Ethnic Sensations

November 2025
Bolognese is a rich, meat-centric sauce that originates from the city of Bologna, the culinary epicenter in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

August 2025
This dish is an homage to the fiery, garlicky and red lacquer-colored Mapo Tofu served on Sawtelle, the emerging, hip Asian neighborhood in West Los Angeles.

July 2026
This salad comes together in no time; very little prep is involved, and like magic…

June 2025
A dish that is ideal for busy weeknights, since the preparation for the artichokes is already completed, and the chicken bone broth is ready-made.

February 2022
This vegan salad celebrates the bright flavors of Thai cuisine with a knock-out, creamy, sweet and slightly spicy Peanut Lime Salad Dressing that works equally well as a dipping sauce.

September 2021
When I’m craving comfort food, this Basque-inspired recipe ticks off every box—it’s rich, full of flavor and decadent. When paired with a scratch-made, creamy polenta and a wild mushroom ragout, this dish tastes even better reheated the next day.

August 2021
An homage to the smoky, Lebanese-style eggplant dip, baba ganoush, this recipe grills the eggplants directly over the flame of a gas stove to create its requisite, smokey flavor. 

July 2021
The fusion-style salad is a refreshing mix of cool and crunch with matchstick-cut light green Persian cucumbers, orange carrots and white daikon—the Asian radish looks like a plump carrot on steroids. 

June 2021
When you don’t have the energy or time to make traditional labor-intensive roasted butternut squash soup, this innovative recipe gets that iconic dish to the table in less than half the time using an Instant Pot pressure cooker.