I kid you not: 15 carnivorous kids just chose a vegan beet burger on a handmade potato bun as the winner of Wednesday’s Iron Chef challenge! And a red velvet cake (colored with beets!) with strawberry icing came in a close second. Our kitchen cranked out incredible root vegetable dishes — after the kids shoppedRead More
Kitchen Kid on KCRW’s Good Food
June 22, 2011 • Leave a Comment
A Tasty Tribute to Sheila Lukins
September 2, 2009 • 1 Comment
I was filled with great sadness upon reading that Sheila Lukins had passed away this week. She was 66, and had been diagnosed with brain cancer just 3 months ago. Lukins’ most famous cookbook, the best-selling and hugely influential Silver Palate Cookbook, sits prominently on my bookshelf, an original edition “borrowed” from my mom. ItsRead More
A Summer Angelenos Can Be Proud Of
June 10, 2009 • 1 Comment
No sooner did I walk out of my doctor’s office, boasting my healthy ways, and proudly admitting “I don’t eat junk food” did I find myself staring at my guiltiest pleasure in the world. Unfortunately that was at Costco. And now my family has the daunting task of eating 24 ounces of these: Our 4thRead More
Extreme Pantry Makeover
January 8, 2009 • 1 Comment
Once again, Mark Bittman hit a home run with his article in yesterday’s New York Times. The champion of minimalism in the kitchen, the father of “less is more”, Bittman gives the kitchen a clean and healthy makeover for 2009. With his “hot” or “not” list, Mark is officially the Joan Rivers of the pantry.Read More
Nadda Frittata: a culinary road map for leftovers
January 6, 2009 • 2 Comments
I’m not quite sure what it was I made for dinner the night before we left for Christmas vacation. In the past, clean-out-the-fridge night, as my family knows it, usually features pasta or pizza dough on the main stage. But not this night. No, this particular night I very much wanted our 1-dish supper toRead More
“Point, Blast, and… Cook!?”
December 22, 2008 • 1 Comment
Here’s a perfect case of “just because it’s organic, doesn’t mean I want to eat it.” In a recent dedicated email, Daily Candy recommended the next time my kids offer to help make breakfast, I “get [my] brood involved sans hassle with Organic Batter Blaster Pancake and Waffle Mix.” I’m usually pretty favorable towards theRead More
Weather Report: Soup’s On
December 17, 2008 • 1 Comment
It’s raining in LA. In fact, it’s been raining in LA since about Friday. Wet. Cold. Rain. As a New England-er I shouldn’t be so put out by this. (Especially since my in-laws are on day 5 without electricity toughing-out New Hampshire’s ice storm.) But let me assure you it is quite easy to getRead More
Same ol’ Veggies + Fun New Twist = “More Cabbage, Please!”
November 13, 2008 • 1 Comment
Some may call the combination of tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded lettuce, sprouts, and carrots a salad. But paired with a bagel in Kitchen Kid’s after-school enrichment “Books for Cooks” class, it’s aptly called a Brown Bear Bagel Face. (Even if these bears look more like a team of crazy bearded clowns with whiskers.) After an animatedRead More
and for when you don’t feel like chocolate…
July 22, 2008 • Leave a Comment