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Easy Dinner Recipes: Grilled salmon salad and other fast ideas

2013-06-13 07:00:00

Looking for a fast dinner option? Nothing beats salad. Mix and match based on a favorite ingredient, complementing with what you have in the fridge and/or cupboards. Check out these salad ideas that come together in an hour or less. The first recipe...

Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: AOC in new digs with familiar tastes

2013-06-01 00:00:00

When the first AOC opened a decade ago, nobody quite knew what to make of the place, a wine bar near the original Farmers Market that seemed to specialize in cured meats, salads and lots of tiny dishes that reflected the flavors of coastal Italy and...

Memorial Day recipe: Bacon Bloody Mary cocktail with ribs (in the Bloody Mary)

2013-05-21 14:40:00

Bloody Marys are a no-brainer when it comes to weekend entertaining. It's so simple: Whip up a batch of Bloody Mary mix the night before; that extra time in the fridge gives the flavors time to properly marry, and it gives you one less thing to worry...

Recipe: Basque-style chicken

2013-05-09 13:14:00

� Chicken breasts have a bad reputation -- too often they're considered nothing but diet food, and dried-out diet food at that. But that's the fault of the cook, not the ingredient. The challenge of a chicken breast is that it's uneven, fat on one end...

Recipe: Roasted Cornish game hens with Meyer lemons

2013-05-09 13:14:00

Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes Servings: 2 Note: Ni�oise and Picholine olives are at selected supermarkets such as Whole Foods and Bristol Farms. 2 Cornish game hens, about 1 3/4 to 2 pounds each, washed and dried 4 Meyer lemons, divided 2...

Easy dinner recipes: Chicken, chicken ... and more chicken!

2013-05-20 07:00:00

Why is chicken so popular? Well, it cooks pretty quickly. And depending on the what you buy, it can be both flavorful and diet-friendly. It's versatile -- you can combine it with almost any flavor combination. Perhaps best of all? It's easy. Roast a whole...

Restaurant recipes: The Luggage Room Pizzeria chopped salad

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Dear SOS: My husband and I are completely in love with the LGO Chopped Salad at the Luggage Room in Pasadena. We moved an hour away from the restaurant and dream about it. Is there anyway you could get the recipe? Karim Wasson Corona Dear Karim: A...

Farmers Markets: From the LAPD to artisanal olive oil

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Traditionally, working folk dreamed of retiring to California to grow citrus, or more recently wine grapes, but these days the second career crop of choice appears to be artisanal olive oil. Fresh, local oil is all the rage; universities and industry...

Test Kitchen video tip: Cooking en papillote

2013-02-14 07:00:00

Looking for a wonderfully romantic dinner idea without any dramatic fuss? You might just try cooking en papillote. A traditional French technique, cooking en papillote refers to food that is cooked or baked while tightly sealed in greased parchment...

Farmers Markets: Paso Gold rides the olive oil boom

2013-02-09 00:00:00

As part of a great California olive oil boom, now at least a dozen olive oil vendors are selling at local farmers markets, up from only a couple a decade ago. Most offer a good product, but there are few who, like Michael O'Brien of Paso Gold, provide...

Dinner tonight! Crispy chicken thighs with olives, lemon and fennel

2013-02-08 11:02:00

A recipe adapted from Thomas Keller's "Ad Hoc at Home," these crisp, braised chicken thighs are rich yet bright with a great harmony of flavors, including olives, lemon zest and thinly sliced fennel. The whole dish comes together in just over an hour, and...

Dinner tonight! Chickpea salad with chorizo

2013-01-16 11:00:00

Whether you call them chickpeas or garbanzo beans, if you're a fan, they don't get much better than this refreshingly bright salad, one of our Top 10 Recipes from 2011. Marinate chickpeas in a blend of lemon juice, olive oil and salt, then toss them...

Feel like tackling a Thomas Keller recipe? In this recipe adapted from Keller's "Ad Hoc at Home," crisp, braised chicken thighs are at once rich yet bright with a great harmony of flavors, including olives, lemon zest and thinly sliced fennel. The whole dish comes together in just over an hour.

2013-06-19 15:52:00

Enjoying the view from the Mount of Olives, you see the glittering golden Dome of the Rock, which marks the summit of Temple Mount — holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.

2013-05-05 17:28:09

with a simple medley of flavors: red wine vinegar, olive oil, capers, garlic, oregano and olives. Just before baking, the chicken is topped with a little wine and honey, the flavors slowly harmonizing as the thighs bake to golden brown perfection.

2013-04-30 00:00:00