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Is there any hope for these little figs left on my tree?

Well, damn, since we’re covering all the axis participants in WWII (Italian food has been covered so many times already, anyway), I’ll throw my two cents in for Mitsuwa in Torrance. Mitsuwa is a chain of Japanese grocery stores, but their flagship is located in Torrance, on Western Ave. Outside of alphabetically neighboring J & [...]

K. and I went to the Farmer’s Market today down on the Promenade. The produce is changing by leaps and bounds. Many kinds of squash are starting to show up, much to my delight. One stall has featured amazingly sweet carrots (red, yellow, and orange) the past few weeks. Many [...]

Summer is high season for mint in the herb garden and…refreshing cocktails! Mojitos are in order!
Only a few years ago, this cocktail of Cuban origin was relatively unknown in these parts, but exploded onto the scene as the “it” drink. (Sayonara, cosmo!) Like many a cocktail, the mojito has a little bit of history, [...]

When the herb garden spills over with dill (or you find it for cheap at the farmers’ market), you can snip a few fronds, then serve a lemon and dill cream sauce over grilled salmon, or maybe make some dill pickles. Or you can do the only thing I ever do with dill - make [...]

It’s hot, so not only do we want to eat things refreshing, but we have to be watchful of waistlines that might spill out over our uber low cut jeans and belly baring tank tops. Salads are in order, but that doesn’t mean we need to eat iceberg lettuce sprinkled with olive oil and [...]

When the whole Atkins craze took off, bread and pasta manufacturers panicked. I even had a friend or two who swore off all food that looks white. Bread is okay if it’s multigrain or whole wheat. They even ate the no-carb bread and pasta, which they said were awful and dry but [...]

It almost seems like strawberries are in season year-round in southern California, but truly, according to farmernet, strawberries are in season at the local farmers’ markets now, summer.
It would be a crime to cook or strawberries in the summer. Fresh, super sweet, sometimes tangy strawberries should be enjoyed exactly as they are. But sometimes, you [...]