Genève’s Kitchen

In general I enjoy food and cooking as a shared experience. I like to cook meals that elicit a positive response and now that I have a blog where I write about the food that I cook I make an extra attempt at making meals that are presentable and blog-worthy. My boyfriend is definitely the [...]

The Santa Monica Farmer’s market that takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays is the highlight of my week. Each visit brings inspiration and renewed energy to my love of food and cooking. There are always new vegetable varieties, fruits, honeys, nuts, and olives to be discovered. I found this week to be an exceptionally great [...]

My inspiration for dinner this evening came in several parts. First, I happened across some beautifully ripe mangos at the store. How could I resist when they were also on sale??? Then, my boyfriend Kareem expressed to me his craving for some beans. My vision was complete when I opened up my refrigerator and found [...]

I absolutely love summer rolls. If they’re on the menu, I will reliably order them. These light and fun to eat appetizers come in many varieties that often involve the following array of ingredients: shrimp, vermicelli rice noodles, some sort of vegetable, bean sprouts or lettuce, fresh mint or cilantro and my favorite part: the [...]

This little soup recipe is a testament to the fact that sometimes the best things in life are indeed the simplest. My Aunt Susanne in Switzerland made a simple fennel soup for me when I was sick and it was such a comforting nutritious meal. (Apparently fennel is very soothing for one’s stomach.) I now [...]

One of the main trends that I notice about my cooking is that I gravitate towards simple, easy, low maintenance dishes. Every now and then, however, I like to fiddle around in the kitchen and today I did just that. I’d seen many food challenges on the Food Network and I’d watched enough shows depicting [...]

I’m not sure if I got my inspiration from Cafe Gitane’s delicious couscous dish or if the idea just popped into my head once when I found myself with lots of leftover roasted vegetables but either way I ended up with one great couscous salad! I get really excited to make roasted vegetables because I [...]

Looking back over this past winter I realize that I never made a lot of my favorite winter meals. Having only moved to Santa Monica, CA last October I went from summer to more summer and completely by-passed the cold winter weather I’d grown accustomed to over my 27 years. There were occasional cool rainy [...]

I’ve been calling spaghetti, “psghetti” ever since my little brother coined the term back when he was 3 (he’s now 20). This spaghetti sauce recipe is a reliable, comforting meal that most people make from a jar but the secret is that it’s so easy to make from scratch and infinitely better tasting. I actually [...]

Last Friday I went to my little local Italian Deli and Market with our friend, Ana, who was staying the weekend. We went in to buy some of their delicious Italian bread which they make fresh every 30 minutes. As I was telling Ana how delicious the bread is the guy who works there came [...]