I'm not quite Boss Tweed yet, who allegedly downed about 150 oysters in one sitting, but, I'm slowly getting there. Every Wednesday morning you can find me tasting my way through the farmer's market in Santa Monica. This is my happy place where I go to check out what's in...

This is an exquisitely simple recipe and a very classic one too. Lemon + garlic + chili + white wine + parsley + shell fish = awesome. Add bacon and pasta, and well, I mean, do I really need to go into it? Your kitchen will smell amazing, and this...

Grilled Figs with Ice Cream

The martini for the martini purists. Based on the ideal from Bernard DeVoto's lyrical and facetiously toned book on America's greatest gifts to the world (hint: whiskey and the martini), The Hour, this martini reminds us that:

"We are a pious people but a proud one too, aware...

My brother is searching for new khaki pants, the heat has started kicking up again, and I jealously watch coeds go book shopping, missing those days dedicated solely to intellectual absorption, so I guess this means summer's waning a bit. Apparently fruit didn't get this news. Melons abound, so ripe...

I use The Bruery's Hottenroth to make one of my favorite cocktails: The Beer Fashioned. One part old fashioned, the other part beer, all inspired by some of my favorite champagne cocktails, the Beer Fashioned is the perfect summer version...

This is what I've been living off of for the past week. I bought two at the farmer's market, and four days later these suckers are just starting to wane. Reed avocados, especially this massive cannonball varietal, have officially eclipsed Hass as mi aguacate numero uno

On today's episode of Kitcy TV, Nathalie Caldwell, the president of the Pacific Gravity Ladies' Homebrew Club, and I take a break from homebrewing to discuss her three favorite beers for summer. Enjoy!

I had to drop my brother off at nerd camp a few weeks back (it's technically a "gaming academy" at Stanford, but really, "academy"? That's about as legitimate sounding as Costanza's "Human Fund." He swears he learned some coding, but by the looks of his unbrushed teeth and...

Beer, BBQ, and my favorite ladies of beer (Nathalie Balandran-Caldwell and Christina Perozzi) were there at The Bruery's second anniversary celebration. I can't believe it's only been...

On today's episode of Kitchy TV, I team up with Kat Odell of Eater LA and Good Bite to make her super simple spring time crumble. Four ingredients and delicious results. Enjoy!

I love food nerds. We're an odd group, nomads mostly, traveling from city to city, restaurant to restaurant, cameras in hand, scrawling notes and demanding answers from an already flustered wait staff. Always hungry, always searching, never satisfied. So when you bump into another one, there's a moment of recognition,...