Welcome to the point of the summer when I don’t remember why I chose a career in cooking when I only want to eat about five things — tomatoes, melon, iced coffee and/or drinks, and popsicles — until the heat and humidity recede. The fifth, pasta with homemade basil pesto, …
Read More »grilled zucchini ribbons with pesto and white beans
I have never once woken up on a cold January day and longed for pesto or summer squash. It doesn’t even occur to my taste buds in the winter. But like clockwork around this time each summer — usually when it’s only the first week of July but already hot …
Read More »Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cranberry Pistachio Pesto
posted by Jaden on November 22, 2017 A modern twist to Brussels Sprouts. This Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cranberry Pistachio Pesto recipe is from Chef Todd of Checkers Restaurant in the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel. Create a colorful pesto with pistachios, dried cranberries, roasted garlic, parsley, and olive oil in the …
Read More »charred eggplant and walnut pesto pasta salad
Pasta salads get a bad rap but I find that the more I think of them as room temperature summer dishes and the less as mayo-slicked bowls of suspicion and dread, the more inviting they become, not only for cookouts and picnics, but (ahem) a gorgeous Tuesday night. Two things …
Read More »green beans with almond pesto
Just when I thought if my appetite ennui became any more listless I might have to change lines of work, the greatest thing happened: I ran out of space. I mean, I am fully At Capacity right now with baby, there is literally not another inch of my midsection that …
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