Two women of color sharing our love of food, friendship & culture
We are blessed to have an amazing group of friends and family. The holidays is the best time to get together and share in traditions and enjoy each other‘s company. Although my family is not Jewish we love taking part in the Jewish holidays. This Sunday we celebrated Hanukkah at our friends the Fanger’s. There were games, a raucous white…
Every Spring I would go to the farmer’s market, buy a ton of fresh fava beans, shell them, boil them and then peel each little bean. A lot of work for a small yield, but oh so worth the delights to be had after. I could only tell my friends of the delicious pasta dishes or appetizers that I made,…
Vegans this is for you!! Vegan bowl with sesame miso ginger dressing! I love food and I love cooking but on most weekdays I don’t really feel like cooking. With two vegetarians in my home and varying degrees of likes and dislikes, coming up with something new can be challenging. But I’ve found a crowd pleaser and it can work…
A couple of years ago my husband was working on a television show in Charleston. We spent a few weeks in the city of Charleston and then we moved to Sullivan’s Island. A little history … Sullivan’s Island was the point of entry for approximately 40 percent of the enslaved Africans brought to British North America. It is estimated that nearly…
When my daughter was little, she’s now seventeen, we used to go to the Hollywood Farmers Market most weekends. There were always so many amazing food stalls to choose from. One of my favorites was the Salvadorean Pupusas. I’d never had a pupusa until I moved to Los Angeles in 2000. The women at the food stall would take masa…
Recently we were at friend’s house. Soon after arrival, our host handed me about a dozen soft shelled crabs and said “here make these!” Eeek! I had never made soft shell crabs before; my husband and irascible 17 year old son are vegetarians, and even our younger non-veg son isn’t really keen on crustaceans. So suffice to say, it has…
