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January 5, 2012

Well, those of you who have this site in your RSS reader just got a surprise – a new post! Yep, Cook Local – Bay Area is back in 2012! We’ll be bringing you several recipes each month, as well as posts on local eating and local dining in the Bay Area. We’re currently looking [...]

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Breakfast Squares

March 12, 2010

We took a little mini-vacation to San Francisco this weekend and my book of choice for the flight was Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food. I’ve read parts of this book before, but this was the first time I’ve read it cover to cover. The seven words that he believes are the key to reversing [...]

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Vanilla Bean Butternut Squash Soup with Puff Pastry

February 13, 2010

Been working with whole vanilla beans lately, mostly for desserts until recently, when I took the plunge and went savory. That’s right–savory. What kind of savory you might ask? Butternut Squash Soup with Puff Pastry kinda savory–and to my delight, it was out of this world. I am proud to say that this little recipe [...]

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Chez Panisse Fresh Mozzarella and Basil Pizza Pie

January 24, 2010

In prepping for the busy work week ahead, I often utilized Sunday, as my pizza dough making time. Quick and easy to assemble this doughy ball of love serves as my blank canvas for seasonal delights throughout the year. This week I was inspired by California’s Bublas real mozzarella cheese paired with the golden elixir of McEvoy Ranch [...]

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Carrot-Parsnip Soup With Orange Creme Fraiche

January 11, 2010

“I live on good soup, not fine words.” –Moliere (French Playwright) Cheers to that! I couldn’t agree more and here was a gent who’s primary source of income depended on his fine words. Soup is one of the most adaptable and forgiving meals in the home cook’s arsenal. And during the winter, there is nothing [...]

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Pate a choux puffs with blood orange curd

January 10, 2010

Today’s post is actually a two-fer. I have played with pate a choux several times since receiving my copy of Ratio (by Michael Ruhlman) from Amazon, last spring. It is dead easy once one knows what to expect while constructing it. So are citrus curds. My chickens were productive this week, so I had some [...]

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Quick New Year’s Eve Pasta

January 3, 2010

When looking into the cupboard Thursday night, it occurred to me that because the year was to end within a few hours, I may as well cook something that embodied seasonal food. Food which we get to enjoy especially when the weather is just making that turn from warm to cool in the autumn. A [...]

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Cook Local – Bay Area Call for Writers

December 28, 2009

Hello Bay Area locavores! As you’ve probably noticed, Cook Local – Bay Area has fallen a bit silent as of late. Our wonderful friend Jennifer got a new job and while we’re absolutely thrilled for her (because really… a job in this economy is truly something to celebrate), it has meant a lack of cooking [...]

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Pumpkin Puree

November 24, 2009

You may have heard a bit in the news about a canned pumpkin shortage, causing thanksgiving pie-makers all across the country to cry into their flowery aprons, boohoo. Don’t put away those recipes for pumpkin pies, breads, and cookies just yet, bay area people. You don’t have an excuse. Why? Because the pumpkin capital of [...]

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Market Notes – 11/21

November 21, 2009

ed note – sorry for strange title and pic – still working out the kinks in posting via phone. Market Notes 11.21 Last week for a lot of things this morning at the San Mateo farmers market. Pomegranates, Asian pears, sweet potatoes. What’s left is going cheap- one dollar a pound and under. Onions, Reds [...]

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