Fall Grilled Cheese, The Mission & A Petting Zoo Yesterday, around 12:30, I found myself in San Juan Capistrano with an hour to spare. I considered all my options: feeding the goats at... Continue Reading Grilled Cheese, The Mission & A Petting Zoo»
Uncategorized My Cheese Book Arrived, And I Made Cheese! I can hardly contain my excitement about my new book. Soon after it arrived on Friday, I drove to Henry’s Market in Laguna Niguel... Continue Reading My Cheese Book Arrived, And I Made Cheese!»
Summer Tat Soi & The Sun Post News Last Sunday, I walked home from the San Clemente farmers’ market feeling a bit like a hog. I had spotted six little bundles of... Continue Reading Tat Soi & The Sun Post News»
Summer Blood Oranges and Ettinger Avocados OK, I know, my consumption of oranges and avocados is getting out of hand. What’s pictured below is just my mid-morning snack. Ben drew... Continue Reading Blood Oranges and Ettinger Avocados»
Travel Garlic-Cheese Butter & A San Clemente Sunset I’m becoming a real purist. I have now renounced fake butter, a big deal in the Stafford household. I mean Ben and I practically... Continue Reading Garlic-Cheese Butter & A San Clemente Sunset»
Fall Roots of Change Meeting & More Arugula Before I moved out to California, Bob Pierson, director of Farm-To-City, told me my new state would be decades ahead — agriculturally speaking —... Continue Reading Roots of Change Meeting & More Arugula»
Fall Fajita Pasta, Farmers’ Market Arugula, Breakfast Crepes & Other Random Thoughts I know this sounds like a weird idea, but it’s pretty good. On Sunday, I bought a package of chipotle spaghetti, the latest addition... Continue Reading Fajita Pasta, Farmers’ Market Arugula, Breakfast Crepes & Other Random Thoughts»
Chocolate A Dark Chocolate I Like A few months ago, Martha Stewart Living magazine reported the results of a study conducted in Europe regarding chocolate. Now I can’t remember the... Continue Reading A Dark Chocolate I Like»
Fall Trader Joe’s Grass-Fed Ground Beef As soon as Ben and I have space to fit one, we’re going to buy a freezer, one of those large, freestanding jobs that... Continue Reading Trader Joe’s Grass-Fed Ground Beef»
Summer Burnt Bagels, Tilden Farm Avocados and Las Golondrinas Tortilla Chips A very funny thing happened to me yesterday morning at Coffee Bean. I ordered my usual, an everything bagel toasted with butter and a... Continue Reading Burnt Bagels, Tilden Farm Avocados and Las Golondrinas Tortilla Chips»
Travel Lunch At Cafe Mimosa After Monthly Bout With Verizon Wireless It happens every month. When I see that red and white envelope in my mailbox, my heart begins to race, my blood pressure rises... Continue Reading Lunch At Cafe Mimosa After Monthly Bout With Verizon Wireless»
Fall A More Prudent Farmers’ Market Pasta As I mentioned on Monday, I have a new Sunday dinner tradition: Delaney’s Culinary Fresh pasta mixed with anything I find that morning at... Continue Reading A More Prudent Farmers’ Market Pasta»