WHAT'S FOR DINNER UNCLE TATA, SEASON 2!

Curb is back! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea (the chef included), but the west LA jewish humor never fails to leave me in stitches. Plus the latest episode features the Brentwood Country Mart, and who doesn't love those season-salted fries?! So it's been an Herb-Curb week that starts with...                                            Laventini-lavendar herb simple syrup, lime juice and gin celery-leek-fresno chili bulgar couscous, heirloom tomato coulis, cumin-smoked paprika roasted carrots, tuscan kale and shallot balsamic salad, topped with feta  thyme-herbed salmon with crispy skin (substitute for feta) And on the next day: Dry yellow nectarine simple syrup muddled with lemon, Pyrat rum and Reposado tequila,  and a touch of cardamom. Tuscan kale curry over toasted afghan flatbread, topped with fried chickpeas and curry leaves and fried marinated tof...

The binge of the week is “Squid Game” because who isn’t binging it this month…actually, I know who isn't...Uncle Tata-he’s too busy preparing the squid (a little foreshadowing for you there)!  For those of you who don’t know, the suspenseful drama rips the joyous nostalgia right out of our favorite childhood games. Now I will never be able to look at "red light-green light" without cringing! Therefore, in this episode, we bring back a few that Squid Game missed, so we can still look back on the good old days with some fondness. And on that note we start with the drink of the week...  HOP SCOTCH,  mixed with mezcal, habanero-sage simple syrup, fresh-squeezed lemon/lime, and a smoked paprika dash then we start with heirloom tomato gazpacho FREEZE TAG  topped with crunchy cucumbers, olive oil and balsamic vinegar drizzle, sea salt for the main course, we have TIC, TAC, TOSTADITOS! Roasted kabocha, cauliflower, and poblano filling, habanero mango and red pepper salsa, fr...

WHAT'S FOR DINNER UNCLE TATA is back with a fresh new title! SEASON 2: THE TRIPLE BINGE pays homage to the 3 things that are getting us through the pandemic: cocktails, dinner, and bingeworthy tv!                                    First of all, let me just say that all  things are more binge-worthy with home-grown                                                                                              C..C..C... C...urry (sorry to disappoint)! and with that we start with the cocktail of the week: Muddled curry leaves and lime with coconut rum, light brown rum, and tequila reposado  (definitely a bit shoc...