Avanti Cafe Musings

Quite of the social media age is this Avanti pizza creation in fast paced real time.  Scanning a feed, an East Coast focused cha...

Last Monday, October 1, 2012, was a rousing evening in the Avanti Cafe dining room w/ our celebration of the Positive Plate special prix fix...

Originally from Brazil, Feijoa or pineapple guava as its known in southern California, is a cold hardy guava that blooms ...

Beets, like fennel, eggplant, mushrooms and yams are in that category the Japanese refer to as ‘suki/kirai’. You either love them or a big ...

It would be hard for me to choose, but stone fruits are always at the top of my favorites list. So of course this time of year is the best f...

The Avanti garden chili plants are gearing up for the HOT sunny days to come. So far the plants are small and compact. But the bird dung c...

Now that all the hoopla over Paula Deen’s diabetes drama has subsided, it’s a good time to talk rationally about the positive effects diet c...