Vegan Lasagna

There’s hope Virginia! The kids will grow up, move away and have their new boyfriends…..with their OWN kitchens, and when things are important enough it will be “Mom…you really need to show me how to do this”. That’s what happened this week, when my daughter’s Vegan boyfriend was coming to dinner and she wanted to … Read more

Anyone need a ‘sure fire’ way to make Pork Ribs this Memorial Day?

2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 pounds pork short spareribs You marinade the ribs overnight. If you have a FoodSaver, sucking the air out of the bag and spreading the meat … Read more

Sunday’s Cooking Class? We rocked the casbah… we rocked the casbah! lol

I would say the MOST AMAZING thing about the cooking classes I do…. the most AMAZING thing about the Food & Wine Tasting Dinners are: WE ALWAYS ATTRACT NICE PEOPLE. Whoot? Is it that Foodies are nicer than most people? Smarter than most? Happier than most? More interesting than most? Well, Yes. Yes. That’s what … Read more

Inside Circle & San Diego Foodies Presents……

GIVING AWAY A $75.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO   Sbicca, Del Mar WEDNESDAY May 2, 2012 INVITING YOU to a Food & Wine Tasting Dinner (That’s tomorrow for you and me). I originally thought we would film this but we don’t have enough people registered (under 20 and I needed a bit more to afford the camera crew). … Read more

Community Cooking: Conceptual Cooking with Chef Marian

Here we are again. Happy as can be. Ready to roll out the next Chapter of my Sunday event with San Diego Foodies and all that we made as we brought ‘community’ together and cooked together with everyone making their own dish, not by the book, not with a recipe… but with a ‘concept’ and … Read more

Community Cooking: that’s what it’s all about for Chef Marian

There is nothing more FUN, nothing that makes me happier than cooking with a bunch of people that like to cook. That’s what we did this past Sunday – gathering 10 members of meetup.com/SanDiegoFoodies or as I have it listed on Facebook ‘San Diego’s Foodies‘! lol  Hey! You do whatever it takes…. even if someone else has your … Read more