From the category archives:

Breakfast & Brunch

Citrus French Toast with Marmalade Drizzle

Lately, I’ve been eating challah on Fridays around sundown. My Jewish readers might think, “Such a good girl, going to Shabbat.” Catholic-raised me must tell the truth: I volunteer at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital until 5 PM on Fridays. We have a meditation room (not to be confused with a medication room) and [...]

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Guest Post by Erika at In Erika’s Kitchen: Savory Cheese Biscuits with Yogurt

My friend, Erika, writes heartfelt posts on her food-and-family blog, In Erika’s Kitchen. She’s a supercharged, busy woman; her “other blog life” is filling the LA Cooking Examiner with recipes destined to be treasures. I asked her if we could share one such gem here. Erika writes: Every recipe on Worth the Whisk has a [...]

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Guest Post by Erika at In Erika’s Kitchen: Scrambled Eggs with Kale and Provolone

It sure is nice to have food friends with great recipes to guest post for me. Meet Erika who not only works a crazy full-time schedule but is mom to 2 boys, wife to Mr., blogs at In Erika’s Kitchen and columnist at LA Cooking Examiner. Erika writes: When Patti was looking for guest recipes to [...]

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Apple Cinnamon Brunch Braid

What to do with the second half of my dessert dough from the King Arthur Flour baking demo? I did what they said, I froze it. And then I wanted to eat it. They taught us how to do this at the demo, too, so I made an apple filled braid. First, GO HERE for [...]

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Shirley Corriher’s Touch of Grace Biscuits

If you’re a baking fan, you’re a Shirley Corriher fan. Renowned food scientist, writer and frequent guest on Alton Brown’s Good Eats show, Shirley delivers all that’s good about Southern cooking. And, of course, she is the author of my favorite food science book, CookWise. Shirley is a what we home economists love – a [...]

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Oven German Apple Pancake a la Dinah’s

Don’t let the photo scare you, this is Sunday brunch deliciousness in our home. My Westside neighbor and fellow food blogger, Erika Penzer Kerekes, tapped me for a classic Los Angeles recipe to feature in her cooking column on LA Examiner.com. Both her column on this national website and her personal blog In Erika’s [...]

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Scratch-Made Cinnamon Rolls

Look right up close at those tender flakes, the cinnamony swirl, ooey vanilla icing. To get to this point was a sticky, messy Sunday baking project; didn’t shower until 3 PM. But I arm-wrestled my way to success making scratch cinnamon rolls just to prove I wasn’t a loser. “Loser?” you might ask. This was [...]

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Crockpot Overnight Apple Oatmeal

I’m just thrilled with the fact that steel cut oatmeal can be easy to make. Waking up to the aroma of hot cinnamon and apples is lovely — breakfast is ready even before the coffee perks! This recipe includes fruit and nuts, healthy.

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Cheese Blintzes

There’s a growing community of food bloggers here in LA. We’re getting to know each other by stepping away from our computers each month for face-time, networking and good eats together. And, recipe sharing! Last month, Erika of In Erika’s Kitchen hosted a brunch where Small Pleasures Catering blogger/caterer Giselle arrived with pretty pillows of [...]

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Ginger Scones

Hans Rockenwagner sold Ginger Scones at his bakeries in LA and Venice. And then he didn’t. Apparently they were deeeelicious; an LA Times food section reader wanted the recipe, and they published it. Larry’s recipe binder is jam-packed with pages like this – baked goods, ginger flavored, someone’s favorite. He had yet to make these, [...]

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Thelma’s Popovers

Larry makes his mom’s golden, airy popovers skillfully. Some recipes in our household are his alone, and this is definitely one. If I proclaimed a decision to make some popovers, fuggeddaboudit. Not allowed. He has his giant binder of recipes and I have mine. My mother-in-law, Thelma is now 88 and doesn’t cook anymore. A [...]

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Fresh Basil Quiche with Tomatoes and Mushrooms

It worked, he ate it. TWO portions. I know that Larry is a Real Man, and now I know he will Eat Quiche. Maybe it was the All Butter Pie Shell that put it over the top because nuttin’ tastes bedda dan budduh. We humans really are easily swayed. The stigma quiche picked up via [...]

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Fresh Homemade Yogurt

Why make yogurt? To feel French, mostly. And then to feel healthy. Plus then to just do it for fun, since it is quite easy, it tastes fine and ingredients are few. When I make homemade yogurt, I use my little yogurt maker machine, purchased after reading French Women Don’t Get Fat. Cute book and [...]

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Fresh Homemade Applesauce in the Crockpot

Those two apples were not getting eaten. And the bruised lemon was one I found on the ground under our tree. It is a sin to buy a lemon if you live in LA; there is always a neighbor’s tree with lots of fruit within reach of the sidewalk (we ask permission – most of [...]

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