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Roasted Eggplant and Leek Soup

Roasted Eggplant and Leek Soup

Great day for soup! How about roasted eggplant and leek?  I just love a good eggplant soup especially with a little spice.  This recipe is really low maintenance which I...

Roasted Eggplant and Leek Soup

Great day for soup! How about roasted eggplant and leek?  I just love a good eggplant soup especially with a little spice.  This recipe is really low maintenance which I...

Ratatouille Tart

Ratatouille Tart

Ratatouille, a classic.   Summer is filled with eggplant, tomatoes, and squash.  This recipe is a little take on traditional.  Typically in ratatouille you have tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, onion which are...

Ratatouille Tart

Ratatouille, a classic.   Summer is filled with eggplant, tomatoes, and squash.  This recipe is a little take on traditional.  Typically in ratatouille you have tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, onion which are...

Easy Nectarine Cheese Danish

Easy Nectarine Cheese Danish

Here is a simple pastry or danish using puff pastry, cheese, and nectarines.  This is a recipe that can be substituted with any stone fruit you have on hand.  Very...

Easy Nectarine Cheese Danish

Here is a simple pastry or danish using puff pastry, cheese, and nectarines.  This is a recipe that can be substituted with any stone fruit you have on hand.  Very...

Tuna and Tomato, Tomato and Watermelon

Tuna and Tomato, Tomato and Watermelon

How to make Tuna and Tomato, and How to make Tomato and Watermelon Salad This recipe is a throwback to working with Daniel Patterson in San Francisco over 15 years...

Tuna and Tomato, Tomato and Watermelon

How to make Tuna and Tomato, and How to make Tomato and Watermelon Salad This recipe is a throwback to working with Daniel Patterson in San Francisco over 15 years...

Baba au Rhum

Baba au Rhum

I've read that these baba rum cakes where actually produced first in Poland.  Then later a french patisserie introduced them to France.  My first encounter with these delicious rum cakes...

Baba au Rhum

I've read that these baba rum cakes where actually produced first in Poland.  Then later a french patisserie introduced them to France.  My first encounter with these delicious rum cakes...

Beef Cheek Dumplings with Black Soy Bean

Beef Cheek Dumplings with Black Soy Bean

Beef Cheek Dumplings with Black Soy Bean Here is a little appetizer I made recently that was a big hit.  Braised beef cheeks, stuffed in a dumpling, and topped with...

Beef Cheek Dumplings with Black Soy Bean

Beef Cheek Dumplings with Black Soy Bean Here is a little appetizer I made recently that was a big hit.  Braised beef cheeks, stuffed in a dumpling, and topped with...