My recipes are from those I admire, my own self-taught creations, local Bay Area favorites and forgotten vintage classics.
Breads
- Applesauce Walnut Bread, Green Market Baking
- Buttermilk Country Grit Bread
- Brother Juniper’s Bakery Straun, Sonoma County, Peter Reinhart
- Carrot Bread, Alice Waters
- Eggnog Whole Wheat Kamut Bread
- Milk and Honey Wheat Bread
- Pain Italien, Bernard Clayton, Breads of France
- Non-starter Sourdough, for those who like instant gratification
- Oatmeal Orange Bread, Marion Cunningham
- Pumpkin Bread, Cooks Illustrated 2011
- Sourdough Bagels, Mike Kalanty, How to Bake Bread
- Quinoa Power Bread
- Vegan Banana Bread
Breakfast
- Aligator Sausage and Shrimp Cheesecake, Claypool Cellars
- Coffee Bacon, Joy the Baker
- Cottage Cheese Pancakes, Weelicious
- Crunchy Almond French Toast, Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant, Sonoma County
- Hippie Hotcakes, Urban Pantry
- Easy Hollandaise, James Beard
- Pumpkin Pancakes with Ginger Syrup
Dinner-time
- Beef and Guinness Pot Pie, Gourmet Magazine
- Chicken Biryani, Alice Waters
- Chicken Parmesan
- Mirepoix “Quick Cook” Chicken, Emeril Lagasse
- Poulet a la Creme
Desserts
- Bosc Pear Cake, Fountain Grove Inn, Santa Rosa, California
- Meyer Lemon Bundt Cake
- Orange Poppy Seed Tea Cake
- Raspberry Fruit Tart, Miette Bakery, San Francisco
- Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Sir Johnnie Walker Black Chocolate Pudding, Chocolate Bar NYC
- St. Patrick’s Cupcake with Vanilla Bourbon Frosting
- Strawberry FroYo
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Egg/Oeufs
- French Omelette Variations, Savarin
- Maman’s Cheese Souffle, Jacques Pepin
Jams
- Sour Cherry Fridge Jam, River Cottage Every Day
Pastry
- Pate Brisee, Chocolate & Zucchini
- Whole Wheat Honey and Goat Cheese Drop Biscuits, Joy the Baker
- Whole Wheat Raspberry and Ricotta Scones, Smitten Kitchen
Random
- Frozen Assets, Freezer tips
- Home Skin Care
- Playdough and Finger Paint
Salads
- Dry Creek Heirloom Salad, Cafe Baci and Wine Bar: Healdsburg, California
- Raissa’s Napa Cabbage Salad
Sauces
Snacks
- Moosewood Granola, Moosewood Restaurant
- Moroccan Spiced Pecans, Urban Pantry
Soups
- Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Cream of Tomato Soup
- Cauliflower and Cheddar Soup, Jimtown Store, Alexander Valley, Sonoma, California
- Veloute of Asparagus
- Truffled Potato Leek, Chef & Winemaker Dylan Sheldon, Santa Rosa, California
Vegan
- Vegan Banana Bread
- Vegan Berry Muffins
- Vegan Vodka Pasta, TeaNY, NYC
Vegetarian
- Chickpea-Brown Rice Veggie Burgers
- Mushroom-Brown Rice Veggie Burgers
- Swiss Cheese Fondue, Jacques Pepin
Baby Organic Puree & Toddler Food
- First Bites, Part I (4+ months)
- Banana and flax puree
- Avocado and agave puree
- Sweet potato and zucchini puree
- Apple and oatmeal puree
- First Bites, Part II (4+ months)
- Blueberries and pluots puree
- Apricot, flax and mixed cereal puree
- Acorn squash and EVOO puree
- Nectarine, pear and cream of buckwheat puree
- First Bites, Take 3 (6+ months)
- Edamame and apricot puree
- Fig and dino kale puree
- Yellow split pea and fuji apple puree
- Organic Baby; Super Chunk (9+ months)
- Apple sauce-y
- Oven baked salmon
- Quinoa cinnamon pudding
- Toddler Kitchen Chronicles (12+ months)
- Cornmeal zucchini fritters
- Cauliflower, broccoli cheese pockets
- Mini meatballs
- Chicken noodle soup
- Whole wheat kamut grill cheese bites
- Panko chicken tenders
- Toddler Nourishment Made Easy (12+ months)
- Spinach, ham and fontina swirl
- Fried brown rice
- Three sisters farina
- Falafel
- Twofish Baking Co, The SeaRanch, Energy Bar
- Adventures in a Storybook Kitchen
- Hungry giant cheddar cheese crackers
- Fanny’s garlic and spinach shell pasta
- Peter rabbit’s hazelnut crunch
