Salads

Winter Citrus Salad

Happy 2017!

Are you glad 2016 is over? I know I am. It was a rough year. We had some big losses, including both Josh’s father and my father. The whole year just seemed to have a heavy cloud hanging over it. And sometimes it just feels good for a fresh beginning. A new year full of hope. I’m happy to put 2016 behind us, and make some new, wonderful memories in 2017.

Along with a new year, comes resolutions for a lot of us! This year, my resolution is to focus on taking care of myself. What does that consist of?
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Summer Peach Panzanella

It’s summer and that means peach season! And the start of something new Josh and I want to do on the blog. So every once in awhile, we’re planning on taking an ingredient or dish and making a his take and a her take on it… and hopefully no mis-takes! (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself). So this week, we bring to you peach recipes from both of us! First up, mine… a delicious, summery peach panzanella.

Have you ever heard of panzanella? It’s basically a salad made with stale bread. Last summer, we went to a going away potluck for a neighborhood friend and the host made a peach panzanella. I kept going back for seconds, then thirds, then fourths…
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Kumquat Salad

My grandfather, a burly, mustachioed man with sea blue eyes, lived on the top of a dead end street in Central Los Angeles. It was a working-class neighborhood. When I would visit from suburbia at six years-old and rollerskate down the sidewalk, I would be the only one out there with modern skates. All of the local kids had skates with metal wheels that, upon contact with the black asphalt, became immediately pitted and were ever after a teeth-chattering experience.
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