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fennel

  • Spicy Fennel and Squash Soup with Candied Pepitas and Balsamic Pears

    Spicy Fennel and Squash Soup with Candied Pepitas and Balsamic Pears

    Garnishes are a game-changer when it comes to a pureed soup. What could pass easily as baby food, becomes something much more substantial and more interesting to eat when you add lots of little bobs and bits. I’ve noticed, when I’ve gone out to fancier meals, that pureed soups are almost always presented as a…

  • Roasted Fennel with Sardines and Toasted Garlic Breadcrumbs

    Roasted Fennel with Sardines and Toasted Garlic Breadcrumbs

    Moses saw a burning bush and I saw a roasted fennel. Yes, a vision came to me last night when I came home from Union Market with the ingredients to make Spaghetti con Le Sarde, a Southern Italian pasta dish with sardines, fennel, fennel seeds, raisins soaked in wine, and toasted breadcrumbs. Only: when I…

  • Five Weeknight Dinners That’ll Make Your Week Better

    Five Weeknight Dinners That’ll Make Your Week Better

    Some of you may know that my husband Craig is a director. Last week he went back to work, directing four episodes of our friend Ryan O’Connell’s Emmy-nominated Netflix show Special. The protocols on set are intense, as they should be during Covid. Craig gets tested almost every morning, he wears an N95 mask all…

  • Cap Off Your Summer with  Caponata

    Cap Off Your Summer with Caponata

    Okay, we have a week left of summer and I’m milking it for everything it’s worth. Right now I have peaches ripening in my fruit bowl and I’m going to make peach ice cream, probably the last ice cream I’ll make for a while. It’s not that summer truly ends here in L.A. — if…

  • My New Favorite Fall Salad

    My New Favorite Fall Salad

    Sometimes there’s a salad that you like, but don’t love, and then you change a few things about it and suddenly it’s your new favorite salad. That’s what happened with this salad, a familiar combination of apples and fennel and walnuts and golden raisins and arugula. It’s one you can probably find in my archives…

  • Roasted Squash & Fennel Soup

    Roasted Squash & Fennel Soup

    Dealing with expectations is a tricky endeavor for every cook, whether at home or at a four-star restaurant. Granted, the four-star chef has a harder time: diners at a four-star restaurant expect impeccable service, pristine surroundings, and food at the cutting edge of what food can be. At home, things are a little different. You…

  • Zite with Onions, Sausage & Fennel

    Zite with Onions, Sausage & Fennel

    It’s a big heaping mess, but boy is it good. The recipe comes from “The Silver Spoon Cookbook,” a birthday gift from Matthew my show’s director and a book that’s called Italy’s version of “The Joy of Cooking.” This specific recipe comes from the special back section where Italian chefs offer up their own favorite…