Author name: Susan

Yuca with Mojo de Ajo

Abuela insisted on making boiled yuca for the Christmas table. It just tasted like stringy potatoes to us kids, because […]

The first time I made this was for Maggie’s 65th birthday. I was 28 years old, and had never made

The easiest way to buy, cook, and eat lamb, this is a go-to favorite dinner at Lovall Valley Road. The

If you think you can’t eat a whole lamb shank per person, you are wrong. I far prefer this fall-off-the-bone

Chicken pot pie is one of my favorite winter comfort foods. I remember making this with mom as a kid

There is a fancy Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco that is legendary for this insanely delicious dish, but it is

The ‘orchard’ next to Grandma’s house in Sonoma has a small, neglected persimmon tree. For many years, we enjoyed looking

I owe my Abuela an apology. Every year, she made Congri for Thanksgiving, and I never even tasted it. There

My friend Kelly Louis made this dip every Thanksgiving in for about 20 years. It is decadent and dangerous, and