Here it is. The fruit of my labor. A food blog with mostly original and always natural recipes. Find restaurant reviews here and there, coverage of local food events and coming soon, interviews with food connoisseurs. Although mainly, this is a chronicle of my life through food.
Working a day-job and keeping a blog continues to be a struggle, but I will do my best to keep a consistent schedule. Twice a week feels as ambitious as I can handle. I’d love to hear your thoughts as you browse around the new site. Is something missing? Are links broken? Send me an email or leave a comment – I’d love to hear from you. A month in the making, the new design should provide you with intuition navigation, so you easily find the right posts. I also hope it will provide you with a respite from hectic life, a place to read the ramblings of a girl adjusting to life in California, while adding to your repertoire of recipes.
Enjoy!
Bread Salad with Pan-Roasted Tomatoes and Basil
One Baguette, cooked under a Roasted Chicken. Read the recipe
10 organic cherry tomatoes
A handful of fresh basil, sliced thin
Extra-Virgin olive oil
Sea Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Cut each cherry tomato in half (horizontally). Heat up a cast-iron skillet and add olive oil. Add the tomatoes and let cook without stirring for about 5 minutes. Toss around in the pan, add salt and pepper, and cook for 4 more minutes. Turn off the heat. Add the basil and toss again.
Add the baguette slices to a bowl, and pour tomatoes and basil on top. Drizzle with high-quality olive oil.
Where I shopped:
Tomatoes and basil: Berkeley Farmers’ Market, Happy Boy Farms
Seeded Sourdough baguette: La Farina Bakery, Oakland
St. Pierre extra-virgin olive oil: Monterey Market, Berkeley
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Congrats on the new site! I know you have been working hard and it really paid off. It looks great. Good luck on your future endeavors!
Plus, that is an interesting recipe. Bread cooked under a roasted chicken? Not something I have heard of doing before but seems to work in this recipe.
We love your blog! Really a warm and welcoming site. We will watch for your posts. best, s
Allison, the redesign looks bloody fantastic. So fantastic that I’m pulling out my British slang! Love how navigatable your site is. Search by ingredient is a lot genius
Beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Allison,
I love your new site!!!Beautiful….
looking good….
and so does the bread salad, blimey cooked under a chicken that sounds almost to good to be true, off to look at that recipe.
nice nice photo
hey! love the site updadte! looks great.
i tried the chicken with bread recipe while in melbourne. it was so good. thanks for posting it!
Thanks so much everyone. I will continue to add useful features and great recipes. Hope you come back for more!
I appreciate the easy to read, not so cluttered up page you have created. Thanks for the relaxed tone and for the beautiful photos of gorgeous food. I love the roasted tomatoes, baguette, (like a giant crouton, right?) and roasted chicken! Sounds so flavorful and sweet and savory all at once.
I enjoyed reading,
AmyRuth
PS Congratulations on your Tastespotting!!! So exciting
I love the new design! Your pictures are looking really great too
Congratulations on the new site! It looks wonderful in here
Very very nice!! I have been out of touch with the food and blogging world for a bit, but come back to find your site looking so lovely….great job!