Chic Eats | Everyday, Seasonal, and Regional Food

Spaghetti Pomodoro
Simplicity
Read More
Where to Buy Local Flour (and Why)
Ingredient Harmony
Read More
Sourdough Sicilian Pizza
Quest for Excellence
Read More
Rosemary Infused Peperonata
Planetary Conjunction
Read More
How to Make All-Butter Pie and Galette Dough By Hand
On a Roll
Read More
How to Make and Maintain a Sourdough Starter (aka Levain)
Fermented Food Pet
Read More

Pile of garlic croutons.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles, Sourdough / Bread

Garlic Croutons

Plate displaying ingredients for a coffee and chile dry rub.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Coffee & Chile Dry Rub

Partially peeled hard-boiled eggs plus some shells in the background.

All Recipes & Articles, Any Season, Vegetarian

How to Boil an Egg

Gjelina's Mushroom Toast from their cookbook of the same name.

Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles, Any Season

Gjelina's Mushroom Toast

Charred Scallion Butter in a bowl.

Vegetarian, Any Season, Fall / Winter

Charred Scallion Butter

Bowl of Coconut French Sables

Sweets, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Homemade Sweetened Coconut

Heads of black garlic.

Where to Buy Black Garlic & Recipe Inspiration

Unsliced Sun-dried Tomato, Rosemary & Basil Pesto Sourdough Focaccia.

Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread, Any Season

Sourdough Focaccia with Sun-dried Tomato, Rosemary & Basil Pesto

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa and Purple Tomatillos

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, Vegan

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa with Preserved Lime

Sauerkraut Fermenting in a Jar

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, Vegan

Sauerkraut

Strawberries and Strawberry Jam

Any Season, Spring / Summer, Vegetarian

Low Sugar Jam (Strawberry, Peach, Raspberry, Greengage)

Plate of Sweet 100 Tomato Jam with Lemon Slices

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

Sweet 100 Tomato "Jam"

Plate of Zuni Cafe Orange-Currant Scones

Any Season, Vegetarian, Sweets

Zuni Cafe's Orange-Currant Scones

Loaf of Whole Grain Roasted Banana Bread in the pan

Any Season, Vegetarian, Sweets

Whole Grain Roasted Banana Bread

Plate of spring garlic greens (aka green or young garlic).

Spring / Summer, Upcycled, Vegan

Green Garlic Salt

Bowl of Gjelina's Braised Tuscan Kale (Cavolo Nero)

Fall / Winter, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Gjelina's Braised Tuscan Kale (Cavolo Nero)

Bowl of A.O.C.s Long-Cooked Cavolo Nero (Black Kale)

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

A.O.C.s Long-Cooked Cavolo Nero (Black Kale)

Bowl of Spicy Pepper Soy Sauce.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Spicy Pepper Soy Sauce

Tomato Water Pita

Vegetarian, Spring / Summer, Any Season

Tomato Water Sourdough Pita

Plate of Oatmeal Date Cookies from the "Mother Grains" cookbook.

Sweets, Any Season, Vegetarian

Oatmeal Date Cookies

Whole Celebrity tomatoes and a bowl of tomato skin powder.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Spring / Summer

Tomato Salt

Cubed baked wheat gluten (seitan/mian jin) in a bowl.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Washed Flour Wheat Gluten (Seitan/Mian Jin)

Jars of preserved kumquats, key limes, and Meyer lemons.

Fall / Winter, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Preserved Lemons, Limes, and Kumquats

Pot of vegetarian fish sauce ingredients including peppercorns, soy sauce, mushrooms, and shallots.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

Vegetarian Fish Sauce

Airstream Pantry & Food Packing

Whole French Apple Cake

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

French Apple Cake

Plate of Scallion Oil Noodles

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, Vegan

Scallion Oil Noodles

Slice of fresh ginger cake with honey whipped cream and candied kumquats.

Any Season, Sweets, Fall / Winter

Fresh Ginger Cake with Honey Whipped Cream & Candied Kumquats

Container of whole and sliced kumquats from the Santa Monica Farmers Market.

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, Spring / Summer

Candied Kumquats

Plate of Lilia's Mafaldine With Pink Peppercorns

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Lilia's Mafaldine with Pink Peppercorns

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Barbecue Sunchoke Chips

Stack of Sourdough Drop Biscuits

Sourdough / Bread, Vegetarian, Any Season

Last Minute Sourdough Biscuits

Sliced Sourdough Sicilian Pizza with Pepperoni

Sourdough / Bread, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Sourdough Sicilian Pizza

bowl of Honey Roasted Applesauce surrounded by apples

Vegetarian, Fall / Winter, All Recipes & Articles

Honey Roasted Applesauce

Bowl of Smashed Cucumbers With Feta & Dill Pickle Dressing

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

Smashed Cucumbers With Feta & Dill Pickle Dressing

Perfect Pan Pizza pizzeria-style tomato sauce in a jar.

Any Season, Vegetarian, Vegan

Pizza Sauce

A dish of Borracho (Drunken) Beans from Chef Josef Centeno's cookbook, Amá.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Borracho (Drunken) Beans

Naturally-leavened sourdough bread cut in half.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

How to Make Naturally-leavened Sourdough Bread

Gjelina's Chickpea Stew in a bowl.

Vegetarian, Any Season, Fall / Winter

Gjelina's Chickpea Stew

San Marzano tomatoes in a Rösle food mill.

My Favorite Cooking Tools

Superiority Burger's Sloppy Dave

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

Superiority Burger's Sloppy Dave

30 Clove Pasta Sauce from Missy Robbins' cookbook, "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner...Life".

Any Season, Vegetarian, Vegan

30 Clove Pasta Sauce

Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip with Sourdough Pita

Vegan, Vegetarian, Fall / Winter

Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip

Eleven Madison Park's Granola

Any Season, Vegetarian, Sweets

Eleven Madison Park's Granola

Bowl of Thai Spicy Pork & Basil

Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Thai Spicy Pork & Basil

sourdough naan/pita

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Sourdough Naan (No Commercial Yeast)

Chimichurri Sauce

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Chimichurri

Any Season, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

Fresh Ricotta

Stack of sourdough pancakes with mulberries.

Vegetarian, Any Season, Sourdough / Bread

Sourdough Pancakes

Naturally-leavened (sourdough) pizza with asparagus, speck, and a fried egg.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Naturally-leavened (Sourdough) Pizza Dough

Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread, Spring / Summer

Tartine's Zucchini and Orange Marmalade Tea Cake

Steak Tacos with Mojo de Ajo

Any Season, Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Steak Tacos with Mojo de Ajo

Jar of Gjelina's Spicy Sweet Pickles.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Spring / Summer

Gjelina's Spicy Sweet Pickles

Nancy Silverton's Overnight Whole Grain Sourdough Waffles

Any Season, Sourdough / Bread, All Recipes & Articles

Overnight Sourdough Waffles

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Rustic Bean Stew

Fall / Winter, All Recipes & Articles

Spicy Pork Stew with Butternut Squash and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

Violet Bakery banana bread

Sweets, Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread

Violet Bakery's Banana Bread

Straining almond milk into a jar.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

How to Make and Store Almond Milk

Plate of pan-roasted Romanesco.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Gjelina's Pan-Roasted Romanesco with Golden Raisins, Tahini, and Sumac

Jars of Gjelina's pomodoro sauce.

Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Gjelina's Pomodoro Sauce

Any Season, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

How to Make Mayonnaise from Scratch (with Video)

Sliced apple-walnut tea cake on a plate with a cup of tea.

Vegetarian, Fall / Winter, Sourdough / Bread

Tartine's Apple-Walnut Tea Cake

Bowl of peeled Shady Lady tomatoes.

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, Vegan

Gjelina's Tomato Confit

Tartine Bakery's Morning Buns

Vegetarian, Sweets, Any Season

Tartine Bakery's Morning Buns

Chicken Salad Sandwich on Rosemary & Zante Currant Milk Bread

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Tarragon Chicken Salad with Preserved Lemon

Roasted brussels sprouts on a pan.

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, Vegan

How to Buy, Cook, and Reduce the Bitterness of Brussels Sprouts

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Homemade Roasted Chicken Stock

Margarita over ice with a lime garnish.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Margarita Recipe from Scratch

Loaf of Tartine Bakery's pumpkin tea cake.

Sweets, Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread

Tartine Bakery's Pumpkin Tea Cake

Jar of roasted vegetable stock with carrot.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Homemade Roasted Vegetable Stock