Chicken Salad What are your favorite picnic foods? I seem to end up favoring chicken salad as one of the items on our picnic list. Our latest picnic also included a fabulous corn and tomato salad with basil [...]
Szechwan Shrimp with Sugar Snap Peas Grilling isn't the only summer cooking option. You can also get out of the kitchen quickly with a quick, delicious stir fry. This recipe was created by Gary this week and [...]
Plum Streusel Cake My mother, Irma, was a great cook. She never used recipes and it was always a challenge to document what was going on in her kitchen. I had pencil, paper and measuring cups handy and [...]
Chicken Under a Brick from the Tuscan Farmhouse Dinner chapter. This is one of our favorite recipes from our book Cook the Part: Delicious, Interactive and fun Team Cooking and is the main dish in the Tuscan Farmhouse [...]
Wiener Schnitzel Wiener Schnitzel or Viennese Cutlet After traveling through Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland for almost 3 weeks, I have come to the realization that not all schnitzel is created equal. The dish is still quite popular in [...]
TORTILLA ESPAÑOLA Gary has placed his order for Father's Day brunch tomorrow. One of my favorites too, tortilla ESPAÑOLA is offered as an appetizer in the Spanish Wine Dinner chapter of Cook the Part, but it's also [...]
If you find yourself in Oberammergau because you have come to see the once-per-decade passion play or because you have come to see the mural illustrations on the homes and buildings, don't be surprised that there isn't much else to [...]
3 Michelin stars that is. Although you don't need a password for entrance to this 2-star Michelin-rated restaurant in the heart of Munich, you do have to ring the bell and be escorted upstairs when the gourmet shop downstairs is [...]
Along with about 30 friends from AIWF (American Institute of Wine and Food), we experienced our inaugural dinner at Mia Francesca at Del Mar Highlands this week. We were delighted to meet Chef Woody who hails from Mexico City via [...]
Serving A Purpose: San Diego Business Journal Serving a Purpose HUMAN RESOURCES: Cooking Uses Ingredients of Team Building By Julie Gallant Monday, May 14, 2012 Karin Eastham, after a long and highly successful corporate career, has developed a unique teambuilding [...]
