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January at the RGB | Curry Chicken Wings with Honey and Sriracha

January at the RGB (clockwise from top left): A daffodil sprouting out of the ground. Pink rose. The number of eggs we’re getting each day. Geranium. More daffodils. A daisy. Sage… strawberry… and the Cuckoo Marans (who started laying last week; her first egg was a double yolker!). – With Super Bowl around the corner, [...]

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Mandarin, Soy, Ginger and Garlic Chicken | The RGB’s Last Mandarin

Winters in Southern California are quite glorious. With a mild cool season and plenty of sunshine, we’ve hauled in a lot citrus this year. Sadly, while we’ve had a good run with them (crumb bars, duck breasts and winter salad), we’re down to our very last basket of mandarins. Because we also had chilies and [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Thumbnail image for Grilled Chicken, Spinach and Blueberry Salad | Quick Weekend Getaway

Grilled Chicken, Spinach and Blueberry Salad | Quick Weekend Getaway

   Sometimes, a girl just needs a weekend Holiday. Not because the house is a disaster, the spouse has gone missing, or the dog has gone batty. Just because.  So this past weekend, a girlfriend and I holed up at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, CA. It was everything we wanted it to be: [...]

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Thumbnail image for Tequila Lime Chicken and Garden Salad with Cilantro and Lime Dressing | A Moment of Genius

Tequila Lime Chicken and Garden Salad with Cilantro and Lime Dressing | A Moment of Genius

Today’s RGB garden photo: A Dutch Iris, popping up near the mandarin tree. A moment of genius happened at the RGB on Friday. I had been spending much of the week hibernating in the kitchen as a result of a one-time project. So when noon rolled around and I realized that Mr. RGBistro had just [...]

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Gifting from the Garden

I won’t lie, skipping Christmas this year due to our tight budgets was difficult. If there’s a bright side, it’s realizing that I’m absolutely grateful for what I already have, which doesn’t cost a dime. I did manage to scrape together some home-made gifts for select friends and family: among them, ribbon-wrapped boxes with most [...]

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The Kitchen Sink’s Liquid Gold

Because we have our dog on a RAW diet, we go through a whole chicken every two days. With each whole chicken, Britta the Weimaraner gets the breast, legs, thighs and wings. We save the necks and backs for ourselves. So about every other weekend, when we have about 10 pounds of necks and backs [...]

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Everyday Provence | Coq au Vin

In Spring 2009, we went on holiday to France. The highlight: Provence. The people: generous. The menu: decadent. In a little Citröen, we toured the countryside, shopped with the locals, and dined to our hearts’ content. It’s safe to say that much of our day-to-day routine is modeled by Provençale living:

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Leading Off with Leftovers | Garden Chicken Soup

When there’s a surplus of produce lying around, especially when the leftover goods were intended for another purpose (last week’s Coq Au Vin and Boeuf Bourguignon), one of my favorite things to do is make soup.  The elements are simple: broth, vegetables, aromatics and protein.  The possibilities: endless.  Because we have a sicky sicky in the house, here [...]

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