Chic Eats | Everyday, Seasonal, and Regional Food

Whole Grain Roasted Banana Bread
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Green Garlic Salt
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Oatmeal Date Cookies
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Sourdough Sicilian Pizza
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Gjelina's Chickpea Stew
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Spicy Pork Stew with Butternut Squash and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
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Bowl of Gjelina's Braised Tuscan Kale (Cavolo Nero)

Fall / Winter, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Gjelina's Braised Tuscan Kale (Cavolo Nero)

Washed Coleman Family Farms kale with droplets of water.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

A.O.C.s Long-Cooked Cavolo Nero (Black Kale)

Bowl of Spicy Pepper Soy Sauce.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Spicy Pepper Soy Sauce

Tomato Water Pita

Vegetarian, Spring / Summer, Any Season

Tomato Water Sourdough Pita

Plate of Oatmeal Date Cookies from the "Mother Grains" cookbook.

Sweets, Any Season, Vegetarian

Oatmeal Date Cookies

Dried tomato skins in a bowl.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Spring / Summer

Tomato Salt

Cubed baked wheat gluten (seitan/mian jin) in a bowl.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Washed Flour Wheat Gluten (Seitan/Mian Jin)

Jars of preserved kumquats, key limes, and Meyer lemons.

Fall / Winter, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Preserved Lemons, Limes, and Kumquats

Pot of vegetarian fish sauce ingredients including peppercorns, soy sauce, mushrooms, and shallots.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

Vegetarian Fish Sauce

Airstream Pantry & Food Packing

Whole French Apple Cake

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

French Apple Cake

Plate of Scallion Oil Noodles

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, Vegan

Scallion Oil Noodles

Loaf of Sourdough Bread

Where to Buy Local Flour (and Why)

Any Season, Sweets, Fall / Winter

Fresh Ginger Cake with Honey Whipped Cream & Candied Kumquats

Container of whole and sliced kumquats from the Santa Monica Farmers Market.

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, Spring / Summer

Candied Kumquats

Plate of Lilia's Mafaldine With Pink Peppercorns

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Lilia's Mafaldine with Pink Peppercorns

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Barbecue Sunchoke Chips

Stack of Sourdough Drop Biscuits

Sourdough / Bread, Vegetarian, Any Season

Last Minute Sourdough Biscuits

Sliced Sourdough Sicilian Pizza with Pepperoni

Sourdough / Bread, Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Sourdough Sicilian Pizza

bowl of Honey Roasted Applesauce surrounded by apples

Vegetarian, Fall / Winter, All Recipes & Articles

Honey Roasted Applesauce

Bowl of Smashed Cucumbers With Feta & Dill Pickle Dressing

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

Smashed Cucumbers With Feta & Dill Pickle Dressing

Perfect Pan Pizza pizzeria-style tomato sauce in a jar.

Any Season, Vegetarian, Vegan

Pizza Sauce

A dish of Borracho (Drunken) Beans from Chef Josef Centeno's cookbook, Amá.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Borracho (Drunken) Beans

Naturally-leavened sourdough bread cut in half.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

How to Make Naturally-leavened Sourdough Bread

Gjelina's Chickpea Stew in a bowl.

Vegetarian, Any Season, Fall / Winter

Gjelina's Chickpea Stew

San Marzano tomatoes in a Rösle food mill.

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Superiority Burger's Sloppy Dave

Vegetarian, Vegan, Any Season

Superiority Burger's Sloppy Dave

30 Clove Pasta Sauce from Missy Robbins' cookbook, "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner...Life".

Any Season, Vegetarian, Vegan

30 Clove Pasta Sauce

Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip with Sourdough Pita

Vegan, Vegetarian, Fall / Winter

Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip

Eleven Madison Park's Granola

Any Season, Vegetarian, Sweets

Eleven Madison Park's Granola

Bowl of Thai Spicy Pork & Basil

Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Thai Spicy Pork & Basil

sourdough naan/pita

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Sourdough Naan (No Commercial Yeast)

Chimichurri Sauce

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Chimichurri

Any Season, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

Fresh Ricotta

Stack of sourdough pancakes with banana slices.

Vegetarian, Any Season, Sourdough / Bread

Sourdough Pancakes

Naturally-leavened (sourdough) pizza with asparagus, speck, and a fried egg.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Naturally-leavened (Sourdough) Pizza Dough

Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread, Spring / Summer

Tartine's Zucchini and Orange Marmalade Tea Cake

Steak Tacos with Mojo de Ajo

Any Season, Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Steak Tacos with Mojo de Ajo

Jar of Gjelina's Spicy Sweet Pickles.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Spring / Summer

Gjelina's Spicy Sweet Pickles

Nancy Silverton's Overnight Whole Grain Sourdough Waffles

Any Season, Sourdough / Bread, All Recipes & Articles

Overnight Sourdough Waffles

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Rustic Bean Stew

Violet Bakery banana bread

Sweets, Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread

Violet Bakery's Banana Bread

Straining almond milk into a jar.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

How to Make and Store Almond Milk

Plate of pan-roasted Romanesco.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Fall / Winter

Gjelina's Pan-Roasted Romanesco with Golden Raisins, Tahini, and Sumac

Jars of Gjelina's pomodoro sauce.

Spring / Summer, All Recipes & Articles

Gjelina's Pomodoro Sauce

Bowl of Homemade Mayonnaise

Any Season, Vegetarian, All Recipes & Articles

How to Make Mayonnaise from Scratch (with Video)

Sliced apple-walnut tea cake on a plate with a cup of tea.

Vegetarian, Fall / Winter, Sourdough / Bread

Tartine's Apple-Walnut Tea Cake

Bowl of peeled Shady Lady tomatoes.

Spring / Summer, Vegetarian, Vegan

Gjelina's Tomato Confit

Apple galette.

Sweets, Vegetarian, Any Season

How to Consistently Make a Flaky All-butter Pie or Galette Crust

Tartine Bakery's Morning Buns

Vegetarian, Sweets, Any Season

Tartine Bakery's Morning Buns

Roasted Brussels sprouts on a pan.

Fall / Winter, Vegetarian, Vegan

How to Buy, Cook, and Reduce the Bitterness of Brussels Sprouts

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Homemade Roasted Chicken Stock

Margarita over ice with a lime garnish.

Any Season, All Recipes & Articles

Margarita Recipe from Scratch

Loaf of Tartine Bakery's pumpkin tea cake.

Sweets, Vegetarian, Sourdough / Bread

Tartine Bakery's Pumpkin Tea Cake

Jar of roasted vegetable stock with carrot.

Vegan, Vegetarian, Any Season

Homemade Roasted Vegetable Stock