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Linda Zavoral

Linda Zavoral is a features editor and blogger for the Bay Area News Group. She blogs for Eat Drink Play, opining on food, restaurants, libations and travel; edits the popular Mr. Roadshow transportation column; and writes about festivals and events for Eye and Timeout. A Bay Area native, she is a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas silver medal for best travel section for The Mercury News. She previously served as Alameda County bureau chief and Getting Ahead editor.

If you’re making a seafood dish, try this citrus pesto which marries well with simple seafood pastas such as crab, sauteed halibut, sole and shrimp, Frances Mayes writes in “Pasta Veloce.” The tangy citrus wakes up grilled chicken too.

Recipe: Frances Mayes’ Sicilian Citrus Pesto

June 15, 2023 at 2:02 p.m.

If you’re making a seafood dish, try this citrus pesto which marries well with simple seafood pastas such as crab, sauteed halibut, sole and shrimp, Frances Mayes writes in “Pasta...

With its shallot cream sauce and fresh lemon zest, this dish is both quick to make and delightful to eat.

Recipe: Frances Mayes’ Lemon Pistachio Linguine

June 15, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.

With its shallot cream sauce and fresh lemon zest, this dish is both quick to make and delightful to eat.

This hearty pasta is equally good served hot on a chilly night or chilled for a summery picnic.

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Recipe: Frances Mayes’ Penne with Pepperoni, Kale, Chickpeas and Sweet Peppers

June 14, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

This hearty pasta is equally good served hot on a chilly night or chilled for a summery picnic.

Twenty years after Diane Lane portrayed Mayes in the film version of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” Mayes, 83, has published “Pasta Veloce,” a cookbook brimming with what she calls “irresistibly fast” recipes.

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Author Frances Mayes on fast pasta, slow life under the still-beguiling Tuscan sun

June 14, 2023 at 12:09 p.m.

Twenty years after Diane Lane portrayed Mayes in the film version of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” Mayes, 83, has published “Pasta Veloce,” a cookbook brimming with what she calls “irresistibly...

Chile-citrus powder is amazing on flanken beef ribs — short ribs cut crosswise across the bone, as you would for Korean kalbi — but it’s also wonderful on potatoes, chicken or pork.

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BBQ recipe: Bricia Lopez’s Citrus and Spice Costillitas

May 25, 2023 at 12:53 p.m.

Chile-citrus powder is amazing on flanken beef ribs — short ribs cut crosswise across the bone, as you would for Korean kalbi — but it’s also wonderful on potatoes, chicken...

This recipe for smoky baba ganoush can be done start-to-finish in a fire pit or on the grill.

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BBQ recipe: Marcus Bawdon’s Ember-Cooked Baba Ganoush

May 25, 2023 at 12:22 p.m.

This recipe for smoky baba ganoush can be done start-to-finish in a fire pit or on the grill.

The famous North Carolina pitmaster shares his signature BBQ sauce in his new cookbook, "Ed Mitchell's Barbeque."

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BBQ recipe: Ed Mitchell’s Eastern North Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce

May 24, 2023 at 4:14 p.m.

The famous North Carolina pitmaster shares his signature BBQ sauce in his new cookbook, "Ed Mitchell's Barbeque."

Slathered with peri peri sauce, this butterflied chicken spends half an hour on the grill before delighting your dinner guests.

BBQ Recipe: Barbecued Peri Peri Chicken

May 24, 2023 at 12:57 p.m.

Slathered with peri peri sauce, this butterflied chicken spends half an hour on the grill before delighting your dinner guests.

This America's Test Kitchen grill recipe combines pork chops and stone fruit for a summer stunner.

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BBQ recipe: Grilled Pork Chops with Plums from America’s Test Kitchen

May 23, 2023 at 5:54 p.m.

This America's Test Kitchen grill recipe combines pork chops and stone fruit for a summer stunner.

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BBQ cookbooks: Pitmasters, chefs, a blogger and a Brit share recipes, advice

May 23, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.

There are recipes and advice for everyone here, whether you are a casual griller or smoking like a pit pro.

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