close up panzanella

i can’t wait to share the amazing summer dinner recipe pictured above with you! but first, i have to share photos from a cooking class we attended on thursday night. the class was taught by joseph schultz (many of you from santa cruz might know him better as india joze). joseph danced around the kitchen and created an amazing 11 dishes during the three hour chickpea festival class:

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corn fritters, frittering

you guys!! guess what i did today??!?!  zzzzzzz….oh, sorry about that, i dozed off for a second there. why i am i so sleepy? because mike and i woke up before 5am this morning so we could stand in line to get the new iphones!

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asparagus is in

fresh, local asparagus is finally back in the stores near my house, and i’m incredibly excited about it’s return. asparagus always means spring is officially here, and summer, my favorite season, is not too far around the corner. while perusing the internets for new asparagus recipes, thanks to a bunch of links from this post on cheap, healthy, good, and i stumbled across a recipe for lemon asparagus risotto. the description sounded amazing, and i had almost all of the ingredients on hand. what can i say? from there, the dish practically made itself!
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