Summer Salads

  My summer pantry is usually a little lighter than my winter pantry as I use far more fresh ingredients, mostly from my kitchen garden. The French Nicoise Salad is…

Santa Cruz Road Trip

Back to Your Roots Weekend Tour Chef Debbi & The Debettes on the Coast The Debettes & I packed our bags and headed north for some exploratory fun. Since we…

Hawaiian Luau Feast

Summer is almost here and if you can’t visit the Islands we can certainly take some of the traditional Hawaiian foods and tweak them to our recipes and summer picnics.…

The Chef, The Photographer and The Adventure

  Meet my friend, Christina Peters, photographer, and experience adventure through her eyes and lens. Christina’s new website, tastyfstops.com, chronicles her adventures through food, farms, travel and more. She began her…

Lemon & Lavender Butter Cookies

So. Coast Plaza Garden Show Recipes

 

Lemon Chiffon Cup Cakes with Fresh Berries

Courtesy of Martha Stewart Photo: Marcus Nilsson

What to do in your Spring Garden

April in the Garden Chef Debbi will be presenting a seminar, ‘Al Fresco Mothers Day Brunch’, at the South Coast Plaza Garden Show on Sat. April 25th, 12:30 in the…

Easter Potatoes

   

Companion Planting

What is Companion Planting   Two or more plant types as to be beneficial to each other. Companion planting will help with pest control, higher yields, healthier soil and to keep…