sep11

Though we haven’t had much of a summer in San Francisco this year, thankfully there has been a summer in the rest of Northern California, yielding wonderful dry farmed Early Girl tomatoes. Bruschetta is a classic appetizer that features fresh tomatoes, basil and garlic. To incorporate the garlic, I use a mortar and pestle and […]


This recipe is born out of multiple requests for recipes that use summer squash. I was also inspired by a podcast by Mark Bittman where he suggests that people should serve pasta with more sauce than noodles as a healthier alternative to the traditional serving portion. This sauce is simple, flavorful and healthy. Perfect for […]


I created this recipe after getting inspired to experiment with varieties of mushroom other than the standard Crimini or Button. We subscribe to a CSA (organic produce box), and one week this spring we got a bag of oyster mushrooms. Up until this point I had always been intimidated by other mushrooms. I don’t know […]