March 18th, 2011 
Georgina The power of scent is terribly underrated by most of us. Everyone longs for sensation — like the experience of when you see someone and it hits you like a thunderbolt as the Sicilianos call it. Frankly, I’ve seen a lot of beautiful people in my day, but looks don’t seem to strike me with [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market, Features, Food and Wine, Point of View, Restaurants 
Tags: Farmer's Market, Italian parsley, M5 Risotto, Margerum M5, Renato Moiso, Scent, Via Maestra 42 
Comments Off February 25th, 2011 Georgina What sets Chef Linda Steidel apart from other chefs and cookbook authors is that she is much more than a great chef — she’s a teacher. She takes the home cook and with ease and understanding, makes them into a chef. Yesterday at Torrance Memorial Hospital’s Farmer’s Market, Chef Linda Steidel taught the crowd how [...]
Posted in Events, Farmer's Market, Food and Wine, Recipes Tags: edamame, Farmer's Market, lindasteidel, peas, salad recipe, torrance memorial hospital, Williams-Sonoma Comments Off February 4th, 2011 Georgina I love trees and I’ve never met one that I couldn’t find something beautiful about with one exception – the homely avocado tree. It’s awkward –it’s huge –it’s blossoms are indiscernible and the fruit is unapproachable. It seems like one has to wait months before you’ll ever get to taste it and it’s an inedible [...]
