Valentine’s Past and Present
Last year I baked a rich chocolate cake and served my wonderful girlfriends a leek soup, salmon steaks, asparagus, and wild rice with spinach. We …
Love Letter to
Lately I find myself in love with the smell of places: the sharp, bay-leaf infused air of Pt. Reyes, the stinging, salty sea-smell of the …
The Sacred Crop
Whenever I travel, I never eat as well as I’d like: I must admit I often give in to the easy allure of cheese, drink …
Potato Soup with Bay Accents
There’s a little shoppe in the Ferry Building here in town that carries California bay laurel soap — and whenever I go through the market …
Will Run for Food
Yesterday I awoke in the dark early-morning hours to run my third half-marathon in a year. It was a beautiful day — warm and sunny …
Le Frère on Expedition
[photo by simos] February blows in with a grey day and the promise of rain, but I am far from Northern California today and so …
Melksjokolade Decadence
((or, an enduring love affair with the dark bean)) Gourmet snuck in a little recipe on its February table of contents that immediately caught my …
Birth-day, Cake
Today is my grandmother’s birthday, and she is 87-years-old! A child of the roaring 20s, she was born in Jersey City, N.J., where she still …
Comfort Among the Pots and Pans
Last night when I was cooking dinner I thought of Banana Yoshimoto’s book Kitchen, about a girl who moves in with a friend after the …
To Roast Thee is to Love Thee
My dear dressed-up cabbage flaunting your best Sunday attire, How do I love you, little cauliflower? Oh, there are many, many ways: I love you …