Recipe: Frosted fig torte
This simple, rustic recipe featuring fresh figs, aromatic spices and a decadent cream cheese frosting will fill your kitchen with sweet autumn aromas.
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La Cocina’s cookbook highlights recipes and women chefs from around the world
‘We Are La Cocina’ features 40 chefs who’ve participated in the celebrated food incubator program and their recipes, including a Cambodian chicken salad from Nite Yun of Nyum Bai, shared here.
‘East Bay Cooks’ shines a light on favorite chefs, recipes from the region
James Beard-award winning food writer Carolyn Jung’s new cookbook features profiles and recipes from 41 chefs and business owners based in Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville and beyond.
Try this breakfast recipe: Tacubaya chilaquiles with guajillo chile sauce
Restaurateur Dona Savitsky shares her recipe for this favorite Mexican breakfast dish made with scrambled eggs and sauteed tortilla chips in a flavorful red sauce.
Recipe: White peach Campari sorbet
This refreshing herbal sorbet is a frozen dessert version of Campari and soda with a twist.
Recipe: Sweet almond cherry bars
These tempting cookie bars flavored with fresh cherries, almond paste, orange and vanilla will make you wish cherry season was all year long.
Try this easy churro recipe from Oakland’s Doña Tomás
Restaurateur Dona Savitsky shares the recipe for this favorite fried Mexican dessert, dusted with sugar and cinnamon.
Recipe: Kumquat skillet cake with whiskey and mascarpone
The sweet, tart and tangy citrus in this rustic skillet cake is balanced by silky mascarpone cheese, toasty almond meal and warming whiskey.
Recipe: Herbes de Provence shortbread cookies with lemon curd filling
Herbes de Provence are sweet-friendly, with a convenient absence of things like garlic and onion. This recipe showcases them in a cookie with a crisp but tender crumb and a satisfying balance of salt.
Anissa Helou’s celebrated Islamic cuisine cookbook ‘Feast’ has a Chez Panisse connection
Chez Panisse chef Amy Dencler has been the recipe tester and friend to the award-winning cookbook author for years.
A guide to winter squash — how to use it and where to eat it in the East Bay
Learn how to identify and cook seven lesser-known winter squashes. Plus, a list of East Bay restaurants serving savory seasonal squash dishes.
Make Tacubaya’s Ensalada Primavera at home
Restaurateur Dona Savitsky shares the recipe for a simple, delicious salad featuring avocado and pumpkin seeds.
