A Trio of Winter Vegetables- and a Recipe for Cauliflower in Brown Butter
For Christmas dinner this year, I served a big platter of three winter vegetables, each pan roasted with slightly different ingredients- the brussels sprouts with cream, garlic and mixed herbs, the broccoli with olive oil, garlic, lemon zest and rosemary, and this lovely cauliflower in brown butter.
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Event professionals nationwide share food predictions for 2011’s special events.
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Sharing predicted food and drink trends from event professionals for 2011.
read moreA Mother’s Day Brunch- with Mixed Berry Shortcake for Dessert
Mother’s Day is the second busiest day of the year for restaurants, after Valentine’s Day. But my mother finds eating in a restaurant on Mother’s Day depressing, so we prepare a special brunch celebration of Mom at home.
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Celebrating Earth Day -40 Years Later-with Asparagus and Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes
I had no idea then I would end up cooking professionally, but 25 years later, after working in the restaurant, hotel and catering industry in New York, I returned to the Bay Area to attend culinary school- btw, I lived right next door to the house with the organic garden of those early years.
Now, I regularly shop, for both my personal consumption and for parties I cater, at any of several local farmer’s market, and indeed, locally grown and organic produce have become a big trend in the catering business.
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