Genève’s Kitchen

I love summer rolls.  The cold chewy texture of rice paper wrapped around a little package of refreshing flavors is so fun to eat and pleasing to the palate.  There are endless combinations and the fun is in creating rolls that match your tastes.  I was inspired to make these vegetable rolls after I enjoyed [...]

(This one really couldn’t be simpler.)  
A few months ago Kareem and I joined our friends Dan and Alicia for brunch in their neighborhood.  Since Kareem and I had never really explored that 'hood Dan, a fellow foodie, gave me a tip on a good gourmet market in the area.  On our way [...]

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When I was younger I recall pasta salads being a staple item come summer time.  They were ubiquitous at summer barbecues and beach parties.  I haven't encountered a pasta salad in [...]

With the summer weather kicking-in here in Santa Monica I want to take full advantage of the little balcony that we have for some al fresco dining. To inaugurate our summer dinners a-la-balcony I decided to set up an aperitif outside to get things started. The usual suspect to accompany an aperitif is often a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It won’t take a lot to persuade people to try this tasty refreshing salad. Asian slaw is versatile enough to sit comfortably on a picnic table at a barbeque but not so modest that it can’t also be a sophisticated side dish to accompany an elegant show-stopping dinner. The beauty of this coleslaw is that [...]

This is a recipe for my brother who will be chillin’ pretty soon once he gets through with a few more finals (good luck Ian!)
Turkey chili is the perfect thing to make when you plan on spending some time in the house studying, cleaning, catching up on reading, etc. All that is required of you [...]