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sample personal cooking menus

soups
Summer Squash Soup with Field Basil
Butternut Squash Soup with Chestnuts and Sage
Cauliflower Soup
Sweet Corn Soup

salads
Farmers Market Salad
Mesclun Greens with Heirloom Tomato, Cucumber and Radish
Baby Green and Red Romaine with Black Figs, Serrano Ham and Sherry Vinaigrette

poultry
Braised Chicken with Artichokes, Fava Beans and Spring Onions
A Good Roasted Chicken with Mixed Peppers and Green Beans
Chicken and Smoked Duck Gumbo

fish
Slow Cooked King Salmon with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Corn
Saffron Pouched Halibut with Asparagus, Late Summer Tomatoes and Herbs
Pacific Sea Bass with Green Coriander, Grilled Eggplant and Shelled Beans
Blackened Catfish with Summer Succotash

pork
Bella's Crispy Pork with Collard Greens and Potato Gratin
Roasted Pork Loin Stuffed with Figs: Yellow Waxed Beans and Little Turnips
Grilled Pork Chops with Butternut Squash, Brussel Sprouts and Baked Pink Lady Apples

beef
Beef Stew with Autumn Vegetables and Zinfandale
Roast of Beef Tenderloin with Mashed Garnet Yams and Creamed Rapini
Beef Brisket with  Cabbage, New Potatoes in a Savory Broth

vegetarian
Japanese Curry with Mountain Vegetables
Vegetable Jambalaya
Green Lasagna with Spinach Pasta Sheets, Zucchini, Summer Squash and Pesto
Hiyashi Chuka: Japanese Chilled Noodles with Tomato, Cucumber and Tofu
Asparagus Chaat with Garbanzo Beans and Pistachios

seasonal anytime snacks
Pixie Tangerines
Gravenstein Apples
Black Mission figs
Nashi Pears
Summer Melons
Santa Rose Plums