A simple appetizer for a fall gathering of friends or family, this dish of fresh, warm mozzarella with sweet and piquant garnishes, arrives at the table lightly browned in spots and soft in the center ...

As the fresh-crop walnut season crests, those bins and baskets filled with glorious piles of satin-shelled, wrinkly brown nuts evoke all sorts of associations for Southern Californians. For some of us ...