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Thumbnail image for Mandarin, Meyer Lemon and Balsamic Glazed Duck Breasts | Around Our RGB Table

Mandarin, Meyer Lemon and Balsamic Glazed Duck Breasts | Around Our RGB Table

In Spring of ’09, Mr. RGBistro and I snuck out of the country and had a little rendezvous in the South of France. Maybe it was the thrill of being in a new relationship, or the fact that we were in. the. South. of. France… but regardless, that trip was magical from beginning to end. [...]

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Thumbnail image for Hank’s Cream of Chanterelle Soup | My Bowl of Lolita

Hank’s Cream of Chanterelle Soup | My Bowl of Lolita

To quote Nabokov, “my little cup brims with tiddles,” because I’ve been kissed by chanterelles so sweet, so silky and so sultry that I’ve completely lost my mind. Let me backtrack.

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Thumbnail image for Cranberry Tangerine Crumb Bars | A Thanksgiving Treat

Cranberry Tangerine Crumb Bars | A Thanksgiving Treat

We’re thankful that November always brings to Southern California a crisp, brisk, yet sunny type of weather that’s absolutely idyllic for growing tangerines. In fact, our two trees are right at the peak of their season.  

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Thumbnail image for Dried Cranberry and Blueberry Lemon Scones | A Rainy Weekend at Home

Dried Cranberry and Blueberry Lemon Scones | A Rainy Weekend at Home

This weekend was the first we’d been at home in awhile. So of course, Saturday morning’s refrigerator contents were mostly empty. We still had good eggs and cream. No yogurt, no bread, no orange juice, no fresh blueberries… Ah, but we did have them dried. And we had a package of dried cranberries, too. And [...]

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Thumbnail image for Roast Chicken | A Family Feast in Santa Barbara

Roast Chicken | A Family Feast in Santa Barbara

Like most families, everyone in ours plays a different role: The Pilot adheres to a routine, the English major (the Major) is great with words, the Nurse showers us with hugs and kisses and the Architect keeps the humor fresh. And we cook. Last week, the Pilot fell ill. So we skipped out on our [...]

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Thumbnail image for Max’s Spaghetti with Meatballs and Marinara | RSVP Redux for October, 2010

Max’s Spaghetti with Meatballs and Marinara | RSVP Redux for October, 2010

It just-so-happened that the first thing I noticed when we checked into the B&B over the weekend was the May 2010 issue of Bon Appétit lying on the coffee table. While waiting for Barry to get dressed for the wedding, I leafed through it and found… spaghetti and meatballs. But not just any spaghetti and [...]

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Thumbnail image for Chocolate Buttercream Frosting | The RGB Makes an Owl Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting | The RGB Makes an Owl Cake

RGB Owl Cake for Office Baby Shower  There are three things I thoroughly enjoy about baking a cake: 1) the science of mixing frosting colors, 2) scraping buttercream out of the bowl (and into my mouth), and 3) the thrill of gifting someone with the end result.  The Office put together a mid-week baby shower [...]

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Thumbnail image for Wolfgang Puck’s Tortilla Soup | Cooking from the Heart with Love

Wolfgang Puck’s Tortilla Soup | Cooking from the Heart with Love

“Cook from the heart, and with love.” – Wolfgang Puck As summer turns to fall and the days get shorter and shorter, I struggle with the strain of not being at home as much as I’d like to. It’s not that I’m spending more hours at the office; it’s just dark on both ends of [...]

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Thumbnail image for Cabernet Wine Linguine with Porcini and Cream Reduction | Sunday Shout-out to Blackmarket Bakery

Cabernet Wine Linguine with Porcini and Cream Reduction | Sunday Shout-out to Blackmarket Bakery

On Monday evening, September 20, 2010, I was invited by Marla to an event hosted by Chef Rachel of Blackmarket Bakery to learn about, then cook with – Cabernet Wine Flour. A beautiful example of using someone else’s throwaway, the folks over at Marche Noir Foods have figured out how to use leftover cabernet grape [...]

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Thumbnail image for Chicken Pho | Rainy Day Comfort

Chicken Pho | Rainy Day Comfort

Quick note: If you’re a dog-lover, and I hope that you are, hop on over to Just Weimaraners. We did a guest post today on our dog’s boyfriend and house-guest. – It’s frightening how quickly the weather can turn. Last week, it was so hot we initiated a mojito-of-the-day routine. This week, we’re putting on [...]

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Thumbnail image for Celadon Mojito | Bon Appetit RSVP Redux

Celadon Mojito | Bon Appetit RSVP Redux

Be careful what you wish for, right? It got hot this week. So hot, we broke all-time high temperature records in Southern California. Have I mentioned we live without air conditioning? And in a house with picture-windows that don’t open? We’re dying here. Because I’m a big procrastinator, I waited until Monday evening after work [...]

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Thumbnail image for September Garden Ratatouille | A Late Summer Harvest

September Garden Ratatouille | A Late Summer Harvest

Because it was so mild this year, our crops never did well. In fact, we only picked up three eggplants this season. Three. So when two of the three were picked over the weekend, I was bound and determined to make something “special” with them. I had even dreamt of slicing them up, dredging them [...]

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Thumbnail image for Toad in the Hole | Sunday Shout-Out: A Communal Table

Toad in the Hole | Sunday Shout-Out: A Communal Table

Is it terrible to admit I love my “internet” friends as much as my “traditional” friends? Or that I adore that the internet has connected me with so many wonderful people that I otherwise would not have an opportunity to befriend? Happy sigh. Earlier this summer, I tweeted about spending an afternoon at the RenWes kitchen showroom in Lake [...]

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Thumbnail image for Mayonnaise | And a Lesson in Motion

Mayonnaise | And a Lesson in Motion

Sorry folks. Summer turned into autumn and we know we’ve gone missing. And now that we’re back, all we can offer you is a homemade mayonnaise recipe? Yep. We’d like to take this opportunity to announce that we’ve enrolled in the RGB Culinary Institute. Never heard of it? It’s a place where wannabe food industry [...]

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Thumbnail image for Mozzarella Sliders with Aioli and Roasted Red Pepper Spread

Mozzarella Sliders with Aioli and Roasted Red Pepper Spread

I’m beginning to think that all we do is experiment. While reading one of Kelly’s posts at Sass and Veracity a while back, I was inspired to make some garlic confit and aioli. The trouble with that is… what the heck do you do with all the garlic confit (about 3 cloves’ worth)… and the [...]

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Thumbnail image for Tempura Fried Squash Blossoms | Another Weekend Experiment at the RGB

Tempura Fried Squash Blossoms | Another Weekend Experiment at the RGB

We’ve haven’t shared with you our non-edible garden photos in awhile, so here is a recent favorite:   This morning, we hit up the Irvine Farmers’ Market specifically to pick-up some hummus and pita from the guys at the Baba Foods stand for a Greek-themed dinner event tonight.   You mean we’re not making anything fancy [...]

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Thomas Keller’s Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Just a photo or two to share with you Mr. RGBistro’s latest lunch contribution. Happy Friday, everyone! [K] [We'll refresh this post with some real content later... like when Kim's not on deadline at the office.]

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Thumbnail image for Cold-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies | Dessert with Jack and Diane

Cold-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies | Dessert with Jack and Diane

We’re all about old guys gettin’ with young chicks. (Sorry, bad family joke.) So when I caught Something’s Gotta Give (with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton) on cable the other day, I DVRed it for Mr. RGBistro and I to watch after dinner later in the week. In one of the opening scenes where Jack’s young [...]

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Thumbnail image for Blueberry Buckle | Smith Bites

Blueberry Buckle | Smith Bites

I turn into a whiny !@#$ when I get sick. Somehow, I’m also more productive. Between sniffling and sneezing on Saturday, I made a pot of chicken stock (and saved the fat for a batch of flaxseed dog biscuits), harvested and roasted about 5 lbs. of garden tomatoes, made a batch of tomato soup, roasted [...]

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Thumbnail image for Multi-Tasking at the RGB | Garden Tomato Sauce

Multi-Tasking at the RGB | Garden Tomato Sauce

August at the RGB means we’re swimming in tomatoes. This month alone we’ve had RGB tomatoes in our pasta, in a pizzetta, under some burrata, over some toast, sliced with salt… and most recently, in homemade tomato sauce. For us, homemade tomato sauce ranks high on the small effort / big return scale. It only [...]

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Thumbnail image for Pacific Oysters with Herb Mignonette | Pearls of Wisdom

Pacific Oysters with Herb Mignonette | Pearls of Wisdom

Mr. RGBistro and I are gettin’ smart. Last Saturday, we planned out an entire morning of errand-running: 1) Irvine Farmers’ Market, 2) Roger’s Gardens, and, 3) lunch at Taco Rosa’s. We wanted to hit the market first (before the rest of the free world arrived), but the dilemma was keeping the goods cold while we [...]

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Thumbnail image for Fresh Summer Peach Crumble | An Ode to Peaches

Fresh Summer Peach Crumble | An Ode to Peaches

In Southern California, we’re fortunate enough to have regular access to Russ Parsons, The California Cook of the Los Angeles Times. Because that’s not enough, we also keep his “How to Pick a Peach” on our bookshelves. Russ taught me how to pick a peach. We’ve all been there. We “buy a peach at the [...]

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First Impressions

I knew I’d marry Mr. RGBistro before we were even dating. A couple of years ago we had arranged to spend a mid-week evening together. We’d been bragging about our home-cook skills and decided it was time to flex them. Mr. RGB volunteered his bachelor kitchen, which I accepted because it seemed a lot better [...]

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Gettin’ Hitched – Part I of II

You can’t plan fate. You just have to let it happen. When you call Chez Panisse on a Tuesday (7/20) to ask for restaurant reservations, and they tell you they can take you in at 9:15 PM on Friday, you gladly give them a $25 deposit and let them know you’ll be there. Since you [...]

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Confession Time

We have a confession to make. When we decided on Monday (7/19) to officially tie the knot on Friday (7/23), we weren’t going to tell anyone. On Tuesday (7/20), we cleared our calendars (sorry, Anne!), booked two flights to San Francisco for the weekend, and reserved a room at the Mark Hopkins. On Wednesday (7/21) [...]

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Pardon Us a Bit

  Hello, friends! You might notice some wonky things happenin’ on a few of our pages. Please pardon us while we (mostly superman Thomas) iron out the kinks. We’ll be back to regularly scheduled programming soon. Thanks! [K] & |b| Click here to go to our lastest post.

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Early Morning Curry

RGB curry in the herb garden. – RGB Wordless Wednesdays are intended to highlight our current RGB edibles. You can view all of our Wordless Wednesday edibles by clicking on the category of the same name.

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Lunch-Hour Leftovers

We seem to be on a Vietnamese kick lately. After only eating two pieces of our grilled lemongrass ginger chicken from earlier in the week, we tucked the remaining four pieces away in the fridge for a second meal. Enter: a French-Vietnamese Baguette. Usually made with a combination of rice and wheat flour, it’s light, [...]

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World Cup Brunch

When it’s 11 AM on a Sunday and your loved one is 1) wearing yesterday’s shorts, 2) hasn’t budged from the couch and 3) declares today is “World Cup Day,” you make nice and fix him breakfast. There was one minor issue: I was craving my runny morning egg, and Mr. RGBistro doesn’t do runny [...]

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Thumbnail image for Grilled Lemongrass Ginger Chicken | Happy Accident

Grilled Lemongrass Ginger Chicken | Happy Accident

I’m calling this a happy accident. I screwed up breaking down my whole chicken so my drumstick kind of fell away from the bone. I still have no clue what happened… but I thought it might be a good idea to slide the meat down, clump it into a ball at the end, and marinate [...]

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