Recipes Archive

SUMMER BARBECUE FLAVORS TO LAST THROUGH THE CHILL OF WINTER / recipes to tide you over to spring

By Larry Levine – Summer is long gone – a faded rose, as the song says – and now autumn is behind us, too. Even in sunny southern California we face the chills of winter and the early sunsets. Outdoor grills and barbecues are put away, while we wait for spring, when the days will [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT / the journey back from the operating table to the dinner table / Chapter 11 / THE HANGMAN SENDS HIS EVIL TWIN

(This book and the commitment to healthful eating are works in progress. This is the final chapter of the first draft of the book.) By Larry Levine – For 23 months after the hangman visited and told me of the dangerous situation regarding my coronary arteries, I was good – very, very good. I worked [...]
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IT’S TURKEY TIME OF YEAR / our annual guide to a great roast turkey dinner

By Larry Levine - I love the taste of a good roasted turkey. I like it unadorned – no smoking, brining or other gimmicks. If you buy a really great bird you don’t need all the rest. If you’re going to pick up a 99-cent-a-pound frozen bird at the local big box store, then reach [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – The journey back from the operating table to the dinner table / Chapter 9 / CRUISE SHIPS – where diets go to die

By Larry Levine – (BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT is a memoir in progress being published in draft form in this magazine.) I was doing fine, feeling smug about my ability to stick to a responsible diet – low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium. Then until Jennifer and I set sail on a 16-day [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES / Cooler weather means it’s hot and hearty comfort food time

By Larry Levine – I’m not a fan of winter. When the daytime temperature drops below 65, or it even looks like it might rain, I want to hibernate – lock the doors and windows and stay indoors. Like so many others, the reason I live in Los Angeles has a lot to do with [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT / Chapter 7 – THE GREAT CHICKEN SACRIFICE – Clucking your way to healthier dining

By Larry Levine – Here’s to the chickens that have been sacrificed in the name of my healthful diet. I know not how many there have been. But I’ll tell you a secret – this whole post coronary bypass diet business would have been far more difficult, maybe even impossible, without chicken I liked chicken [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – Chapter 6 / The Essential Stocks – Preparing youself for healthful dining that tastes good

By Larry Levine – The secret to freedom when confronting a restaurant menu lies in how well you manage your overall diet when eating at home. I make a game of mental credits out of it: if I’m going out to a restaurant tonight I need to hold the fat, cholesterol and sodium to a [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Stuck for an idea? Pasta with shrimp and tomatoes to the rescue

By Larry Levine - I don’t recall it ever having happened before. I stood there just inside the entrance to Gelson’s Market with absolutely no idea of what I wanted to eat or cook for dinner. Usually, when I enter the market I have at least a vague notion of whether it will be chicken, fish, pork, or [...]
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FALL OFF THE BONE BBQ RIBS – The Detachable Meat Mystery

By Larry Sheingold - This is about falling off. Falling off a log is easy. Falling off the roof is bad. So is falling off the face of the earth, though it’s a longer fall. You can fall off the wagon and the turnip truck, perhaps both in the same day. But falling off the [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – The journey back from the operating table to the dinner table / Chapter 3 / Back in the Kitchen Again (with recipes)

By Larry Levine – I had no idea how pain medication could mess with my concentration? It was one of the first lessons I learned in the days after I came home from the hospital following quadruple coronary bypass surgery in July 2008. My sternum had been opened wide and wired back together. It was [...]
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