PITA PARTY TIME!!!



For those of you who don't know me, I threw a rambunctious Pita Party in the backyard of Collage Coffee in Highland Park, (Los Angeles, CA), every Wednesday morning. What started as a pop-up idea grew into a family of pita loving friends, dogs, and babies.
The pandemic really stopped us in our tracks. How could we gather together, mandhandle our food, and openly engage when what we really needed for the safety or ourselves and others was to hit pause on all of that?
I miss the pita parties and all of you who came and scarfed pita with us. Until we can gather again - we can gawk at these photos and take a trip down Pita Party memory lane ....

March 27th
Halloumi and seared meyer lemon scrambled eggs
Cucumber and Cabbage salad
Garlicky yoghurt dollop
Chili Crack Crisp

April 17th
The Best Hummus
Charred zucchini, onions, leaks, peppers
Ponzu tahina
Shaved beet and cabbage salad
Radish flowers
Sumac dusting

May 22nd
Underwood family farms roasted beets
Sauteed beet greens and kumquat eggs
Garlicky sour cream
Radish and feta slaw
Turmeric labneh dollop
Nasturtium flowers

September 4th
Halloumi and Passion Fruit Curd
slippery purple cabbage with broccoli, lemon, and carrot
Celery and stone fruit with castelvetrano olives
Ud’s schug, fresh shiso
Big chives

December 6th
Escabeche with Griddled persimmons
Eggplant on the plancha
Purple tomatillo salsa
Pickled onions with star anise
Cotija and chicharones dusted in tajin

March 20th
Roasted Jerusalem artichoke schmear
Big ass Jerusalem artichoke chips
Raw shaved beet, radish, and fennel salad
Marinated anaheim peppers in oil
Oxalis and fennel fronds

October 9th
Grated carrots with cumin and cinnamon,
soaked raisins, edamame, dill, parsley, & preserved lemons
Sumac yoghurt
Adult chex-mix: Toasted buckwheat, toasted almonds
and other goodies

September 11th
All the roasted veggies (mushrooms, eggplant, onions, leeks, tomatoes
Smoky charred eggplant baba-tahina
Onion and fig jam with red wine and balsamic
Marinated figs in olive oil with peppers
Garlic blossoms
AND MANY MANY MORE!!!




