Baked Brie & Maple-Rosemary Pecan Apple Wedges.

When Refinery29 came round to ask for my favorite fast and fool-proof holiday appetizers, these babies were some of the first I concocted. As chic as baked brie sounds, and as sumptuous as maple rosemary pecans taste, the whole wondrous…
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MAPLE ROSEMARY PECANS.

I’m not going to give you an exact recipe, per se, for these nuts, because you don’t need one. What you do need is to really get into the infinite potentiality of deliciousness that exists in the combination of maple,…
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FENNEL SEEDED CHALLAH WITH SPICED APPLE BUTTER.

My friend Suzanne is basically Martha Stewart. She hosts gorgeous dinner parties in her lovely fig- and plumeria tree lined courtyard, evenings filled with the sweetness of climbing vines and the whisper of a small fountain. The woman owns both…
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MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH COINTREAU WHIPPED CREAM.

There’s something sacred about spice mixing, an alchemical process that allows flavors to become something other than themselves—and transform your experience of eating them at the same time. Here, cinnamon coaxes chocolate out of its shell, nutmeg elicits sweetness, and…
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ROSEMARY CIDER CARAMEL APPLE GALETTE.

I woke up Monday morning with a sinking feeling in my stomach, the same kind of near-vomit I feel after I get into a terrible fight with someone I love, a fight where we both got a little unhinged and…
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LEGENDS OF THE FALL FRUIT SALAD.

Seasonality gets confused in the heat of Southern California, and summer tends to shamelessly bleed its way into both spring and fall. This year has been an especially slow fade into cooler climes (as I write this, it’s still in…
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NUTELLA SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE.

My loves. Supposedly it’s fall. Last weekend, I even found this gorgeous leaf turning leaf on the sidewalk. But here in LA, it’s currently nearing 90º. My longing for chilly mornings wrapped in blankets, set to the tune of rain…
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