Kale

Recipe: Game hens stuffed with kale, walnuts and cranberries

2013-05-09 13:14:00

Game hens stuffed with kale, walnuts and cranberries Total time: 1 hour Servings: 4 to 6 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter, divided 1 bunch kale (about 10 ounces), stems trimmed 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided 2 tablespoons dried...

Twitter #Weekendeats highlights: Kale and sweet potato recipes for #MeatlessMonday

2013-04-29 17:03:00

Monday may be the least-loved day of the week, but at least it brings some Twitter #MeatlessMonday fun. Kale and sweet potatoes are just a few of the vegetable stars that were shared during Monday morning's #Weekendeats chat on Twitter. Here are the...

Restaurant recipes: Salad and frittata from Gayle's in Capitola

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Dear SOS: I recently visited the beautiful little town of Capitola, next to Santa Cruz on the California coast. Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria is a special place. Along with mouth-watering baked goods, I enjoyed two delicious dishes: a kale and quinoa salad...

Counter Intelligence: Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: Littlefork takes a big-eats turn north

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Across the street from the Hollywood post office, a few short blocks from the 1930s complex that calls itself Crossroads of the World, Littlefork is an improbably rustic roadhouse in the middle of old Hollywood — a spare tavern, a slash of neon...

Clover juice bar to open at the Churchill; Bruce Kalman's juice dinner

2013-03-06 10:00:00

Clover, which debuted its first juice bar on La Brea in January, is now opening a take-away window at the Churchill on West 3rd Street (look for a Clover awning on the east side of the restaurant). Set to open March 11, the to-go Clover will offer cold-...

Brave new whirl: Juices can pack power, and so can the machines that make them

2013-03-09 00:00:00

Not so long ago, people made juice by squeezing oranges on a little cone-shaped tool. How quaint, compared with the machines and shops and ingredients that are part of the world of juicing. "It's becoming part of the culture," said Dr. Frank Lipman,...

Mix your own juice, try a blend or hang out at a cafe

2013-03-09 00:00:00

If you want ideas for what to put in your juice at home, there are plenty of cookbooks — Amazon lists dozens — and websites. Even Williams Sonoma sells a book on fresh juices. And BlendedRecipes.com features juicing videos set in a retro-...

Dinner tonight! Kale-and-quinoa salad

2012-12-18 11:00:00

Today's "Dinner Tonight" suggestion is also our current Culinary SOS, a request from Carrie for the kale-and-quinoa salad from La Grande Orange Cafe in Pasadena: I recently "rediscovered" La Grande Orange in Pasadena's Del Mar station and absolutely...

Market Fresh: Tuscan kale

2013-02-16 08:00:00

You can find all sorts of kale at the market these days, including frilly pastel-colored flowering varieties and rough-edged Russian kale with its red border. But probably the sweetest kale is the one sometimes called Tuscan. Actually, it travels under...

Recipe: Lentils with kale and butternut squash

2013-02-02 00:00:00

� Total time: 50 minutes Servings: 6 1 1/2 pounds butternut squash Olive oil 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 cup lentils 1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar, plus more to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 carrot,...

Culinary SOS: La Grande Orange Cafe's kale and quinoa salad

2012-12-15 00:00:00

Dear SOS: I recently "rediscovered" La Grande Orange in Pasadena's Del Mar station and absolutely love its kale and quinoa salad — it's light and refreshing, although sometimes it is a bit too heavy on the dressing.... I have enjoyed it often enough...

Dinner tonight! Italian-sausage-and-kale gratin

2012-12-10 11:00:00

Aromatic vegetables suspended in a rich sauce, maybe a little melted cheese, all of it hidden under a crisp golden brown crust. Behold the glory that is the gratin. One of the oldest dishes in the comfort-food playbook, the gratin is a celebration of lush...

Kale with farro and blue cheese

2013-05-13 17:25:16

Chopped kale salad

2013-05-13 17:00:48

Kale and quinoa with preserved lemon and grated cheese

2013-05-13 16:06:09