See?  I told you! Key Lime Pie. Just saying the words makes my mouth water for that cold, creamy, citrus, cloud-like deliciousness resting on a perfect graham crust.  *lost in dreamy euphoria, wipes drool off chin and looks around self-consciously… Oh, hello, yes I’m here.  I was just–never mind.  So the pie. I got this [...]

Italian herb-encrusted focaccia roll; vine ripe tomato; fresh mozzarella; own-yard basil I’m certain little else needs to be said. I think I could quite contentedly eat this every day of the summer

Yes.  It’s true. I resisted for a long time.  Mostly because I was entirely unimpressed by the cupcakes that I had tasted from the various new, chic, cupcakeries that have been sweeping Southern California.  Sure they looked cute and the myriad of flavors was inticing.  And who doesn’t love the perfect ratio of cake to [...]

I’m not exactly sure if this qualifies as tortilla soup (hence “Mavricky”) but I have no idea what else to call it since I made it up.  I for sure know that it is tasty, savory, spicy, and delicious, but that seemed like a rather lengthy name!  This soup was inspired by my attempt to [...]

Well once again I write to you from my own personal test kitchen with a victorious report on my latest recipe re-creation.  I have toyed with this recipe before but never quite got it right.  Until this weekend.  Sadly, I don’t have a picture of my own creation to show you, but fear not, I’ll [...]