New Restaurant Opening: Rolling Stone Restaurant & Lounge Rocks

The brand new Rolling Stone Restaurant & Lounge opens at the end of the week in the Hollywood & Highland complex in Los Angeles. The restaurant serves up serves up a tasty mix of American cuisine, cocktails and rock 'n' roll.

Read all about it in my article on Hollywood Patch

Celebrate Earth Day with Picnic for the Planet

Summer Potato Salad

Earth Day is just around the corner on Friday April 22nd.

There are many ways to celebrate like placing a recycling bin in your kitchen or going Meatless Monday (check out my article on Patch), or sign up for Picnic for the Planet sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. In celebration of Earth Day, people all over the world will be stepping outside and eating lunch in their favorite outdoor spot.

Looking for a local picnic meetup? Trying logging onto The Nature Conservancy's meetup page and join a local picnic happening near you, or start your own.

Sole Meuniere with Wilted Spinach

Sole Meuniere with Wilted Spinach

Looking for a fabulous dish that cooks up quickly in one pan?

Then check out my recipe for Sole Meuniere with Wilted Spinach published this week in my "Farm to the Table" column in West Hollywood Patch.

Click here to view the recipe

Meatless Monday: Avocado & Radish Salad

Avocado & Radish Salad

Made fresh ingredients from the farmers market, this is my favorite salad to make. It combines creamy avocados with crispy radishes. The key ingredient is a generous portion of fresh lemon juice to finish the salad off. Enjoy!

Avocado & Radish Salad
Serves 2 people
Prep time: 5 minutes

vegan; gluten-free
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Ingredients

• 1 ripe avocado, peeled, pit removed, and sliced
• 1 cup radishes, trimmed and sliced
• juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. Layer the avocados and radishes in a bowl.  
2. Drizzle each bowl with half of the lemon juice and half of the olive oil. 
3. Season with salt and pepper. 

Source for Ingredients

• avocados, radishes, and lemons from West Hollywood Farmers Market 

Braised White Bean & Andouille Sausage Cassoulet

Braised White Bean & Andouille Sausage Cassoulet

Braised White Bean & Andouille Sausage Cassoulet is hands down one of my favorite recipes to cook in the whole wide world.

For this riff on the classic French dish cassoulet, I slowly braise white beans with spicy andouille sausage in the oven for 2 to 3 hours, finishing it off with a topping of breadcrumbs. I used Saag's Ragin' Cajun Sausage from their Naturals line, which are wonderfully spicy and flavorful. For you non-red meat eaters out there, the sausages are made from smoked chicken and turkey. They worked perfectly.

This dish is the ultimate comfort food--rich and meaty. I also love serving it family style for a dinner party, placing the braising dish right in the middle of the table and letting my guests go at it. I promise there will very little left. While the cooking time is on the longer side (2-3 hours), the "active" part is relatively short.

Serve with Butter Lettuce Salad with Feta & Pomegranates and crusty French bread for scooping up cassoulet