Laugh Favorite Things Love Parties Top 10 Finger Food Recipes for Super Bowl Sunday! January 30, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Let’s face it, when you’re watching the Super Bowl, you want food that you can eat with your hands. While salads, soups and healthier pastas are always popular this time of the year, they are not football food. Football Food is comfort food, recipes that will sop up some of that beer you might be […] Read more » Brownie Recipe Cookie Recipe cooking with Gena Bell Dip Recipes Finger Foods for Football genabellrecipes Macaroni & Cheese Cups Nacho Recipes Slider Recipes Super Bowl Sunday Food Super Bowl Sunday Recipes Top 10 Finger Food Recipes for Super Bowl Sunday - Recipes!
Love Restaurants Citrin – Santa Monica, CA January 14, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Ten months after Melisse had closed its doors in Santa Monica, chef Josiah Citrin and chef Ken Takayama reopened with two new restaurants, Citrin and Melisse. Citrin, the slightly more casual space, offers similar menu items to the original Melisse, but now served a la carte, instead of a tasting menu format. The space looks […] Read more » ca Citrin Citrin - Santa Monica Citrin Restaurant genabellrecipes Josiah Citrin New Dining Los Angeles New Santa Monica Restaurants Santa Monica
Food Favorite Things Love Main Courses Sous Vide Strip Steak – Recipe! January 7, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Sous Vide Strip Steak – Recipe! Happy New Year! This year I vow to create recipes using techniques, ingredients and/or cooking methods that I have not demonstrated thus far on my blog. In the past, many of my recipes were simple, fresh and pretty straightforward, however for cooks like me, it’s time to break that ceiling and provide a cooking blog […] Read more » Beef Recipes cooking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Sous Vide Recipe Sous Vide Strip Steak - Recipe! Strip Steak Recipe
Food Favorite Things Love Main Courses My Top 10 Recipes for 2019! December 31, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment It’s been a busy year for all of us. My cooking and baking has kept me quite busy and I really appreciate all of you who read and cook along with me daily, weekly or even every so often. I know getting in the kitchen is not always easy or popular, but I believe it’s […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell cooking with Gena Bell genabell.com genabellrecipes LiveLoveLaughFood My Top 10 Recipes for 2019! Top 10 Recipes
Love Cookies Holiday Food Laugh Vanilla Bean Glazed Shortbread Cookies – Recipe! December 21, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment I love shortbread cookies, especially at Christmastime. As a kid, my Poppy (grandfather), would buy those large red tins of Danish shortbread that were stacked with individual buttery cookies inside cupcake liners. When I opened the tin, a waft of butter would hit my nose with pure delight, anticipating that crunchy, melt-in-my-mouth sensation that was […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Holiday Cookie Recipe Shortbread Cookie Recipe Vanilla Bean Glazed Shortbread Cookies - Recipe! Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
Cookies Love Holiday Biscotti – Recipe! December 15, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Holiday Biscotti – Recipe! Biscotti are a twice baked Italian cookies that I am quite fond of for several reasons. I love the crispy texture that biscotti embrace, which makes them the perfect cookies for dunking into a hot drink, and you can store them for several days to enjoy during the holiday season. Traditional biscotti are made without […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell Best Biscotti Recipe Chocolate Cherry Biscotti Recipe genabellrecipes Holiday Biscotti - Recipe! Holiday Biscotti Recipe! Great Combination of Dried Cherries How to Make Biscotti Pistachios & Chocolate!
Food Appetizers Favorite Things Love Tangy Roasted Mushrooms – Recipes! November 2, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Sometimes entertaining can be intimidating, especially if you don’t do it very often. I picked up a new cookbook called, “Nothing Fancy” written by Alison Roman, a food columnist at the New York Times and native Los Angelean. What I love about this book is the variety of recipes, dishes you can pull together for […] Read more » Alison Roman Recipe cooking with Gena Bell Easy Appetizers Favorite Things genabellrecipes Mushroom Recipe Nothing Fancy Cookbook Tangy Roasted Mushrooms - Recipe!
Love Cookies Double-Chocolate Monster Cookies – Recipe! October 31, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Happy Halloween! Today we all get a hall pass for eating way too much sugar, while traipsing around the neighborhood in spooky attire. I just love this day because it’s about enjoying and observing scary-fun with friends and family and there’s something super cool about dressing up – the Halloween in all of us comes […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell Double Chocolate Cookies Recipe Double Chocolate Monster Cookies - Recipe! genabellrecipes Halloween Baking Halloween Cookies Halloween Treats Monster Cookies Recipe
Appetizers Favorite Things Food Love Beer & Sage Battered Onion Rings with Spicy Ketchup – Recipe! October 20, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment When I was a kid, I just loved onion rings. I loved the soft warm onion with the crunchy exterior and of course, a nice spicy dipping sauce. Today, I don’t eat onion rings very often, but if I do, they definitely have to be good and making your own at home is what I […] Read more » Beer & Sage Battered Onion Rings with Spicy Ketchup - Recipe! Beer Battered Onion Ring Recipe Beer Recipes cooking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes How to Make Onion Rings Onion Recipes Shock Top Shock Top Recipes
Love Restaurants American Beauty – Venice, CA October 16, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment American Beauty, a new Steakhouse restaurant in Venice, off of Rose Avenue is quite the spot for hipsters to grab a cocktail and enjoy an old-school style meal. The restaurant resides in the former Venice Ranch Market space with light wood finishings and an airy-open casual design. I didn’t know what to except, I thought, […] Read more » American Beauty - Venice American Beauty Restaurant American Beauty Steakhouse ca New Los Angeles Restaurants New Rose Avenue Restaurants New Venice Restaurants 2109 Steakhouses in Los Angeles