Ratatouille Tostadas

ratatouille-tostadas-recipe Provencal ratatouille plays will with Mexican cuisine in our super-easy recipe for tostadas. Add a tossed salad, and dinner is ready in about 15 minutes.

Grilled Polenta with Blistered Snow Peas & Bok Choy

grilled-polenta-snow-peas-bok-choy-rancho-la-puerta
This is the recipe I wrote for the Sunday meal at Rancho La Puerta during my week as visiting chef. Originally, I’d planned on serving the polenta with slender spears of broccolini, but we had a giant box of snow peas and beautiful bok choy fresh from the garden, so Chef Eddy and I changed…

The Blender Girl’s Cauliflower Soup

the-blender-girl-cookbook-cauliflower-soup-horizontal
This vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free cauliflower soup from Tess Masters’ cookbook "The Blender Girl" gets its luscious creamy texture from soaked nuts.

Broccoli and Cheddar Quiche with Quinoa Crust

Broccoli Quiche with a Quinoa Crust
Quiches always leave me feeling greasy and bloated. This one, my friends, is different. The crust is crunchy-chewy (healthy and gluten-free) quinoa, and the midsection is filled with garlicky chunks of broccoli and the sharp tang of Cheddar. And, as my 7-year-old daughter proved, this is a quiche kids love, too.

Naked Root Vegetable Gratin

naked-root-vegetable-gratin-pommes-anna-rosti
A crispy, succulent take on a classic pommes Anna--only with root vegetables instead of potatoes ... think of it as a naked gratin.

Comforting Brown Rice Porridge with Mushrooms

comforting-brown-rice-mushroom-porridge-recipe
Chef Louis Maldonado of Spoonbar here in Healdsburg, and most recently of Top Chef fame, turned me on to rice porridge. I conjured this one up recently and gave it a creamy spin with the addition of coconut milk.

Nourishing No-Knead Bread

no-knead-bread-recipe
Want to make bread at home? It's easy with this this no-knead bread recipe that lets time and yeast do most of the work for you.

Essential Coleslaw

Essential Slaw
This coleslaw is super simple, crazy versatile, and so good I could eat the whole bowl by itself. Serve it on our Spicy Fish Tacos, as a side with poultry or as a kick-ass sandwich condiment.