Easy homemade granola with cranberries, apples, and mulberries.

A recap of Food and Light 2011, held last week in Boulder, Colorado.

Lava flow: piña colada and strawberry dacquiri

Another way to enjoy homemade pizza dough – stromboli.

A delightful Thai appetizer of fried rice noodles, shrimp, and a sweet, tangy, savory sauce: mee krob.

French toast to start the morning.

Loving sandwich season with this feta artichoke sandwich.

What’s in your trail mix when you’re ready to go for a hike?

Homemade curry laksa is addictive – ADDICTIVE!!

Making cake out of a cocktail – White Russian cake. The dude abides.

I don’t feel like cooking – so we’re having lots of salads. Here’s a good one: jicama, pepita, garbanzo salad.

Love your vegetables like these Chinese dry-cooked string beans. How could you not?

Heavenly morsels of strawberry goodness wrapped in pillows of soft mochi with sweet azuki paste – strawberry mochi.

It’s sandwich time… calabrese sandwich with all of the good stuff.

Simple, elegant, fantastic Caprese sticks from Matt Armendariz’s new book “On a Stick!”

Slushies speak to me in summer. Try a blood orange green tea slushie with boba and a dash of raspberry.

Kimchi fried rice – a variation of a favorite fried rice recipe.

Deviled eggs and bomb-proof method for easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs.

Rich, moist, chocolaty, nutty cupcakes. You’ll never miss the gluten!

A recap of the good (and bad) food and sights around the Big Island of Hawai’i.

Lemon chiffon cake layered with blackberry curd, blackberry buttercream, and elderflower liqueur.

Making tuna poke at home is easy and fantastic as long as you start with good, fresh tuna.