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By Chef Domenica Catelli I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but right now in Northern California where I am based, we are having an unusually warm winter. I have to say that by this time we are usually bogged down with rain and chilly temperatures. But today (and for the [...]
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By Chef Domenica Catelli It’s that time of year: crab season! I live about 45 minutes from the California coastline, where Dungeness crabs are in abundance. The first round of crabs we enjoy in this classic and simple way: We get th... Read Post

By Chef Domenica Catelli I created this recipe when I was the Executive Chef at Raven’s, located at the Stanford Inn in Mendocino, California. If you have not been to this area of the country, I highly recommend it. The coastline is... Read Post

By Chef Domenica Catelli When I was growing up I had a very peculiar maternal grandmother. I spent most of my life thinking that I didn’t like persimmons because of her. When it was late fall/early winter, she would get persimmons f... Read Post