In La Jolla, it’s lobster tales and other fish stories for National Seafood Month
For devoted pescavores, here’s a primer on getting the best and most out of this delightful treasure of the sea.
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Kitchen Shrink
Gustatory groupies meet Giada at book signing in San Siego
TV chefs are the new rock starts of our pop culture. They are idolized, adored, emulated and seemingly have the inspirational powers to convert culinary agnostics into devoted cooks. Every item they tout — from an exotic herb, spice or infused oil to a kitschy utility knife or sauté pan — is revered.
Eat and drink ‘green’ on St. Patrick’s Day
For all you hibernophiles out there – Irish lovers of whom we have 40 million in this country — join in the fun. St. Paddy’s Day on Saturday, March 17 provides an annual excuse for kickin’ up your heels, doing the Irish jig, and having a grand old hooley at home or your favorite pub.
Quinoa: It’s the old/new gluten-free super grain!
Question: My husband and I are summer sizing to get in shape for our June vacation. I’ve noticed quinoa is the new healthy grain, popping up everywhere from divey diners to high-end eateries and even on supermarket shelves. Should I be eating it as a carb side dish or a main-course protein? What’s quinoa’s status update?
Jump for Joy – It’s a Leap Year!
This February has 29 days, a phenomenon that occurs every four years with some quirky exceptions. Called a bissextile or Leap Year, swelling the calendar to 366 days, it means different things to different folks. For most of us it is trivial, we have to cook an extra three meals a year, it delays the arrival of summer by one day, and we have to go to work (or school) for an additional day.
For 187,000 Americans and 4-million others worldwide who were actually born on Leap Day (Feb. 29), that’s another matter.
It’s time to quarterback a winning Super Bowl soiree
Tailgate parties will be heating up from Boonville to Gary, making a pit stop at 500 South Capitol Ave., Indianapolis this Sunday, 6:30 Eastern Time.Roughly 70,000 stalwart Super Bowl attendees will be cozying up under the retractable dome of the $720-million Lucas Oil Stadium. Frigid temperatures outside, the field turf will soon sizzle as hot and hunky quarterback stars — New England’s Tom Brady and New York’s Eli Manning — bandy their football prowess with halftime punctuated by an iconic tight end – Madonna.
The Kitchen Shrink says use your noggin before sipping this seasonal fave
My kids and I love eggnog. At the supermarket the other day when I was reaching for a carton, a fellow shopper warned me to avoid products containing raw eggs. Should I boycott eggnog altogether or are there safe alternatives?
Chino Farms hosting Alice Waters book signing
Chino Farms, the cognoscenti of farmers’ markets in our own Rancho Santa Fe backyard, has become a rock star in agronomy and is now a cookbook seller of famed chefs, including Alice Waters who will be there on Dec. 11 to sign her newest book
Bid bye-bye to leftover turkey with these delicious dishes
There’s good news and bad news as we waddle away from the Thanksgiving table. The Bad: The more than 45 million turkeys consumed will yield copious amounts of leftovers from 535 pounds of breast meat, thighs, wings and legs. The Good: There must be 50 ways to use your leftovers.
Eat, Drink and be Scary! Sassy Spirits and Ghoulish Grub for an Adult Halloween
I’m shellacking my nails black and stirring my caldron bubbling over with Beluga and blinis and pumpkin martinis for a grown-up Halloween hoopla. All Hallow’s Eve, an ancient Catholic custom honoring saints, has morphed into a $3 billion-a-year trick-or-treating candy orgy. But big kids can have fun, too.
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North Coastal News
- Meeting to be held on Carmel Country Road ‘Merge’ project in Carmel Valley May 25, 2013A petition with 87 signatures from residents of Highlands Village was presented to the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board on May 22. […]
- Del Mar named to beach ‘Honor Roll’ May 25, 2013Heal the Bay placed 11 beaches in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Cardiff-by-the- Sea, Del Mar and Point Loma on its 35-beach Honor Roll. San Diego County had more beaches on the Honor Roll than any other county in the state, according to Heal the Bay. […]
- Solana Beach senior enjoys experience on Torrey Pines High School’s winning surf team May 25, 2013Solana Beach resident and Torrey Pines High School senior Kyle Timm first learned to surf when he was around 10 years old. “My brother and dad always surfed,” he remembers. “I would always go to the shore to hang out with them. I’ve been surfing every day since.” Kyle took after his older brother Dale, and when Dale joined the surf team at Torrey Pines High […]
