Salad, it’s What’s for Dinner

We took a cue from the minds at Kitchn for this week’s dinner ideas: salad. Crunchy greens dotted with fruit and veg make for a refreshing dinner alternative to the heavier winter menus we’ve likely all become used to over the past several months. Get your wheels turning with these fresh salad…

Most Popular Recipes of 2018

Spring heralds the big annual sweep – both literally and figuratively speaking. For some, that’s the storage closet they’re afraid to open, for others perhaps, it’s the baseboards and door jams. Around these parts, it’s the pantry. But before we go chucking the mismatched Tupperware and out of date…

Stagecoach – Not Our First Rodeo

There’s so much to love about Stagecoach: the people, the weather, the boots, the hats… And while we’re all indulging in a little honky tonk reprieve from our real lives, let’s not forget the food. Whether you’re camping, hitching a trailer, or going the AirBnB route, odds are, you’re going to need…

Grilled Cheese: Reasons to Love

There are few foods that elicit the collective nostalgic sigh of relief like the humble grilled cheese sandwich. Homesick? Grilled Cheese. Bad day? Grilled Cheese. Cold weather? Yep. The beauty is, it doesn’t matter if it was with white bread or wheat, Muenster or Swiss. Grilled Cheese means simple…

Summer Grilling – Dot Dish & La Brea Bakery

Summer is dancing just around the corner; blowing her warm breezes and trailing a healthy dose of beach salt and sand behind her. At La Brea Bakery, it also signals the time of year when cooking, eating, and living are almost exclusively done al fresco. While we’re gearing up our nearly exclusively…

A Coachella Picnic: Food Ideas for Music Festival Season

Around Los Angeles, it's officially "Festival Season" - which means loads of outdoor concerts, mini road trips, and, depending on your style, some serious fun camping, glamping or villa-ing. (We made up that last one but you get the idea.) Since a weekend away with friends isn't complete without…