Sometimes just one ingredient inspires an entire meal. This week, it was okra.
I sauntered up to one of my favorite farmers’ stalls this week, hoping to pick up some blue lake green beans, a sweet cantaloupe, and some tomatoes, when I spotted the gorgeous, slender green fruit staring up at me. There was no hesitation, [...]
One Local Summer Week #5
One Local Summer week #4
Ever since beginning the One Local Summer exercise, I have been in search of something that has long since vanished from the typical American diet: traditional cuisine. I have been convinced there must be a way to go back to eating before freezers, chemical preservatives, and round-the-world shipping changed our concept of dinner [...]
One Local Summer Week #3
“If you go into a situation with nothing planned, sometimes wonderful stuff happens.” -Jerry Garcia
This weeks meal started with a wish for simplicity. I had just sent off the last of the out of town guests after a week of constant entertaining, and was looking for something no-fuss to prepare. Having missed my weekend [...]
One Local Summer Week #2: Liquid San Diego
Oops. I’m a little late this week. Prepared my meal on Monday but haven’t had a chance to write about it until now (family in town, and an annual, albeit not quite local tradition-Thanksgiving in July-took all of my energy). But now that the sea has calmed, I’m finally ready to share last week’s [...]