I have been doing a lot of Asian food lately and I asked Jan if she would like roast chicken. Of course, she said, “Yes,” and she said she wanted coleslaw to go with it. I also had some marble potatoes that I decided to roast at the same time I cooked the chicken.
Category Archives: California Fusion
Karl’s Rosemary Roasted Marble Potatoes and Whole Garlic
I wanted some potatoes to go with my rosemary roasted chicken. When I was at the store I saw these tiny marble-sized potatoes. They were so cute I had to have them. They were also the same size as the pre-peeled Chinese garlic that I buy and it just seemed logical to mix them together.
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Karl’s Wild Rice Pilaf
This is one of those recipes where I took a cooking technique from another recipe that completely changes the dish. I have been making variations of this dish for most of my cooking life, but it rarely came out how I knew it should be. For me this has been a dish in constant evolution, I do not think I have ever made it the same way twice. This is the first time I have even written it down.

Karl’s Wild Rice Pilaf
Filed under California Fusion, Pasta, Rice, Side Dishes, Starches
Karl’s Mesclun, Heirloom Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Our garden produced another spectacular cucumber and I did not want to make the same salad as the last time so I had this in mind when I went to the farmer’s market. One of the sellers had bags of mixed baby greens and vine ripe heirloom tomatoes. What I came up with is this salad.
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Karl’s Tomato and Cucumber Salad

Karl’s Tomato and Cucumber Salad
We started a raised bed garden and we had one perfect cucumber. We had also planted basil and chives. So I created this recipe to match these ingredients.
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