Ready to make the filling for Orange-Scented Anzac Biscuits with Dark-Chocolate Truffle Filling? If you're just jumping in here, you might want to pop on over to read Part One of this story to get caught up. Part One gives you a short history of ANZAC day and Anzac biscuits, along with my orange-scented version of … Continue reading Part Deux: Orange-Scented Anzac Biscuits with Dark-Chocolate Truffle Filling
Australian food -- not the new, ModOz cuisine of today's successful Australian restaurants, but the traditional Australian food that was made by my grandmothers and great-grandmothers -- is funny stuff. More often than not, recipes were the result of creative problem solving, a need to economize, and usually had a bit of folklore attached. Take … Continue reading Inspired: Making ANZAC Biscuits (Part One)
Off the Grid (OTG), San Francisco's rapidly expanding food-truck palooza, has been spreading the food-truck love to parts outside the city for the past couple of years. What does that mean for those of us who reside in the 650? We can now experience food-truck dining closer to home just about any night of the … Continue reading Field Trip: OTG in MP
I was feeling a bit nostalgic for Easter treats this week and decided to pull something from the Gâteau et Ganache archives: passion fruit daisy marshmallows. For years I made a spring trio of fruit marshmallows -- strawberry, passion fruit, and lemon -- cut into daisy shapes and finished with a button of dark chocolate … Continue reading Marshmallows and Chocolate, Oh My!
You know what I love about spring in the 650? Everything! The days are deliciously warm, and the sun sets late enough in the evening that you can have dinner outside. Spring color brightens every yard on my street, thanks to blooming trees, rose bushes, and freshly planted annuals. The luscious perfume of citrus blossoms … Continue reading Inspired: Creating a Kitchen Garden
The first time I walked into Taylor's, Gott's Roadside in Palo Alto's Town & Country shopping center last fall, I was super excited to order my all-time-favorite Ahi burger. Maybe I'd even splurge and order a side of sweet potato fries! From the time construction started and the "Coming Summer 2013" sign appeared in the … Continue reading Field Trip: Taylor’s — er, Gott’s Roadside
If you've been following 650Food, you know that I've written about food waste previously, and that I'm working on reducing food waste in my own kitchen. I'm loving the opportunity to research and learn more about the ingredients I'm buying and coming up with new ways to use them. My current projects involve carrot greens … Continue reading Getting Ahead of the Green Bin
Swiss chard is one of those vegetables that I keep meaning to try; it seems so interesting, with those colorful stems and strong green leaves. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a good-looking, seasonal organic vegetable.Lately I've been checking it out at the farmer's market and thinking "maybe, someday…" but always end up … Continue reading My Spring Fling with Swiss Chard
I'm kind of apathetic toward peanut butter and jelly. There, I said it. I know, I know...who doesn't love PB&J?! It's a uniquely American thing that's like mother's milk to kids who grow up in this country. But I didn't grow up eating peanut butter and jelly, so for me it's been an acquired taste. … Continue reading Inspired: Rethinking PB&J
