If you enjoy making and serving Craft Cocktails, then Vanilla Rum is a must-have in your home bar collection. Easy to make and most certainly
Homemade vanilla extract is easy and fun to make. It often isn’t as strong as commercial vanilla extracts though it may have a larger
No Cranberry Sauce with the turkey? A few years ago there was a cranberry shortage and word spread quickly. Within a few weeks, there were
Although the first figs may come in sometime in June, late July heralds the second round of the US fig season. In Europe, most especially
Custards are a special comfort food that kind of fell off our collective radar in the last 30 -40 years, but they really deserve a
After a summer filled with luscious stone fruits, every kind of berry imaginable, and even beverages, ice creams and sorbets made with summer fruits, you’d
Recently I reconnected with a recipe I learned to make from a boat maker on the West Marin coast. He was raising his four
Fresh salmon is amazing. Ask any bear living along the Pacific Coast, and it will fully agree, assuming it’s not considering you as its next
Risotto, when it’s good, is right up there on my comfort food list. I never had risotto, polenta or gnocchi until I was an adult
We should all have a few show-stopping sauces to take a recipe from tasty to transcendent. Trust me, this is one is one of those
This quick and easy cake comes from Janet Sawyer, owner of Little Pod and author of Vanilla. It is an adaptation of a Mary Berry
In 1985 Greg Reynolds, who at the time worked for a catering service in Half Moon Bay, became enthusiastic about playing with sauces using vanilla.
Every year I make gallons of sparkling lemonade as I’m blessed with a Meyer lemon tree that produces fruit nearly year ’round. I don’t really
Commercial salmon season just opened on the California Coast. Sport fishing for salmon has been open for several weeks now and a friend of mine
This recipe comes via Janet Sawyer, who got the recipe from Lalu Mahato, head chef at Nepal’s Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge, which was opened
Living in coastal California, our summers come twice — it gets hot in May, then it remains cool and often foggy while the inland valleys
My grandsons were asking my daughter for stories about her childhood and she told them about the box freezer her grandparents kept in their basement
Baked Ricotta Custard with Cherries in Port Wine with Star Anise Away from the Kitchen by Dawn Blume Hawkes; Recipe by Chef Gail Gand The
Really. In 1985, when I wrote The Vanilla Cookbook, my editors asked me what vanilla could be used in besides ice cream, dessert and beverages.
Who doesn’t love the divine, inimitable flavor of pure vanilla ice cream? While it goes with everything – pies, cakes, tarts, cobblers and more –
