Sass & Veracity

fat-free opinions on a food centric life

San Diego Patio Garden Makeover

Welcome to our patio garden! More years ago than I’d like to admit, we began to work on the patio that wraps along the back and one long side of our house. Our front yard is the size of a postage...

May 16, 2013 Like

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Green Salad with Blueberries, Apples & Mustard Chive Vinaigrette

I should call this the Monet salad. I’m teasing, of course, but whenever I see varying tones of green and purple with touches of blue, I think of French Impressionist Claude Monet’s most famous and...

May 2, 2013 Like

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Beef Filet with Braised Greens, Mushrooms & Caramelized Onions

I have been thinking quite a bit about what I write about and why. And since many would describe this as a recipe site, I guess that means I wonder about what types of recipes I post and why — or...

Apr 28, 2013 Like

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Strawberry Key Lime Cream Cheese Cake

At some point in our young lives, my sister made a cake. This stands out because my sister doesn’t bake. Food is a necessity to her, lucky woman, unless we’re talking about salsa or hot sauce....

Apr 17, 2013 Like

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Cauliflower Soup with Roasted Peppers and Feta

More than a month has passed since I’ve written here, but that doesn’t mean I’ve left it to sit. Okay, it appears as if it’s been abandoned. But I’ve been searching for and learning about many...

Apr 11, 2013 Like

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Not Quite on Vacation

Ah well. At least San Diego in late March is lovely, right? I hoped to have things on Sass & Veracity completely working by now, but that is not the case. I’m having trouble with that yellow bar...

Mar 22, 2013 Like

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Pardon My Dust

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what I’d like Sass & Veracity to become and true to my sometimes very stubborn nature, continue to experiment with its organization myself instead of hiring...

Mar 1, 2013 Like

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A Sweetheart for Me and a Simple Jam Tart for You

Simple Jam Tart I looked over at my husband a few evenings ago as we sat in our usual places after dinner in front of the television — he in his chair, ever present laptop casting a blue white glow...

Feb 14, 2013 Like

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Gumbo with Ham Hock and Shrimp

Gumbo with Ham Hock and Shrimp I was lucky to be involved in many projects when I was teaching requiring travel to many areas of the U.S. and what I enjoyed about each experience was that after a...

Jan 27, 2013 Like

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Pork and Cabbage Soup

Pork and Cabbage Soup When I think back on most years of my life, I am able to remember being sick once every year or two — and when I started teaching — every year. Sometimes, it went on for more...

Jan 16, 2013 Like

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Cranberry Apricot Almond Sweet Bread Twist

Sweet Bread twist filled with dried cranberries, apricots, almonds, tangerine zest, and cardamom I hope this finds you well in spite of recent sobering events we are all trying to make sense of —...

Dec 22, 2012 Like

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Non Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice Soup with Vegetables

Well hello. I hope you’re well. I have been — at least until a few days ago when I felt a bit of a sore throat that was at first more a reason to laze around than anything else. I’m not much of a...

Dec 10, 2012 Like

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Potato Puree a la Joel Robuchon

I’m taking Thanksgiving off this year — literally. My husband suggested we spend the better part of the week in San Francisco and visit with our youngest who is in art school there instead of...

Nov 20, 2012 Like

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Slow Roasted Elephant Garlic

I took my Mac to the Apple store recently because I was notified that its serial number was one marked as having a hard drive that could potentially fail. I dropped it off, a new hard drive was...

Nov 7, 2012 Like

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Baked Hot Wings with Yogurt Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Once upon a time, I’d have talked up a recipe for hot wings as being the best type of game day food — and we did enjoy these recently before a Chargers game. Unfortunately the Chargers have been...

Oct 18, 2012 Like

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Roasted Spiced Carrot and Quinoa Salad

Sometimes when I’m at the market, I come across bags of brightly colored carrots — carrots in a deep burgundy and cheerful yellow nestled with the expected orange. Once in a while there are a few...

Oct 15, 2012 Like

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Baked Apple Dumplings with Sweet Browned Butter Sauce

I think the first time I tried to make an apple dumpling I was about 26, give or take a year. I don’t remember cooking much during that particular time in my life, but what I did cook has stayed...

Oct 12, 2012 Like

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Quick & Easy Julienned Zucchini and Yellow Squash with Thyme

If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve come across at least one comment I’ve made about squash in general. It’s something I didn’t learn to like until I was in my early...

Oct 7, 2012 Like

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Almond Pecan Walnut Pancakes with Skillet Browned Honeycrisp Apple Topping

I’ve been back from my trip East for a couple of weeks now and think I’ve finally caught up with sleep and processed all my memories along with the more than 500 photos I took. It’s a relaxing task...

Oct 6, 2012 Like

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Cobb Style Steak Salad

I was hoping Mother Nature might take pity on us by wielding her mighty weather wand because October has arrived and with it, the promise of Fall. All things apples and pumpkins, steaming bowls of...

Oct 3, 2012 Like

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Spice-Rubbed Pork Shoulder with Radicchio and Balsamic Vinegar

I made it back from my trip to the East Coast safe and sound and will share my experience after it settles and I’ve had time to savor it all. In the meantime, I have many recipes to share and ideas...

Sep 28, 2012 Like

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Food to Satisfy your Cravings

Best laid plans — I had them. I really did. But I ran out of time. It’s after 11 pm and the alarm will sound at 3:45 am tomorrow so that I can get up, pretend as if I can actually see clearly...

Sep 15, 2012 Like

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Strawberry Jam Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies

After swearing off most things sweet for the first six months of the year, I did make a few desserts this summer for holidays, birthdays, and a get together or two, and these Strawberry Jam Cream...

Sep 12, 2012 Like

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Fried Green Tomato Salad with Grilled Onions and Corn

We’ve enjoyed so many different great recipes this summer, I haven’t done a very good job of keeping it up when it comes to sharing them with you. What’s my excuse? Well. I’d say pull up a chair...

Sep 8, 2012 Like

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Labor Day Recipes with a Bit o’ Sass

Each year, I wait for the first morning I have a sense that Fall is right around the corner, teasing me. The humidity is gone, skies are clear and blue, and there’s a gentle breeze. One cruel...

Sep 1, 2012 Like

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Potato Salad with Bacon and Buttermilk Dressing

I grew up loving my mother’s potato salad. It was a simple mixture of boiled and peeled russet potatoes she cut into cubes then added chopped onion, celery, hard boiled eggs, and pickles. The...

Aug 27, 2012 Like

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Southwestern BBQ Chicken Salad

Returning our son to San Francisco for another year of school marks an unofficial end of summer for us. Twelve weeks of his being at home included road trips filled with yummy eats, movie nights,...

Aug 24, 2012 Like

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Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse de Poulet with Pistou

I think the first time I saw Julia Child was on an episode of Martha Stewart more than 15 years ago. That’s tantamount to sacrilege if you love food as much as I do and I’ve had to think about why...

Aug 15, 2012 Like

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Simple Snap Pea and Radish Slaw

It really doesn’t get hot where I live until August. I spend each summer quietly enjoying our temperate weather, often more chilly than some would like. And so when we invite them to our house for...

Aug 13, 2012 Like

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San Diego Patio Garden Makeover

Green Salad with Blueberries, Apples & Mustard Chive Vinaigrette

Beef Filet with Braised Greens, Mushrooms & Caramelized Onions

Strawberry Key Lime Cream Cheese Cake

Cauliflower Soup with Roasted Peppers and Feta

Not Quite on Vacation

Pardon My Dust

A Sweetheart for Me and a Simple Jam Tart for You

Gumbo with Ham Hock and Shrimp

Pork and Cabbage Soup

Cranberry Apricot Almond Sweet Bread Twist

Non Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice Soup with Vegetables

Potato Puree a la Joel Robuchon

Slow Roasted Elephant Garlic

Baked Hot Wings with Yogurt Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Roasted Spiced Carrot and Quinoa Salad

Baked Apple Dumplings with Sweet Browned Butter Sauce

Quick & Easy Julienned Zucchini and Yellow Squash with Thyme

Almond Pecan Walnut Pancakes with Skillet Browned Honeycrisp Apple Topping

Cobb Style Steak Salad

Spice-Rubbed Pork Shoulder with Radicchio and Balsamic Vinegar

Food to Satisfy your Cravings

Strawberry Jam Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies

Fried Green Tomato Salad with Grilled Onions and Corn

Labor Day Recipes with a Bit o’ Sass

Potato Salad with Bacon and Buttermilk Dressing

Southwestern BBQ Chicken Salad

Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse de Poulet with Pistou

Simple Snap Pea and Radish Slaw

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