Photo: Camilla Salem When building salads, it's far too easy to get stuck in a rut. You know what works, buy the same ingredients, and inevitably eat green leaf lettuce with black olives, sliced tomatoes, and shredded carrots everyday. However, with a little creativity and an open mind at the grocery store, you can enjoy a fabulous variety of healthful and scrumptious salads on a regular basis. Read more

Although there's nothing more rewarding then creating a delicious meal to share with friends and family, most of the time, I'm cooking for myself. The first step to cooking for one is to get over any fears of eating alone. Just because you are dining by yourself doesn't mean that you should eat cereal or ramen! Instead, treat yourself to a healthy and flavorful meal. Here's how I suggest you cook Read more

Before Summer is over, why not enjoy a piece of meat at its purest? I'm talking about a perfectly grilled steak! Grilling steak may seem like a no-brainer: you season it and throw it on the barbie, but with a little extra care you can take your steak-making skills to a whole new level. I asked Chef Mark Richardson, of Seasons, the restaurant at The Four Seasons in San Francisco, to show us how Read more

When grocery shopping, the majority of the time, I try to select the cheapest ingredients. However, there are some items that I splurge for. My dad introduced me to this local, organic, European-style butter and I've become obsessed with it! It's more expensive than regular butter, but I think it's worth it. It makes the best toast. Ever. Browsing the new food market on Gilt Taste has me Read more

It's April, and that means Spring is finally here! This year I've decided to go all out by cooking with as many seasonal fruits and vegetables as possible. Not just the usual suspects like asparagus and artichokes, but the more unusual produce like morels, ramps, and rhubarb. Besides produce, I also hope to experiment with some interesting desserts like homemade Peeps. And since I'm starting to Read more