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By Chef Zov Karamardian Every good chef knows that a great dish requires great ingredients and that’s determined by one thing – quality. In general, we know that fresh is better than frozen, that organic is better than mass produced and that loin meat is better than leg, but the [...]
Memories From Recent Trip to Israel
Memories From Recent Trip to Israel
This April, my daughter Taleene, two of my traveling buddies and I decided to take a week long culinary tour of Israel, led by a beautiful and talented women named- Orly Ziv. I expected a week of wonderful cooking demonstrations, delicious tastings of food by leading chefs, and tours exploring [...]
Zov’s Best Culinary Creations with Wild Mushrooms!
Zov’s Best Culinary Creations with Wild Mushrooms!
Primitive, ancient, exotic, delicate, and earthy. What could be better on the eve of autumn than their heady, woodsy scent, and their satisfyingly toothsome texture. Mushrooms are one of my all time favorite go-to ingredients whenever I want to create an elegant dinner. And there are so many [...]
Vegetables From the Soul of Your Garden
Vegetables From the Soul of Your Garden
Click here for recipe The last days of summer are starting to dwindle. Darkness is starting to come just a bit sooner now even though the heat still seems to be picking up. All those seeds, sprouts, and starters you planted so many months ago have now turned into a [...]
Celebrate Summer with Good Mood Food
Celebrate Summer with Good Mood Food
The rainy days of Spring have passed and as the days get longer, Summer comes quicker. Barbeques have replaced crockpots and tank tops for sweaters. The early days of summer are joyous and relaxing. While the sweltering months of midsummer are still weeks away, early summer days are gently cooled [...]
Eggstatic About Spring!!!
Eggstatic About Spring!!!
Quickly, like time lapse photography, long, warm, sunny days replace the bitter cold of winter. All around, frost retreats from the ground, leaving behind a lush blanket of green. New life springs up everywhere from the ground displaying fields filled with spectacular color. From branches in the trees, buds with [...]
My Favorite Tuber
My Favorite Tuber
When I think of a potato, I don’t think of a brown, grubby, little, oddly shaped thing covered in dirt and sitting in a barrel at the grocery store. No, the first thing that comes to mind is the toppings, seasoning, and FLAVOR. The potato itself has been cooking in [...]
The Egg & The Pancake : Turn nature’s perfection into an ideal meal
The Egg & The Pancake : Turn nature’s perfection into an ideal meal
I apologize to have left you staring at my Christmas blog as we left December and January far behind and are now half way through February. I am sure that all of you thought that I was never coming back to blogging again. I have to say that I have [...]
Merry Mezza Ho Ho Hummus
Merry Mezza Ho Ho Hummus
Can you believe it, Christmas is only weeks away. Right about now, some of you are dreading that quickly approaching December deadline and are making lists, checking them twice, and frantically running around with Jingle Bell Rock stuck in your head. Others are still in that turkey feast induced coma, [...]
