LA Food Works

Sometimes I cook for friends! Three moles for a dinner party/Oaxaca trip reunion. Clockwise from the top left. Mole Almendrado, Mole Coloradito, Mole Negro. The last was made from a spice packet bought at a restaurant we went to lunch.

It’s hotter than hell in LA right now but it smells like Fall in our kitchen! Pumpkin 🎃 Whoopie 🎃 Pies are on our new menu. Come cook with us!

My clients from SCV Counseling Centers made this cake for donation along with a grocery gift card to Alexandria House last weekend. Delicious and very well received! Come cook with us!

Well dessert 🧁 🍨 🍮 is done for our new Fall-Winter 2024 Menu. Come cook with us!

House-made Limoncello. Thinking of using it this Fall in a dessert sauce drizzled over bread pudding!?!? Come cook with us!

It was back to school night!
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Another Legal Summer Associate season is in the books for 2024. As with the past few summers, we wrapped it up with a great group from Orrick. So thankful to all the firms who come cook with us every summer! Great traditions, memories and food are made year after year!!! ☀️🍽️🧑‍🍳🥗🔪 Come cook with us!

Busy week! Come cook with us!!!

Put some sunshine in bottles this morning! Preserved lemonth (if you know you know) for LA Food Works and the zest of those lemons is making Limoncello for me! Come cook with us!

And to conclude the first half of 2024….. Chocolate Chip-Cherry Bread Pudding for 35 friends from Deloitte!

We had a throw back dessert request from our clients at Netflix for the Blueberry Tart we made for them last summer. Fresh blueberries 🫐 are finally sweet so it was extra delicious! Come cook with us!

Big week! Come cook with us!!!

New favorite La Croix flavor! Thank you for sending it over for our client’s Thai Cooking Class last night. Come cook with us!

I like to call this “The Princess Jasmine” section of our dining room. Come cook with us!

The sun is out (in the afternoons) and it’s warm on the courtyard. Come cook with us! Then enjoy your culinary creations alfresco!!!

For as long as I can remember, our Summer Law Associate Events have started with Latham! Come cook with us!

My assistants

Summer recruiting season begins! Come cook with us!

Here we go!

Our ode to pumpkin this year is a Pumpkin Pie Cobbler. Inspired by a recipe from Food52. It’s basically an inverted pumpkin pie with the filling on the bottom and the crust on top (so it doesn’t get soggy). Our talented Chef Andre made these two with our clients using leaf cookie cutters to shape the scraps on top. As delicious as it is beautiful! Come cook with us!

Chicken a l’Orange. Recipe adapted from the cookbook. Deliciously fresh and bright with a dash of French formality, it’s on our Fall Menu. Come cook with us!

The solar eclipse as seen thru my perforated spatula.

Who likes chocolate with dashes of bourbon here and there? Warm Chocolate Pudding (with a dash of bourbon at the end) with Candies Pecans and Bourbon Whipped Cream! It’s on the menu this Fall and Winter. Come cook with us!

Look who came to play in the kitchen with us tonight!

Lemon 🍋 Tart is always such a fantastic way to brighten the end of a meal, especially in the cool fall and winter months ahead. We are serving it with Whipped Crème Fraiche to balance its sweetness. It’s on our new Fall-Winter 2023 menu. Come cook with us!

Farro is for Fall! Especially when you add sautéed mushrooms and roasted butternut squash. On our new Fall 2023 menu! Come cook with us!!!!

I crushed it tonight!!!! You can easily remove the pits from olives by crushing them with a mallet or a heavy flat bottomed cup. These are for our Fennel and Arugula Salad on our new Fall 2024 Menu. Come cook with us!

We mojo’d last night with a great group from Netflix! Gorgeous and delicious night!!!